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Will Denver’s 5 Star Certification Program Save Local Restaurants? The business-variance program could begin pre-certifying area eateries as soon as the first week of February—but increased indoor capacity will have to wait until pandemic metrics go down.Denise Mickelsen •   January 27, 2021 350 for seven days. That’s the magic marker that restaurateurs across Denver County are waiting for, the indicator that the county’s COVID-19 two-week incidence level is low enough, and has remained low enough for seven consecutive days, that they can officially apply for the Denver 5 Star Ce...

Pueblo businesses in 5 Star program can now operate under Level Yellow guidance KOAA News5 Team and last updated 2021-01-26 19:37:58-05 PUEBLO — Pueblo leaders announced Tuesday that businesses that are 5 Star certified can operate within Level Yellow restrictions on the state's COVID-19 dial. City and county leaders said they received approval from the state for the 5 Star program Monday. Pueblo County Commissioner Garrison Ortiz said the program is up and running with 30 businesses in the queue that have applied. HAPPENING NOW 🚨: A big announcement expected to happen at 1:00 ab...

In late December, Governor Jared Polis announced that all counties at Level Red on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's dial dashboard would be switched to Level Orange as of January 4. And should the counties maintain Level Orange standards related to COVID-19 for seven consecutive days after being accepted into the 5 Star State Certification Program, the CDPHE noted, approved businesses would be able to operate at Level Yellow standards — allowing select restaurants and gyms to increase capacity from 25 percent to 50 percent, for example, and move last call from 10 ...

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment rolled out its 5 Star State Certification program in mid-December, allowing approved counties to certify restaurants that meet strict health and safety requirements  to operate at more lenient COVID-related restrictions than the rest of the county. That was a month ago, and on January 14 Denver received the okay from the state to begin certifying restaurants and other businesses. Compare that timeline to Summit County, which was the first county approved by the CDPHE for the F Star program — on December 18. Within three days of rece...

Denver has been given the okay to take part in Colorado's 5 Star State Certification Program, Mayor Michael Hancock announced during a January 14 press conference about the city's COVID-19 response. Being certified for the program allows qualifying restaurants and businesses to operate at Level Yellow capacity levels; they're currently stuck at Level Orange. However, Hancock and other officials say that pre-certification can't begin quite yet because the city needs to set up the proper infrastructure, and in any event, the restrictions will remain where they are until Denver achieves Level Or...