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Some Broomfield businesses start operating at 50% indoor dining capacity Ivan Rodriguez and last updated 2021-01-13 19:38:02-05 BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Since Monday, Great Scott’s Eatery in Broomfield has been operating under Level Yellow guidelines, allowing them to offer indoor dining at a 50% capacity after they were accepted into the state's 5-star program. "The food is very good, the wait staff is excellent and the managers do their job," said Jolene Quigley, who has been eating at Great Scott's for 20 years. "50% is manageable but obviously being at 50% now, we’re at half ...

/ Last week, Gov. Jared Polis downgraded the 33 Colorado counties that were classified as Level Red on the state’s COVID-19 status dial to Level Orange. On social media, Polis said he was trying to walk the difficult line between the public health crisis and the economic crisis. But the limited loosening of restrictions will not be enough to provide meaningful relief to many restaurant owners in Northern Colorado. The move to Level Orange means restrictions in those counties were loosened overnight — regardless of whether individual counties’ COVID-19 metrics met the state’s own guide...

Denver gets approval for 5 Star program but don't expect it right away Denver7 and last updated 2021-01-27 15:13:13-05 DENVER — Colorado health officials have granted Denver a contingent approval for the state's 5 Star program, which would allow businesses and restaurants to increase capacity limits, but it's likely to be weeks until the program goes into effect, as the city needs to see a downward trend in COVID-19 cases. Hancock said Denver will begin pre-certifying businesses soon, though the 5 Star program can't begin in Denver until the city sustains seven days of downward COVID-19...

There is no way to avoid seeing the economic impact COVID-19 health restrictions have created across the nation, and many business owners in Pueblo County are watching the climate with concern. However, local officials are confident in a program designed to help ease restrictions for approved businesses to operate at one level higher than the county's COVID-19 metrics would ordinarily allow. Pueblo County Commissioner Garrison Ortiz has worked with many stakeholders to ensure that Pueblo County will qualify for Colorado's "5 Star" variance program, and has been pursuing the matter since at ...

On January 4, under orders from Governor Jared Polis, all counties designated at COVID-19 Level Red on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's dial dashboard were moved to Level Orange, allowing limited on-site dining at restaurants and other loosened restrictions. As of January 8, however, the majority of Colorado counties are still at Level Red standards when it comes to their number of cases, and several are in parts of the state where the availability of intensive-care unit beds is calculated at 0 percent. During a January 6 press conference, Polis defended the Level R...