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Business work to navigate policy as Minnesota drops mask mandate The new masking rules are leaving some business owners and their customers celebrating and others frustrated. (FOX 9) - The new masking rules are leaving some business owners and their customers celebrating and others frustrated. The policy shift, that came Thursday as the CDC issued new recommendations saying vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks in most situations, has many businesses working to determine what they should do. "As of right now, the plan is... we don't have a plan," said Courtney Norgaard, the owner of Lo...

Remaining safe and separate canceled mingling, especially where one might bump elbows with strangers. After taking 2020 off, as did most of the pandemic-ridden world, the Druid City Arts Festival returns this weekend, outdoors and open to the public, Friday and Saturday in Government Plaza.  From 2010 to 2019, DCAF grew from a sparsely-attended one-day show to a two-day festival that draws crowds estimated at 12,000 and up. "Just by being outdoors, it really gives us the freedom to do some of the things that we'd planned on doing in 2020," said Alexis Clark, venue operations manager for th...

At their most recent meeting, councilmembers denied, three to one, a request to approve a rezoning request from Lance Herman to rezone an approximately 900 square foot spot at 1818 North Aspen Street within the Colonial Village Shopping Center from Planned Business to Highway Commercial Conditional District in order to allow a tattoo studio. This space was formerly occupied by a cell phone store. The applicant spoke at the meeting and provided councilmembers with detailed plans of the studio which would be called, “Ink Matters,” which he called a “working class” tattoo par...

This is a common story among Ohio’s servers and bartenders. Tips, shifts disappear as restaurant patrons continue to stay home, switch to carryout More than a year after the first cases of coronavirus were identified in Ohio, patrons are still staying home or switching to carryout, which means less gratuity for front-of-house workers like bartenders and servers, and fewer shifts for back-of-house workers like dishwashers and cooks. Others are still catching up after extended periods of unemployment. Restaurant workers describe living a more frugal lifestyle, and in many cases their depres...

Mondays at 01:00 pm Episode 46 What's For Dinner? Wen-Jay Ying joins the podcast to talk about culinary influences, eating local, and sustainable agriculture! Aired: Thursday, April 8th 2021 SHARE HOSTED BY Jake Cohen Dan and Julie Resnick Listen in as Feedfeed Food Editor Alexa Santos virtually sits down to dinner with Wen-Jay Ying, @WenJayYing, founder & CEO of Local Roots NYC, @LocalRootsNYC. Local Roots is a mission-driven business that connects New Yorkers with local farmers and sustainable, regional growers. Wen-Jay talks about h...