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Masks after mandate ends? Businesses determine own COVID restrictions as Ohio lifts health orders Patrick Cooley, The Columbus Dispatch © Barbara J. Perenic/The Columbus Dispatch Sharon Weiss, the owner of Sharon Weiss Gallery in the Short North, prepares for customers over the weekend. Brian Ross, president and CEO of Experience Columbus, asked a poignant question about COVID policies to several dozen faces on a Zoom call earlier this month. “Has anyone found the silver bullet?” he asked. The quandary elicited several seconds of silence from the group of entrepreneurs ...

“Has anyone found the silver bullet?” he asked. The quandary elicited several seconds of silence from the group of entrepreneurs and business leaders. Ohio small business owners are similarly stumped as the state prepares to lift COVID restrictions which have been in place since March of last year. On Wednesday, masks will no longer be required at retail stores and restaurants. Tables won’t need to be spaced at least 6 feet apart at pubs, taverns and diners. And capacity limits will be lifted on music and sports venues. It’s now up to individual business owners to decide whether cust...

Patrick Cooley Business groups cheered Gov. Mike DeWine’s decision to lift all coronavirus-related restrictions on restaurants and bars, but some restaurant and bar owners found themselves fretting over whether or not to keep mask rules or social distancing restrictions in place. Customers who aren’t actively eating and drinking are currently required by Ohio law to wear masks, and tables must be spaced at least six feet apart unless they can be separated by a partition. Those requirements end soon. In a televised address Wednesday evening, DeWine said the state health department will li...