D.C. Publishes Re-Open Plan, Aims to Begin May 29
Dear WANADA Members,
The mayor said she will make a final decision on Tuesday. As it currently stands, the city is under a
stay-at-home order
until June 9. A May 29 move to stage one would largely align with the plans that leaders in Northern Virginia and the suburban Maryland counties have for lifting their current stay-at-home orders.
While "stage one" under the ReOpen DC plan is more stringent compared to Virginia's
"phase one" reopening, or
Maryland's stage one plan, it does allow for some outside dining, more expansive construction activity, and a wider resumption of retail activities with curb-side pickup.
In D.C., a "stage one" re-opening would also allow barber shops and hair salons to resume operations on an appointment-only basis, and also let hotels re-open with significant capacity restrictions. The plan also allows for additional in-person city government services to resume with enhanced safety measures; we are awaiting guidance from the DC DMV on whether their in-person services would be able to resume. We will be sure to let you know once we have additional information.
As we mentioned last week, D.C. has
instituted a broad mask requirement for patrons and employees at indoor businesses; we anticipate that mandate, and the mandates in both Maryland and Virginia, to remain in effect for a significant period of time. Under D.C.'s stage one, non-essential transit use will be discouraged, while telework will continue to be "strongly encouraged" where at all possible. Playgrounds, pools, museums, and bars will remain closed, while houses of worship will be limited to a 10-person capacity.
Please let me or Joe Koch (
jk@wanada.org
) know if you have any questions. We will be sure to provide additional details on the re-opening plans across the region in the coming week.
John O'Donnell
WANADA President and CEO
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