March 31 Coronavirus Update

March 31, 2020

CURRENT COMMUNITY MITIGATION LEVEL

SUBSTANTIAL TO SHELTER IN PLACE

The health, safety and welfare of our property owners, residents, employees, visitors and businesses are priority one for Hot Springs Village. We encourage social distancing or sheltering in place to prevent COVID19 from spreading in our community.

We also encourage supporting local businesses as can safely be achieved. Several are offering delivery services, online services, gift certificates and other creative methods to serve their customers and we applaud their efforts.

We encourage you to visit our webpage https://explorethevillage.com/members/hsv-covid-19/ that is being used to provide the latest updates, including closings and postponements.

We are also using these resources for mitigation planning:

The Arkansas Department of Health: https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/
The Centers for Disease Control COVI19 Updates: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Helpful Checklists from Ohio: https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/home/covid-19-checklists/covid-19-checklists
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLJcNdgp2PMEmiqJEoYzqwQ

For the answers to 15 common Coronavirus questions, visit https://www.verywellhealth.com/common-covid-19-questions-4800068

Some tips for preventing the spread of COVID-19:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/preventing-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus

Official Meetings of Board, Staff and Committees

Hot Springs Village wants to ensure that our Board of Directors, staff and committees are able to continue serving our members during this time of social distancing. In order to accomplish that, the following guidelines are to be followed until further notice:

Board, staff and committees are encouraged to utilize Zoom conferencing when possible.
Board, staff and committee groups of 10 or more wishing to conduct meetings must allow for either complete online/non-in-person contact or in-person spacing that allows for distancing of 6 feet between participants.
All in-person meetings conducted in POA facilities or related to the POA must utilize a screening questionnaire and may require temperature testing.
The POA reserves the right to refuse access facilities that do not allow for proper distancing or screening.

State of Arkansas

Gov. Asa Hutchinson said that there are now 523 cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas affecting 51 of 75 Arkansas Counties. Three counties were added to the list of counties affected today: Perry, Columbia and Newton. So far, 64 people are hospitalized and eight have died in the state.

Hutchinson stressed that Arkansans need to continue their self-discipline and keep social distancing. He said that it looks like its having an effect, with Arkansas trending slightly lower than predictions called for at this point.

Hutchinson said that there is a problem at state parks with out-of-state visitors. He said that many of those visitors are coming in larger groups from COVID-19 hot spots to visit the state parks. He said that the state is looking at ways to curtail out-of-state visitors, particularly at state parks.

You can read the Arkansas Department of Health's travel advisory for visitors from certain states here.

You can hear the governor's COVID-19 update for March 31 here.

Golf

We are removing all the range ball buckets as of today to further protect our members from COVID-19. The ranges are open and you can bring your own receptacle. Thanks for your cooperation.

Garland County

Garland County is lifting the majority of its burn ban with some exceptions. Most of those exceptions are in Hot Springs, but there is one in Hot Springs Village. Residents are not allowed to burn within one mile of 4419 Highway 7 North, the location of the shopping center near our West Gate, which includes CHI St. Vincent Convenient Care. This location shares a parking lot with McDonald's and Brookshire's.

You can read the partial burn ban lifting here.

Cancellations & Postponements

For a summary of all the closures/postpones and most up to date information concerning COVID-19 please use our website link at https://explorethevillage.com/members/hsv-covid-19/

Community of Joy Lutheran Church has canceled all worship services, including Holy Week.
Community of Joy Lutheran Church has discontinued all meetings and gatherings through April 30. The church office will remain open on a limited basis during this closure.
The Hot Springs Symphony Guild has cancelled the 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner on May 16, 2020 at the Coronado Center.
All HSV VFW Post 10483 meetings and events (Poppy Drive, Memorial Day) have been cancelled from now through at least June 1. If you have any questions please contact Dennis Winham (Sr. Vice Commander) at [email protected]
Village SCAT Transportation has suspended all rides until further notice. For further questions the phone messages are being picked up on the office phone and you will receive a call back.

We invite you to communicate cancellations and postponements to [email protected] and recommend that area organizations ensure the community calendar has been updated by sending information to Katrina Heap at [email protected].

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