May 4, 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.    
 
Many of our local businesses offer delivery, online ordering, gift certificates and other creative methods to serve their customers while maintaining safe distancing. Please support these businesses.     

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.
 
State of Arkansas
Today, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the guidelines for reopening the state's houses of worship during his COVID-19 briefing.
 
There guidelines placed on places of worship include keeping a six-foot distance between non-family groups of parishioners and 12 feet of distance between worship leaders and the congregation. Everyone older than 10 is advised to wear masks and online worship is strongly encouraged. These guidelines are effective today, May 4.
   
The governor also issued guidelines for large outdoor venues, which include sports venues and fairgrounds, put in place today as well. He also issued the guidelines for large indoor venues, which go into place May 18, and include movie theaters and bowling alleys.  
 
Hutchinson said that Arkansas is at 3,458 cases. Of those, 81 people are hospitalized and 16 are on ventilators. There have been 81 deaths in Arkansas, 5 of which were Cummins Unit.  
 
This is all part of Phase 1 for reopening. If there is no surge in 14 days, then Phase 2 shall begin. These are all part of the reopening guidelines for the country set by the White House. You can read those guidelines here
 
You can watch the governor's daily update on his YouTube page here.
 
A statewide map is available that shows national, state and county numbers in regards to COVID-19. As of May 4 at 2:30 p.m., the United States deaths attributed to COVID-19 are 68,285. 
 
You can view the Arkansas Department of Health's statewide interactive COVID-19 map here.      
 
Green Market
Hot Springs Village will see its farmers market return in May. The Green Market will be open for business on May 21 at Grove Park. It will be open every Thursday from 8 a.m.-noon through the end of September.
 
Social Distancing will be practiced and we will be strictly following the Arkansas Department of Health guidelines listed here

One of our farmers is already open for business. Ouachita Hills Farms will be taking pre-paid orders for pick-up on their website. Orders can be placed online and picked up on Thursday, May 7, and Thursday, May 14, from 8 a.m.-noon at the Ponce De Leon Center parking lot.   
 
You can view their website here. You can contact Ouachita Hills Farm for your order by phone at 870-342-6210 or email at farm@ohc.org.    
 
Saline & Garland Counties 
As of Thursday, 68 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Saline County and 1,264 have tested negative. Of those testing positive, 49 have recovered. The total number of people who have died in Saline County remains at one.
 
In Garland County, 118 people have tested positive for COVID-19 and 2,189 have tested negative. Of the people infected, 106 have recovered. There have been no deaths resulting from Garland County cases.  
 
Restaurants
The following restaurants have services available. Call for specific protocols:
  • Charlie's Pizza Pub 501-984-6216
  • Debra's Restaurant 501-984-6677
  • Debra's Southern Buffet 501-984-4188
  • DeSoto Club and Grill 501-915-0007
  • Dolce Vita on Ponderosa Lane 501-226-3377
  • El Jimador  501-915-8191
  • Granada Grill 501-922-1372
  • Melinda's Coffee Corner 501-984-5393
  • Molly O'Brien's 501-321-2227
  • Mulligan's At Ponce De Leon 501-922-1623
  • Raffaella Rose at Cortez 501-915-0855
  • Tanner's Neighborhood Bar 501-915-9880
  • TJ's 501-922-1388
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/   
We invite you to communicate cancellations and postponements to jprice@hsvpoa.org. For changes to our event calendar, please email your information to Katrina Heap at kheap@hsvpoa.org.
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