{"id":22518,"date":"2020-04-21T15:53:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T21:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64306"},"modified":"2020-04-21T15:53:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T21:53:23","slug":"county-cautiously-working-to-reopen-in-line-with-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/county-cautiously-working-to-reopen-in-line-with-state\/","title":{"rendered":"County cautiously working to reopen in line with state"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5642-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5642-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5642-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5642-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5642-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/DSC_5642-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Granby Garage advertises its take-out options while dinning in is banned in the state due to the coronavirus outbreak.<\/strong><br \/><em>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Grand County officials are planning a conservative reopening in line with the timeline that Gov. Jared Polis announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s stay at home order officially ends on April 26, then Colorado plans to transition to a safer at home plan with reduced closures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Retail businesses will first open for curbside pick-up before in-person shopping and office buildings will be 50% open, all with strict social distancing precautions. Gatherings will still be limited to fewer than 10 people.<\/p>\n<p>The county currently only has four positive cases of COVID-19 out of over 100 tests, but Grand County COVID-19 Incident Response Commander Brad White told the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday that a positive test in Denver has close ties to the community.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row shn-donation shn-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe did have over the weekend a gentleman who works in the county, but lives in Denver and tested in Denver, tested positive,\u201d White said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So far, the county estimates the shut down has affected the budget this year by potentially $5.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>With the low number of cases, Commissioner Kris Manguso asked if the county could reopen quickly or ask the state for a variance from the stay at home measure.<\/p>\n<p>Eagle County is expected to be the first in Colorado to reopen on Thursday or Friday after requesting a variance from the stay at home order last week.<\/p>\n<p>White agreed the low number of cases is positive and allows some reopening, but cautioned that the county will want to go slowly to prevent a surge of new cases. For example, businesses can reopen on the state\u2019s timeline, but the county will likely extend its nightly rental ban which is set to expire April 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur county has not had a lot of sickness or illness so we\u2019re still pretty susceptible to the COVID-19 here in the community, so I think public health\u2019s response, that the incident response team supports, is just a slow and easy approach,\u201d White said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added that a new task force will be working with municipal leadership, local chambers and business owners to adapt reopening guidelines for the county, with potential variances for each community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our intent to look at each business type and how can we get them from a moderate risk to a low risk or a high risk to a moderate risk and get them open at the appropriate time, so that\u2019s a lot of what the task force will be working on in the next few days,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasized the importance of testing to reopening successfully. He said the county can \u201csustain a couple hundred tests per week at this point\u201d and is working to be able to mass test.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/county-cautiously-working-to-reopen-in-line-with-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Granby Garage advertises its take-out options while dinning in is banned in the state due to the coronavirus outbreak.McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com Grand County officials are planning a conservative reopening in line with the timeline that Gov. Jared Polis announced on Tuesday. 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