July 16, 2020Dear Woodland Business Community,
The following is covered within this newsletter:
- COVID UPDATE: Revised Heath Order, Fake ADA Face Mask Advisory
- City news: Lower Cache Creek Feasibility EIR-Meeting, State of the City recording
- Biz Resources: Chamber hosts a "Lunch & Learn" featuring #GOWoodlandLocal & Visit California, Apply for your outdoor dining/use permit, get your free door signs
- Local Leaders Spotlight: Crucial Vibes joins the Downtown Woodland Business Community!
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Yolo County Revised Health Order(NEW JULY 13)Per the State of California’s announcement today for counties on the County Monitoring List (List) for three consecutive days, the following industries will be closed in Yolo County effective immediately unless they can be modified to operate outside or by pick-up:
- Gyms and fitness centers
- Personal care services, including nail salons, skin care and cosmetology, electrolysis, body waxing, and body art, tattoo and piercing shops
- Hair salons and barber shops
- Places of worship
- Offices for non-essential sectors
- Indoor malls
All alcohol-only bars and breweries must close operations, both indoor and outdoor, statewide **unless an exception below applies:
1. Bars, pubs, brewpubs, and breweries, may operate outdoors if they are offering sit-down, outdoor meals. Alcohol can be sold only in the same transaction as a meal. When operating outdoors, they must follow the restaurant guidance and should continue to encourage takeout and delivery service whenever possible.
2. Bars, pubs, brewpubs, and breweries that do not provide sit-down meals themselves, but can contract with another vendor to do so, can serve meals when operating outdoors provided both businesses follow the restaurant guidance and alcohol is sold only in the same transaction as a meal.
3. Venues that are currently authorized to provide off sale beer, wine, and spirits to be consumed off premises and do not offer sit-down meals must follow the guidance for retail operations and offer curbside sales only.
4. Concert, performance, or entertainment venues must remain closed until they are allowed to resume modified or full operation through a specific reopening order or guidance. Establishments that serve full meals must discontinue this type of entertainment until these types of activities are allowed to resume modified or full operation.
Residents and businesses must continue to wear face coverings, maintain social distance, and stay home as much as possible to help lower the spread of COVID-19.
The County’s amended health order can be read here. To read the State’s guidance on closure of sectors can be read here.Additional Information: - Unfortunately, we do not have a current estimate for when these will be allowed to re-open.
- As noted above, outdoor operations may continue with proper social distancing and/or masking protocols. Our local guidance on drive-in religious services can be found here: Link
- More links:
- COVID.ca.gov announcement
- CDPH State Health Officer Order
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Fake ADA “Face Mask Exempt" Cards Advisory
An important message from Resources for Independent Living: Don't be fooled by "Face Mask Exempt" cards. These are not government issued and are not supported by the Americans with Disabilities Act. At best, these are being used by People with Disabilities uncertain of their rights. At worst, these are being used by individuals claiming to have a disability in order to get out of wearing a face covering.
Your local Independent Living Center is available to help anyone with a disability during this pandemic, including those needing assistance as a result of not being able to wear a face covering. There are many ways to obtain the goods and services one needs without exposing oneself or others to COVID-19. Find the Independent Living Center in your area at CFILC.org.
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Lower Cache Creek Feasibility EIR-Meeting on July 28 @ 6pm
The public review and comment period for the City's Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Woodland Flood Risk Management Project has been extended to August 14.
The City will present project details during an upcoming ONLINE public meeting in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines:
6 p.m., Tuesday, July 28
Please click the link the following link to join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/94283485830.
You may also participate by phone: Dial: 1 669 900 6833; Webinar ID: 942 8348 5830
View at City Hall by appointment. Please contact Tim Busch at 530-661-5963 or tim.busch@cityofwoodland.org to set up an appointment to review the draft EIR.
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Did you miss The State of the City presentation? Access the recording on the Chamber's websiteWatch the recording of the State of the City on the Chamber's website, to be posted here soon: https://woodlandchamber.org/Mayor Rich Lansburgh and City Manager Ken Hiatt gave a comprehensive update on various City topics, including Economic Development projects like the Woodland Research and Technology Park, capital improvements, updates on The Food Front, and more.
Contact Cynthia Evans for more information: cynthias@woodlandchamber.org |
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Sign up for the Woodland Chamber of Commerce's Virtual "Lunch and Learn" featuring #GOWoodlandLocal & Visit California: July 22nd 12-1 pmJoin the Chamber, the City's Food Front team, and Visit California for a discussion on how local businesses can join in on the City's #GOWoodlandLocal campaign, and how it fits into the state-wide communication strategy driven by Visit California - urging California residents to shop local and to engage in local tourism to drive our economy. Sign up on the Chamber's website: https://woodlandchamber.org/ or contact Cynthia Evans: cynthias@woodlandchamber.org
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Paycheck Protection Program-Reopened
The Paycheck Protection Program resumed accepting applications July 6, 2020, at 9:00 AM EDT in response to President signing the program's extension legislation. The new deadline to apply for a Paycheck Protection Program loan is August 8, 2020.Get more information here.
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Door signs still available for your business store fronts to help enforce face covering Order
In response to feedback from businesses about cases of community non-compliance with the face mask Order, we developed several large and small informational signs aimed at the public regarding face mask use when entering businesses. Paper copies of these signs are available for pick up at the Community Development front desk at City, or can be downloaded by clicking on the below links:
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Apply NOW for your outdoor dining & use permits
With indoor dining prohibited, we encourage all of our businesses to apply for the FREE outdoor dining permit. The goal of the Temporary Outdoor Use Permit is to support and assist businesses in meeting the operational guidelines outlined by the State including significant reductions in indoor seating capacity to meet social distancing requirements. The Temporary Permit will allow local restaurants and some retailers the ability to expand their square footage by expanding seating and displays outdoors, either on public sidewalks or in private parking lots where parking spaces or walkways can be temporarily converted to create an outdoor patio space. The permit is effective immediately and is available on the City’s Economic Development COVID-19 Response webpage. The direct link is available HERE. Approved applications will be effective through the State and local termination of the COVID-19 emergency. |
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- LOCAL LEADERS SPOTLIGHT -
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 Lance Warren, owner of Crucial Vibes
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Welcome to Woodland, Crucial Vibes Unlimited!
Lance Warren, owner of this Rasta Reggae store, moved from Davis to join the Downtown Woodland business family. In the words of Lance, @crucialvibesunlimited brings “reggae vibes, all the time”. Lance’s store carries a wide variety of reggae wear clothing, incense, tapestries, blankets, hemp body care, jewelry - and works hard to make sure
that they are from environmentally sound and fair trade sources whenever possible.
Born in Jamaica and now longtime Californian, Lance has been in the retail business for more than 30 years and looks forward to welcoming in longtime Yolo County customers as well as new Woodlanders to his new Main Street location. Be sure to stop by and welcome him to our biz community!
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Our Economic Development / Food Front team is here to support you through this challenging time. Please contact us at the email addresses below (do not reply to this email). We look forward to connecting with you. We furthermore encourage you to periodically visit our COVID-19 Business & Employee support page and the business & employee FAQ page. |
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