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COVID-19 emergency order ends in Burlington

Local businesses have been waiting 15 months for the order to end

IT’S A TESTAMENT TO THE VERMONT WAY – CARING FOR EACH OTHER AND OUR CO MMUNITIES.” THE EMERGENCY ORDER THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN VERMONS T’ LARGEST CITY OVER A YEAR AGO ENDED TODAY. IT’S WHAT FORCED BURLINGTON BUSINESSES TO CLOSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO HOW THEY’VE OPERAT. ED NBC5’S LAUREN GRANADA IS LIVE FROM CHURCH STREET THIS MORNING AND LAURE N, YOU SPOKE WITH BUSINESSES WHO ARE FINALLY ABLE TO GO BACK TO PRE- PANDEMIC WAYS. THEY’RE BEING AFFECTED IA N WAY MANY SEE AS POSITIVE. NOTHW AT THE EMERGEN CY ORDER IS OFFICIALLY LIFTED. ALL OF THESE STORES AND RESTAURANTS CAN GO BK AC TO THEIR PRE- PANDEMIC WAYS. YELLOW ARROWS SHOW THE REMNANTS OF COVID-19 SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AT HOMEPORT ON CHURCH STREET. 01;14;19;24– 01;14;26;29 <MARK BOUCHETTE, OWNER, HOMEPORT :06 “IF SOMEBODY’S BEEN HITTING YOU WITH A HAMMER FOR THE LAST HOUR AND SUDDENLY STST HOUR AND SUDDENLY OPPED. YOU STILL FEEL LIKE THE NEXT BLOW IS COMING.”> IT’S THE DAY MARK BOUCHETTE, AND MANY OTHER BUSINE OSSWNERS, HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. 01;14;28;15– 01;14;33;08 <MARK BOUCHETTE, OWNER, HOMEPORT :05 “I THINK IT’LL TAKE A WHILE FOR EVERYONE TO SORT OF FEEL LIKE THE NEXT BLOW IS NOT COMING.”> BURLINGTON’S EMERGEN CY ORDER OFFICIALLY COMES TO A CLOSE. WHICH MEANS THE CITY NO LONGER HAS THABE ILITY TO ENFORCCOE VID- 19 GUIDELINES ON BUSINESS. ES LIKE IT HAS FOR THE PAST 15 MONTHS. 01;07;18;08– 01;07;30;13 <MARK BOUCHETTE, OWNER, HOMEPORT :12 “WE SORT OF SAT DOWN AND SAID WE THINK WE CAN DO THIS FOR THREE MONTHS, NO BUSINESS – WE HAVE CASH RESERVED, WE DON’T HAVE TO LET ANODYBY GO AND THEN WE CLOSE UP AND WE SEE FROM THERE.”> MAYOR MIRO WEINBERGER DECLARED A CITY EMERGENCY ON MARCH 16TH 2020. FORCING PRACTICALLY ALL BUSINESSES AND CY IT BUILDINGS TO SHUT DOWN IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-1 9. BUT AFTER CHITTENDEN COUNTY REACHED AN 80 PERCENT VACCINATION RATE THREE WEEKS AGO. WEINBERGER MADE THE CALL TO LIFT THE ORDER ON THE 15TH. 01;24;18;05– 01;24;26;20 <MICHAEL CYR, SKINNY PANCAKE :09 “WE’VE CERTAINLY SEEN VOLUME INCREASE BUT THERE HASN’T BEEN MUCH FANFARE ASTS I HAPPENED, SO I GUESS IN A WORD IT FEELS WEIRD. çáááTRACKáÑ áá BURLINGTON FOOD STAPLES, LIKE THE SKINNY PANCAKE, CAN NOW BREATH EVEN EASIER. AFTER BURLINGTON’S MASK MANDATE FOR PEOPLE VACCINATED WAS LIFTED LAST WEEK… THE CITY’S EMERGENCY ORDER THE LAST STEP TO RETURNING TO PRE- PANDEMIC WAYS. çáááSOTáááÑ 01;24;09;16– 01;24;141 ;2 <MICHAEL CYR, SKINNY PANCAKE :07 “IT HASN’T REALLY BEEN CELEBRATORY IT’S SORT OF BEEN A SLOW BURN AS MORE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO INCREASE THEIR COMFORT LEVE.”LS> TO HELP CELEBRATE E TH CITY’S PROGRESS. BURLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT IS EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF SUMMER CSS ESLA AND CAMPS OFFERED THIS YEAR, AND BURLINGTON CY IT ARTS WILL HOLD WEEKLY

COVID-19 emergency order ends in Burlington

Local businesses have been waiting 15 months for the order to end

On March 16, 2020, Mayor Miro Weinberger placed an emergency order on the city of Burlington – causing an almost complete shutdown for businesses. Today, the emergency order has ended.The city can no longer enforce COVID-19 guidelines on any business through the emergency order. Weinberger planned for the emergency order to end three weeks ago, after Chittenden County reached an 80% vaccination rate.Local businesses have been slowly adjusting to the lifted guidelines.“We’ve certainly seen volume increase but there hasn’t been much fanfare as its happened, so I guess in a word it feels weird,” said Michael Cyr, the director of marketing at the Skinny Pancake.To help celebrate the city’s progress, Burlington School District is expanding the number of summer classes and camps offered this year. Burlington city arts will also hold weekly outdoor concerts.

BURLINGTON, Vt. —

On March 16, 2020, Mayor Miro Weinberger placed an emergency order on the city of Burlington – causing an almost complete shutdown for businesses.

Today, the emergency order has ended.

The city can no longer enforce COVID-19 guidelines on any business through the emergency order.

Weinberger planned for the emergency order to end three weeks ago, after Chittenden County reached an 80% vaccination rate.

Local businesses have been slowly adjusting to the lifted guidelines.

“We’ve certainly seen volume increase but there hasn’t been much fanfare as its happened, so I guess in a word it feels weird,” said Michael Cyr, the director of marketing at the Skinny Pancake.

To help celebrate the city’s progress, Burlington School District is expanding the number of summer classes and camps offered this year. Burlington city arts will also hold weekly outdoor concerts.