Contributed by Mayor Bert Cottle
With the arrival of warmer weather and weeks of social distancing and indoor isolarion, the parks and playgrounds will become a source of additional entertainment and activity. However, we must still observe the governor’s mandate on gatherings and social distancing.
Playground equipment in our parks will be off limits effective immediately due to the inability to effectively and efficiently sanitize all the common “touch” surfaces that are exposed to the public and especially our children.
The parks will remain open for other activities, and we encourage our citizens to get out and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine that comes with this time of year. Walk, run, bike… Be creative with normal activities while still ensuring you keep six feet apart and don’t share common surfaces.
The measure listed above will be in effect until further notice.
As always, we encourage our residents and businesses to follow our best practices and to expand ways of social distancing so that the risk of community transmission is minimized.
The City is constantly evaluating for the future and will announce other measures as they become necessary and possible reopening as conditions allow.
We will get through these trying times if we all prepared mitigate exposure and support each other from a safe distance.
Thank you all for your flexibility as we navigate this together.
Sincerely,
Bert L. Cottle
