(TOM)
AND IT GOES WITHOUT
SAYING THAT FROM AN
ECONOMIC
STANDPOINT,
RESTRICTIONS CAN'T
BE LIFTED SOON
ENOUGH.
NEWS OUT TODAY
FROM O-D-U SAYING
JUST IN THE
WILLIAMSBURG AREA,
HOTEL REVENUE FELL
93-PERCENT FROM THIS
TIME LAST YEAR.
AND FOR AN AREA THAT
THRIVES ON TOURISM --
YOU BET THE RIPPLE
EFFECT HAS BEEN
NOTICED.
10 ON YOUR SIDES
BRETT HALL SHOWS US
THE LOCAL EFFORT
UNDERWAY TO COMBAT
THOSE LOSSES.
ALL EYES IN THE
COMMONWEALTH---ARE
NOW LOOKING TO
FRIDAY.
GOV. RALPH NORTHAM,
(D) VIRGINIA
"OUR FORWARD
VIRGINIA PLAN, THAT IS
OUR PHASED
APPROACH TO
RESTRICTED
OPERATIONS."
AND FRIDAY IS THE
DAY---GOVERNOR
RALPH NORTHAM SAYS
WE WILL FINALLY
LEARN THE SPECIFICS.
LEARNING THE TYPES
OF BUSINESSES WILL
BE ALLOWED TO OPEN
AGAIN UNDER PHASE
1---AND WHAT
RESTRICTIONS THEY
WILL BE HELD TO.
GOV. RALPH NORTHAM,
(D) VIRGINIA
"I KNOW THAT ACROSS
VIRGINIA OUR
LOCALITIES ARE BEING
AFFECTED IN VERY
DIFFERENT WAYS."
AND WHILE THE
GOVERNOR GAVE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
THE OPTION TO OPT-
OUT OF LIFTED
RESTRICTIONS IF THEY
SEE FIT.
MICHELE MIXNER
DEWITT, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR FOR THE
CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG
"CERTAINLY EAGER TO
FIND A SAFE WAY TO
BRING CUSTOMERS
BACK AND PEOPLE
BACK TO
WILLIAMSBURG."
MICHELE MIXNER
DEWITT---THE
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTORY FOR THE
CITY---SURELY
HOPES---EVERYONE
HERE IS READY TO GO.
"IT HURTS OUR HEARTS
THAT ALL THOSE
BUSINESSES THAT
STARTED WERE DOING
SO GREAT. ARE NOW
FEELING THE IMPACT OF
THIS."
MANY OF WHICH
FEELING THE REAL
PINCH WITH THE
CLOSURES OF
COLONIAL
WILLIAMSBURG AND
NEARBY BUSCH
GARDENS.
IT'S WHY THE COLONIAL
CAPITAL---IS THROWING
ALL THEY HAVE AT
KEEPING BUSINESS
AFLOAT.
THREE DIFFERENT
RELIEF PLANS HAVE
BEEN ROLLED OUT IN
THE LAST SEVERAL
WEEKS.
ONE OF WHICH IS A
GRANT FOR FINDING
CREATIVE WAYS TO
STAY OPEN DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
ANOTHER---GIVES
THOSE ELIGIBLE--HALF
OF WHATEVER THEY
PAID FOR THEIR
BUSINESS
LICENSE...BACK
FOR THAT ONE.
"87 DIFFERENT PEOPLE
HAVE STARTED AN
ACCOUNT AND 53
DIFFERENT
SUBMISSIONS HAVE
COME IN."
THE APPLICATION HAS
ONLY BEEN OPEN SINCE
MONDAY.
AND MIXNER DEWITT
KNOWS THAT RELIEF
ONLY GOES SO FAR.
"THERE ALL HAVING TO
MAKE VERY DIFFICULT
DECISIONS"
DEWITT SAYS MANY
BUSINESSES HAVE
TAKEN THE ROUTE SO
MANY OTHERS
HAVE---AND DECIDED
TO CLOSE---EVEN IF
THEY DON'T LEGALLY
HAVE TO.
MORE INFORMATION ON
RELIEF FOR TAXPAYERS
AND
BUSINESSES...NOW ON
WAVY DOT COM.
THAT'S THE
LATEST---BRETT HALL 10
ON YOUR SIDE.
