Phase two businesses ready to reopen

She says the pandemic has been a stressful time for many, and massage helps with stress.

“So a lot of those clients not being able to get it probably really needed it. But also the front line workers who have been running on their feet a little extra and dealing with all these changes too I think they really want to get back and get their muscles back to being healthy and feeling better.”

Among many guidelines, Baron says she will be wearing personal protective equipment and allowing extra time between clients.

Personal services like nails and waxing also got the green light to reopen this week.

But the owner of Shear Creationz Michelle Hintz says she will be opening those services again at the beginning of July to schedule clients and digest the guidelines.

“We just need that normalcy of routine and different services. I’m looking forward to it, so excited. And I’m sure my clients are too by the phone calls and my phone just doesn’t quit ringing, she said”

Hintz opened the hair salon side of her business during phase one last month.

She says it’s been a new world when it comes to the guidelines and wearing PPE’s.

“It’s been a bit chaotic. People are confusing stage one and stage two so our phone rings off the hook until we explain to them the differences in services,” Hintz added.

Gym-goers also got the pleasant surprise of fitness facilities being moved into phase two.

Co-Owner of Back Alley Fitness Ally DeWolfe says they personally advocated for gyms to be reconsidered in an earlier phase.

And she expects members to come back right away, “At first I was a little nervous that we would have a slower turn but it’s not looking that way. People are confident in not only their gym spaces taking care of them, but also really confident in that their physical and mental health at this point they can mitigate the risks themselves.”

DeWolfe says members are itching to get back to their physical and mental well-being routines through fitness.

Back Alley Fitness member Sarah Skinner says she’s excited to get back to the gym and to see everyone.

“Probably hug the squat rack because I do miss it. And probably do my powerlifting lifts and see where they’re at and everything because it’s been three months so get back to that and see where things are at.”

Back Alley Fitness will be open on Friday with physical distancing, program structure changes, and continuing to sanitize equipment.

by Chantal Wagner

Phase two businesses ready to reopen

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