Nominations for the HANC Board are open through the election at our November Meeting. All current HANC members are eligible to serve and to nominate other members. If you would like to serve, or would like to nominate someone, you can do so before the vote at the November meeting. The term is from December, 2020 through November, 2021. The current HANC Board has made the following recommendations for officers and Board members for the upcoming term:
President: Lisa Awbrey
Vice President: David Woo
Recording Secretary: Bruce Wolfe
Corresponding Secretary: Jim Rhoads
Treasurer: Christin Evans
Nominating Chair: Tes Welborn
Membership Chair: Richard Ivanhoe
Housing & Land Use Chair: Calvin Welch
Recycling Chair: Karen Fishkin
Members At Large: Alex Aquino, Jaime Michaels, Shira Noel, James Sword, Christian Vaisse
By Christin Evans, HANC Board
As we develop a better understanding of how the virus is spread, health officials are offering guidance to more and more businesses on the ways they can re-open. On September 14th, hairdressers, nail salons, piercing & tattoo parlors, massage businesses, gymnasiums and fitness studios were all authorized to re-open so long as they followed certain safety guidelines such as the completion of a safety protocol plan, providing masks & hand sanitizer and taking other industry-specific measures to lower the risk of the virus spread.
However, just because some businesses can re-open, that doesn’t mean they will open. Small business owners who don’t want to assume the risk for their own health, their employees or their customers may still elect to do business online or outdoors through the city’s Shared Spaces program.
Most businesses have limited the number of customers inside at a time, and placed hand sanitizer throughout their businesses encouraging customers and staff to liberally apply the virus-killing alcohol-based liquid, foam & gel. Stores have also shortened hours and limited the number of staff working and many customers still elect for curbside pickup even though in store browsing is now an option.
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