- June 18, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Business owners and managers are seeing plenty of smiling faces, and with good reason.
Their customers aren’t wearing masks.
Gov. Andy Beshear ended the mask mandate, put in place over a year ago because of COVID-19, last Friday when he signed an executive order saying masks are not required except in certain situations such as public transportation, health care facilities and long-term care settings.
“It hasn’t been long, but it’s been a big change,” Staxx BBQ owner Dan Liebman said about the end of the mask mandate. “More people are coming inside, and as much as anything, people have smiles on their faces. We’re happy to see everyone coming through the doors.”
In addition to masks not being required in most instances, restaurants have been allowed to return to 100% capacity.
“There’s a big amount of difference in what we were doing to the business we’re doing now,” said Melisa Lacy, co-owner of…
