HOME
HOME ORDERS GO INTO EFFECT IN COLORADO.
PEOPLE LIVING IN
DENVER AND THE CITY
OF BOULDER ARE
BEING TOLD TO STAY
AT HOME STARTING AT
FIVE O'CLOCK.
PITKIN, LA PLATA, AND
ARCHULETA COUNTIES
ARE TELLING THEIR
RESIDENTS TO STAY AT
HOME AS WELL.
THE
THE ORDERS MEAN ONLY ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES WILL BE
OPEN -- THINGS LIKE
MEDICAL CARE
PROVIDERS, GROCERY
STORES, AND BANKS.
9NEWS
9NEWS REPORTERS NOEL BRENNAN AND KATIE EASTMAN ARE IN
DENVER AND
BOULDER.
WE START WITH NOEL
-- SO, TO BE CLEAR -
PEOPLE CAN STILL GO
OUTSIDE, RIGHT?
OUTSIDE, RIGHT?
DENVER'S
DENVER'S ORDER MEANS NO MORE PICNICS IN THE PARK.
NO MORE ORGANIZED
GAMES OUT HERE
EITHER.
PEOPLE CAN STILL
COME OUT TO
EXERCISE SO LONG AS
THEY STAY SIX FEET
APART.
THE ORDER ALSO HAS
AN IMPACT ON RETAIL
SHOPS - THAT AREN'T
CONSIDERED
ESSENTIAL.
CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL.
ESSENTIAL.
MANY
MANY BUSINESSES IN THE HIGHLANDS HAVE ALREADY CLOSED
THEIR DOORS.
WE STOPPED BY 32ND
AVENUE THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON.
WHILE
WHILE THERE WAS A STEADY STREAM OF CARS AND FOOT
TRAFFIC, NO ONE WAS
STEPPING INSIDE ANY
OF THE SHOPS.
THE PERFECT PETAL
HAS BEEN AROUND
FOR 25 YEARS.
THEY SELL FLOWERS
AND ALL SORTS OF
GIFTS.
THEY HAD BEEN OPEN
BY APPOINTMENT
ONLY - BUT THEIR
PLANS CHANGED
AFTER DENVER MAYOR
MICHAEL HANCOCK
ANNOUNCED THE
STAY-AT-HOME ORDER
YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON.
THE
THE PERFECT PETAL HOPES TO RELY ON ITS ONLINE SALES AND
FLOWER DELIVERIES
TO GET THEM
THROUGH.
ONLINE SALES WILL
BE HUGE FOR THESE
BUSINESSES GOING
FORWARD - AND IT'S
THE SAME STORY IN
BOULDER.
IN BOULDER THE
ORDER BEGINS AT 5 AS
WELL. THAT'S WHERE
WE FIND OUR KATIE
EASTMAN.
EASTMAN.
AND
AND JUST
AND JUST LIKE DENVER -- PLAYGROUNDS AND
PICNIC AREAS WILL BE
CLOSED.
THE ORDERS ARE
VIRTUALLY THE SAME
AND BOULDER CITY
COUNCIL ANNOUNCED
THEIRS SEVERAL
HOURS AFTER DENVER
MADE THEIR
ANNOUNCEMENT
YESTERDAY.
ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY.
BUT
BUT EVEN
BUT EVEN EARLIER TODAY- MANY BUSINESSES HAD
CLOSED ON THEIR
OWN BECAUSE THEY
WEREN'T GETTING ANY
BUSINESS.
RESTAURANTS ARE
STILL GETTING SOME
TRAFFIC FROM
PEOPLE PING STREET MALL WAS
QIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AR AND THERE
WERE MOSTREETS THAN THERE
BUSID OTCHKTIL
MINUTE.
MINUTE.
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IS STRUGGING.
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I SPOKE WIR MSHE TOLD ME THE SONT DRASTIC
MEASUREOUT OF THIS.
BOULDETY
COUNCIL IS HOLDITALK ABOUT THE
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>>> THE
>>> THE STAY AT HOME ORDER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. >> OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE VIRUS,
AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, STAY AT
HOME POLICY AND ALL THE
BUSINESSES JUST TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THE BEST NEXT STEP,
WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD FLORAL
DELIVERY OPTIONS ONLINE.
BUT IN THE LAST WEEK, WE
FRANTICALLY HAVE GOTTEN ALL OF
OUR HARD GOODS AND OUR RETAIL
SHOP PHOTOGRAPH.
SHOP PHOTOGRAPH. >> Reporter: BUSINESSES LIKE
THE PERFECT PETAL RELY ON
ONLINE SALES FROM HERE ON OUT.
IT WILL BE RELYING ON FLOWER
DELIVERIES.
DELIVERIES. THESE ONLINE PORTIONS OF THE
BUSINESS WILL BE HUGE MOVING
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
FORWARD. IT'S THE SAME STORY IN BOULDER
WHERE MY COLLEAGUE REPORTER
KATIE EASTMAN HAS BEEN.
THE SAME STORY OUT THERE WITH
SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES.
>> Reporter: YEAH.
IT IS, AND JUST LIKE DENVER,
PLAYGROUNDS, PICNIC AREAS WILL
BE CLOSED.
BE CLOSED. THE ORDERS ARE VIRTUALLY THE
SAME.
SAME.
SAME. BOULDER COUNCIL ANNOUNCED THEIR
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER DENVER
ANNOUNCED THEIRS.
ANNOUNCED THEIRS. EARLIER TODAY, MANY PLACES HAD
CLOSED ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE
THEY WEREN'T GETTING ANY
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. RESTAURANTS ARE STILL GETTING
TRAFFIC FROM PEOPLE TAKING OUT.
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE SLEEPS ON
THE STREETS THAN THERE WERE
WALKING.
WALKING.
WALKING. ONE PLACE THAT SELLS OPEN STAYS
OPEN UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.
ART MART FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
AND IS STRUGGLING TO SEE A
SILVER LINING.
SILVER LINING. >> THERE'S A BIG KNOT IN MY
STOMACH.
STOMACH.
STOMACH. SO UNCERTAIN.
SO UNCERTAIN. SO, TRYING TO KEEP IT TOGETHER.
TRYING TO BE HAPPY.
OR APPEAR HAPPY.
>> Reporter: AND I SPOKE WITH
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MARY YOUNG
IN BOULDER TODAY.
SHE SAID THE SOONER WE IMP
LIMIT DRASTIC MEASURES, THE
SOONER WE COME OUT OF THIS.
BOULDER CITY COUNCIL IS HOLDING
A SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT AT
6:00.
6:00.
6:00. A
6:00. A VIRTUAL MEETING THAT ANYONE
CAN TUNE IN AND WATCH THAT ON
THEIR WEBSITE.
THEIR WEBSITE. TOM?
TOM?
TOM? >>
TOM? >> KATIE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
IN GREAT TECHNICAL MATTERS SOME
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. BUT
TIME. BUT THAT STORE OWNER GIVES YOU
A GOOD IDEA WE ARE TALKING
PEOPLE AND EMOTION.
FOR MANY, WITH WHAT WE CAN AND
CAN'T DO WITH THE DIFFERENT
ORDERS TAKING EFFECT.
>> Reporter: OH, FOR SURE, AND
THIS GENERAL MANAGER HAS BEEN
THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR FIVE
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. SHE SAID SHE WILL HAVE A LOT
MORE TIME ON HER HANDS.
SHE WILL BE SPENDING IT WITH
HER DOG AND HOPING THEIR NEW