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Haywood Mall is back open

Haywood Mall is back open

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OUR RENEE WONDER LICK HAS MORE. >> The Reporter: I SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE SHOPPERS BEFORE THE MALL OPENED AND THEY WANT TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC, THEY COULDN’T FIND ON LINE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY JUST WANTED TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. EARLIER THIS MORNING, WE WERE GIVEN A SNEAK PEEK, A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW INSIDE THE MALL, THE DIFFERENT SAFETY PROCEDURES THAT ARE IN PLACE, AND YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, IT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU’RE USED TO. THE COMPANY THAT OWNS HAYWOOD MALL, SIMON, ANNOUNCED NEW COVID-19 EXPOSURE CONTROL POLICIES AND THAT INCLUDES PREEMPTIVE EMPLOYEE SCREENINGS FOR SYMPTOMS OF THE VIRUS. WE’RE ALSO TOLD THE MALL WILL BE LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ALLOWED IN STORES AT ONE TIME. >> WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS, BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO FORCE PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS. SOMEONE WALKS UP THE WRONG WAY, WE’RE GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THEY STAY WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THE REPORTER: NOW THEY MOVED SOME FURNITURE, WE SAW EVIDENCE OF THAT, TO ENCOURAGE SHOPPERS TO SOCIAL DISTANCE. THINGS LIKE DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND THE CHILDREN’S PLAY AREA, THOSE ARE CLOSED TEMPORARILY. AND THERE ARE SIGNS AND OTHER MARKERS DIRECTING THE FLOW OF FOOT TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE MALL. AND AT THIS TIME, THE MALL IS ALSO ENCOURAGING ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT TO SHOP TO TAKE THEIR OWN TEMPERATURE FIRST, AND IF THEY DO FEEL SICK, TO STAY HOME, THOUGH IF THEY DO FEEL WELL AND THEY DON’T HAVE A TEMPERATURE, THEY’RE ENCOURAGING ALL SHOPPERS TO WEAR A MASK BEFORE THEY GO INT

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