East Ridge to Follow Governor's Plan for Re-Opening

The Cities of Collegedale, East Ridge, Lakesite, Lookout Mountain, Red Bank, Ridgeside, and Soddy-Daisy, all members of the Small Cities Coalition of Hamilton County, have agreed tojoin with Hamilton County to follow Governor Lee’s Executive Order 29 and adhere to related directives by the Hamilton County Health Department.

Lee’s Executive Order 29, issued Friday afternoon, established the limited and conditional reopening of restaurants for on-site dining. Earlier in the day, Lee revealed his economic recovery plan which will allow restaurants to reopen Monday, April 27, at 50 percent occupancy.

Retail stores may begin opening Wednesday, April 29, at 50 percent occupancy. Full details for both sectors can be found at tn.gov website or at https://www.tn.gov/governor/covid-19/economic-recovery.html

As restaurants and retail businesses begin to reopen, residents are reminded to continue following the safe distancing guidelines, maintain personal hygiene, and avoid large crowds of ten or more people.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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