Douglas County businesses look forward to downgraded county risk level

Kezi 9 news.

Douglas and coos counties will move from?extreme ris?

To the?high ris?

Level starting this friday& which means some businesses can re- open for the first time since november.

We continue our team coverage with evita garza -- live in roseburg to show us how some restaurants are already preparing for the changes.-- evita chynna weeks, douglas county has been under 200 cases per 100 thousand people& which is what helped get us moved to the high ris?

Level..

Instead of extreme risk.

Many business owners tell me theye been watching the numbers very closely& because they now have the ability to reopen for indoor diners, in some capacity.

Under the?high ris?

Level, restaurants can have a maximum of 50 people eating inside their restaurant at a time.

Sam gross, the owner of loggers taphouse in roseburg says the second shutdown has been financially tough on him and his staff& but he says these changes are the light at the end of the tunnel.

Sam gross, restaurant owner: the first thing was to send messages to all of our people letting them know that schedules are going to change, their going to get more hours, then planning with our food provider to get everything we need to be ready for that increase in sales?

Also under the?high ris?

Level, restaurants can expand their outdoor seating to 75 people from 50.

Gross says he plans to take advantage of that change too, after spending 45 hundred on outdoor seating equipment while they were in extreme risk?

Restaurants aren't the only business allowed to reopen& gyms can also open at a limited capacity too.

And, we'll hear from a gym owner..

Coming up on kezi nine news at five.

Live in roseburg, evita