REOPENING RESOURCES FOR RETAILERS
Retail Merchants is working with Virginia Retail Federation and Retail Alliance to band together to propose legislative initiatives and government relief packages that are vital to keeping this important sector intact.
Here’s a collection of resources and updates.
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Reopening Checklist
ForwardRVA is a coalition of our region’s business, community, and governmental leaders who are working together to create an innovative reopening and planning framework.
Visit the site to download your Reopening Checklist, click here.
PPE Starter Toolkits
Personal protective equipment for RVA’s small, local, retail, and restaurant businesses with 25 or fewer employees — an $80 value, free of charge. Register here.
ForwardRVA is a coalition of our region’s business, community, and governmental leaders who are working together to create an innovative
Guidance on Screening, Monitoring and Testing Employees Returning to Work
Are you responsible for taking employees’ temperatures?
Employees should also self-monitor their symptoms by self-taking of temperature to check for fever and utilizing the questions provided in the VDH Interim Guidance for COVID -19 Daily Screening of Employees before reporting to work.
Forward Virginia Guidelines
Virginia’s guideline’s to Phase One: Safer at Home
Mandatory Requirements
All non-essential brick and mortar retail establishments
Phase I: Establishments must either implement the following mandatory requirements or close.
Businesses must strictly adhere to the physical distancing guidelines, enhanced cleaning and disinfection practices, and enhanced workplace safety practices
Best Practices
In addition to the requirements provided above, establishments are encouraged to utilize the following best practices to the extent they are feasible:
- Provide sanitizing stations for customers and staff throughout the store, particularly at entry and exit points.
- Consider managing customer movement utilizing one-way aisles or
Print Materials
Here are print materials from virginia.gov. These are designed for Brick & Mortar Retailers across Virginia.
A Checklist for Reaching and Retaining Customers During COVID-19
In an age where almost all businesses have become destination businesses, it can be hard to reach and attract new customers, and even retain those customers who’ve purchased from you previously. But there are little things, relatively easy things, that businesses can do to remove obstacles and make that path
Mental Wellness Toolkit
Cameron K. Gallagher Mental Wellness Virtual Toolkit
​Online Workshop.
In partnership with Yukon Learning, this resource helps students learn about stress, positive coping strategies, and an introduction to mindfulness. Click here: CKG Intro to Mental Wellness
​Digital Worksheet.Â
This tool, Turn Down the Heat (attached as a PDF), is part of the CKG Wellness Program Know Your Boiling Point.  You can
FDA: Social Distancing Guidance
FDA has provided updated recommendations to employers on maintaining social distancing among employees in food retail establishments and on whether employees should wear face coverings to prevent exposure to COVID-19.
- FDA’s Food Safety & the Coronavirus Disease 2019 resource page.
CARES Act: The Small Business Owner’s Guide
The programs and initiatives in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was just passed by Congress are intended to assist business owners with whatever needs they have right now.