Downtown Leavenworth closed to traffic and parking Friday morning, though slightly less of it than was originally planned.
Mayor Carl Florea says they are now closing Front St. just from 8th to 10th Streets downtown instead of all the way to Gustav’s.
“I said right from the beginning that we were going to tweak this. We were putting it out there but I was definitely open to looking at tweaks. [The change] was in response to the business community although I must say that in my early declaration I had also reached out to them and they thought it would be fine and then they just got some push back.”
Florea says it’s about public safety and this will likely be in place until Chelan County moves to Phase 2 in the recovery process.
The Royal Bavarians will also be in downtown with no festivals or parades.
Florea says, “They’re going to be working with us in the downtown all dressed up in their Bavarian garb and helping people to get to where the open shops and also providing masks if they would be willing to wear them. They are also going to direct people to where we have sanitizer stations.”
Florea says they will use this weekend as a test to determine if the closure needs to be changed for Memorial Day Weekend.
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