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“Definitely it will take some adjusting and transitioning for everyone,” said Rebecca Scott, general manager of the Stratford City Centre Business Improvement Area. “I think we’ve got … some really happy business owners, but there’s also the realization that there will be a transition to get up to where we’re allowed to be for Step 3.”
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Public-health restrictions are easing across the entire province first thing Friday morning.
Under Step 3, indoor dining and fitness facilities can make a return, museums, movie theatres, and other indoor venues can reopen (with some limits), personal care services will be allowed more capacity, and people will have permission for larger social gatherings.
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The cancellation of the Stratford Festival at the beginning of the pandemic last year sent shockwaves through this part of Southwestern Ontario, a rural arts and manufacturing hub where popular eateries and quaint mom-and-pop shops rely heavily on tourism dollars.
When that traditionally reliable economic boost evaporated last spring, observers in Stratford were rightfully concerned about whether the city’s small businesses could survive.
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A year and a half later, though, as the province gradually begins to reopen from a third shutdown, the picture in Stratford is looking brighter than many people expected.
STRATFORD Preparations are underway at the Stratford Festival for a return of theatre this summer, with in-person rehearsals beginning last week. Officials are eyeing July for the launch of the festival s outdoor season. The first day of joining each other in-person, in a parking lot, was actually a very emotional day for everybody, said Peter Pasyk, director of A Midsummer Night s Dream. In any other case, rehearsing outdoors might seem a little crazy, but it s appropriate. This year, the festival has set up canopies to hold shows once outdoor performances are permitted in Step 2 of the province s reopening plan, which, under the current timeline, could come in early July.
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