Looking for new Christmas gifts to add to your Christmas tree? Here's a new store in Cameron Park for you!!

 

Update: Willow + Oak has recently moved from their previous space into the Burke Junction Shopping Center. They are now located at 3300 Coach Lane Suite E7 across the walkway from Snowline Hospice. 

        If you have been looking for new homemade Christmas gifts to add to your Christmas tree for your family, there may be a new store for you to visit. It is called Willow + Oak Laser Design and Home Decor, located behind Safeway in Cameron Park. The address is at 4100 Cameron Park Dr. Suite 113. This store offers their customers:

·         Homemade wooden signs

·         Collectible items

·         Food items

·         Baby clothing, toys, and supplies

This store just opened in October of 2021, and it is owned by Cari Clinkenbeard.  They are open Wednesday to Sunday from 9:00 am to 2:00pm on Wednesday-Friday and 10:00am to 5:00pm Saturday-Sunday, being closed on Monday and Tuesday.

My family and I visited this store a few days ago. I thought the store's home decor was fun to look at with the pictures the owner designed and made, which reminded me of the store, On Tahoe Time, in South Lake Tahoe, I wrote about a few years ago: Hayden's Business Blog: A Fun little find on the map in South Lake Tahoe (haydenbusinessblog.blogspot.com). One of my favorite items at the store were the Christmas ornaments of all the different zip codes in our local area stating where Home is for Christmas. It gave me a different perspective of where home is, as I usually think of it being their hometown's name, which it did state along with the zip code. I think these ornaments would help give more knowledge of geography knowing where people live, in a fun and charming way. I would certainly recommend you to visit this store next time you shop in Cameron Park and look at all the wooden signs which were creatively engineered. Thanks for reading my blogpost and God bless!!

                For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.                                                             John 3:16

 

 

A look at the major transformation of the Prospector's Plaza in Placerville

Before

                                                                                 After

After writing last week about the closing sale of the last Kmart in California, we are going to write about the transformation of the shopping center that used to house the Placerville Kmart store. It has had the transformation that apparently the Grass Valley center is going to have in a few months. The center has replaced the Kmart store with a Target, which has brought new customers and a much-needed makeover to this center. The center was already undergoing some transformation as it added the Ross Dress for Less store, which is the first new business opening I ever wrote about: Hayden's Business Blog: Ross Dress for Less coming to Prospectors Plaza in Placerville (haydenbusinessblog.blogspot.com), Hayden's Business Blog: Ross Dress for Less in Placerville is now open! (haydenbusinessblog.blogspot.com), they added a new freeway sign to attract customers, and the center added Styles for Less and a relocated Payless Shoe Source. But when 2018 and 2019 had come, the center was starting to look a little sad. The center had a struggling Kmart store which they ended up losing in 2018 as a victim of Sears' bankruptcy filing. They lost Bank of America and Umpqua Bank in 2016 to their consolidation of operations to the Main Street and the Broadway locations in the Eastern part of town. They ended up losing Styles for Less and Payless Shoe Source as a result of their business struggles in 2018 and 2019. But the center still had a lot going for it though. They still had, and still have, Ross Dress for Less, Save Mart Supermarkets, CVS Pharmacy, Fresh Mex Express, and Anytime Fitness which attract customers throughout the area. The center is visible and convenient from the freeway, which helps attract customers to these stores. The center definitely had much potential to become the grand shopping center of Placerville, which I believe it is starting to become.

                In 2020, the center added the new Target store, along with a Mattress Firm bed store. This was a bright and shining spot for Placerville during a very dark period for the entire world, with tyranny and very few events happening during that time. These new stores gave something people could look forward to as a community with products people have been driving 15 miles to El Dorado Hills or Folsom for years.

                I first visited the Target store in August 2020, and I visited my second time during the Christmas shopping season. From my visit, the store looks fancier, it has a larger game and toy selection than I am used to seeing at stores similar to Target or Walmart, and it is a fun atmosphere to shop in. It felt surprisingly more entertaining than visiting the Kmart in Grass Valley or visiting this location when it was Kmart. Kmart really had few toys and games and had no electronics to be found in the store when we visited, which I felt was sad because that is usually one of my favorite departments in the store. Most of their bread and butter was the clothing section, which Target is mainly known for also. Target has a large grocery section which can supplement going to the grocery store with. Kmart's only grocery department was centered around snacks. I was surprised to read that this Target store is the first small-format store in the Sacramento region, because it felt like a normal size Target which I have been used to seeing across the country. Visiting Target did feel similar to visiting Kmart seeing their clothing and home furnishings department and their layout in general. It felt more like Kmart was in its heyday, with many shoppers and many items on the shelves you would have found at Kmart.  

                Since Target has come to the center, the center has added two new tenants, the Habit Burger Grill and Bath and Body Works, two popular tenants who will help energize this center into relevance as a shopping destination for Western El Dorado County. This center may see more new tenants in the future.  According to CBRE, the center may see a new QuikStop gas station and a Mountain Mikes Pizza restaurant (Placerville CA: Prospector's Plaza - Retail Space For Lease - CBRE). The center next door, the Crossings at El Dorado may see an exciting addition for the Placerville area, Dutch Bros Coffee. (Placerville CA: Crossings at El Dorado - Retail Space For Lease - CBRE), and from Sacramento Business Journal: Crossings at El Dorado project moves forward with new tenants - Sacramento Business Journal (bizjournals.com).

                Other tenants have shown interest in opening in this shopping center. In October 2019, according to the Sacramento Business Journal, there was reportedly interest from Old Navy, Mod Pizza, Aspen Dental, and Chili's Grill and Bar in wanting to open in this shopping center (More tenants in negotiations for Placerville center, plans suggest | Prospector's Plaza (prospectorsplaza.com)).  According to the Lease Plan, Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins, and Aspen Dental are in a lease negotiation with the real estate company who owns the center (Placerville CA: Prospector's Plaza - Retail Space For Lease - CBRE).

                Overall, I believe the upgrades to this shopping center will be a benefit to this center, as it creates more jobs for the community and gives shoppers more options to shop in their own community, which I believe will complement with the mom-and-pop stores on Main Street and across Placerville, and less incentive to shop elsewhere. Thanks for reading my blogpost and God bless!!

                For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes Him shall not perish but have eternal life.                                                             John 3:16

 

 

Target looking to snatch California's last Kmart at their blue light special, my visit, and the history behind Kmart

 

    In my almost nine years of writing for my blog, I have never written a story of a business closure. But this post will shift gears today. But, fortunately, it does come with a glimpse of hope of a new business coming in. I had to write about this one because it describes a significant piece to our history in the past 60 years and how December 19th is the end of a chapter in the California history book. I had the great opportunity to visit this piece of history on October 23rd, ironically the same day James Ussher uses as the day God created the heavens and the earth, which is in Grass Valley, California, the town we happened to visit on our day trip. The store was surprisingly well stocked and had a steady flow of customers for a store with a closing sale. But I didn't find many nostalgic items attached to the store reminding me of the glory days of Kmart, except for a game for another nostalgic retail store that has only one surviving store left, in Bend, Oregon, Blockbuster Video. I was hoping to find some retro pieces such as a shirt or a pen commemorating this store since this location was the last Kmart in California. But it is not the last Kmart store in the United States, though; there are six others in the states and 6 in the territories. And it isn't the most nostalgic one though, that award would go to Hamilton, Montana, which will be the last store in the entire Western United States after this location is finished. That location still has the original sign from the 1980s on the building.

     The fate of this Kmart location is likely not because it is losing money, because it has often been stated as one of the most profitable Kmart locations in the US; hence, why this location is still open for another month and why it is one of the 17 remaining Kmart stores in the United States plus the territories. This location immediately being snatched by Target could be an argument for its profitability and success. You may even say they are temporarily closed for a remodel into the modern look as a Target, as the McDonald's in Grass Valley is currently doing so they can remodel to their 21st-century look. Target could just be renaming this Kmart store into the Target brand, as Save Mart did to the Albertson's stores in the region. Our town, Placerville, lost Kmart three years ago, and a Target has since replaced it. We thought God gave the Placerville location mercy for several years by being spared from the closure block. Every store in the Sacramento urban area had closed by that time, and the only ones remaining in the metro were in the Sierra Nevada foothills: Placerville, Auburn which closed shortly after the Placerville one did, South Lake Tahoe, shown in the photo, which was the second to last one in the state, and the last one in the state in Grass Valley.

Here is a summary of the history of this major retail chain. Kmart was originally founded as S.S. Kresge, named after its founder in 1899. The enterprise started in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, from Kresge's $6,000 investment. The store later became a part of a chain headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, a very successful five and dime chain. Then, according to the Los Angeles Times, on February 22nd, 1962, they created something innovative in the San Fernando, California, the very first Kmart discount store. The store in Garden City is typically referred to as the first location because it was the first full-size one. The store in San Fernando was originally going to be a regular S.S. Kresge store, but they decided to change their strategy in the middle of construction. It was only 24,000 sq ft compared to the Garden City's 80,000 sq ft. 1962 was the same year Sam Walton created the Walmart discount chain, which ironically later supplanted the Kmart retail chain in success. Kmart later became the second-largest retail chain in the United States, behind the store that now owns them, Sears. They expanded greatly in the 1970s and the 1980s when they added many stores that populated the Sacramento region, including Placerville, South Lake Tahoe, Auburn, and the store in Grass Valley. By the 1990s, they were still expanding, adding stores in Folsom and Rocklin, but the tables were starting to turn a bit. Walmart surged past not only Kmart but dethroned Sears in becoming the largest retailer in America in 1988 (COMPANY NEWS; Wal-Mart Net Jumps By 31.8% - The New York Times (nytimes.com))]. Walmart opened their first stores in the Sacramento area in Elk Grove, Folsom, Antelope, and Rocklin, putting pressure on Kmart's stores in that area.

During this time, Kmart diversified in its offerings by snatching the Sports Authority, Waldenbooks, OfficeMax, Builders Square, and Payless Drug Store brands into its empire. Of those, only OfficeMax remains in operation. Kmart also refreshed the image of their stores to compete against Walmart and Target by remodeling them into Big Kmart, with expanded clothing, home fashion items, and consumer items, which was successful, turning around their flat and falling fortunes for a period. They ventured into the Superstore market with their Kmart Supercenter locations combining groceries with clothing and household items, similar to modern Walmart Supercenters and Super Target locations. The Sacramento region didn't obtain these Super Kmart stores, though, and they didn't capitalize much on these stores, which I believe was a shame because this could h
ave been the way they could have succeeded against Walmart.

After their peak in 1999, I believe Kmart initially made decisions to help keep their corporation viable by expanding the Super Kmart brand. But, unfortunately, in 2002, when they filed for bankruptcy, they halted many of these store projects. According to the New York Times, they instead closed 609 stores between 2002 and 2003 (Kmart Will Lay Off Up to 35,000 and Close 326 Stores - The New York Times (nytimes.com)). These closures included the stores in Folsom, Sacramento-Howe Ave, Mack Road, and Northgate, Antelope, and Woodland. I know the company was struggling, and they needed to cut spending to reduce debt, as advised by one of my favorite radio talk show hosts, Dave Ramsey. But I believe these decisions were a significant detriment to their brand as they stopped investing in their future, reduced their exposure to customers in the marketplace, and let their stores deteriorate. This trend didn't stop when Sears bought the Kmart brand in 2005. They didn't open any new store locations after 2002, and few stores received a makeover. Fortunately for Grass Valley, the Kmart store did receive a makeover with the new look, but many stores still deteriorated from this time. But they mostly held off on closing any more stores from 2005 to 2012, even during the devastating Great Recession. In several of the cities which still had Kmart stores, this was their only discount store in town as in Grass Valley and South Lake Tahoe's case. It was their only other discount store in cities such as Placerville, Auburn, and Jackson. Kmart still had reasonable prices on most products and had a decent selection of clothes. According to Reuters, sales actually rose slightly by 0.5% in 2009 (Sears loss narrows as Kmart shows improvement | Reuters).

After 2011, Sears and Kmart suffered a disastrous holiday season, which led them to close 100 stores, starting their trek downhill. Sears Holdings started making some poor decisions by selling off their most profitable stores rather than remodeling them to compete against modern retailers, selling off their Craftsman tool brand, and gutting their stores to the ground with a lack of inventory. They kept closing stores in the name of reducing costs and their strategy in turning around their company. Closing a select number of underperforming stores is one thing, but closing stores every few months may be telling us a different story. In 2018, despite having closed many stores and cutting costs, Sears and Kmart filed for bankruptcy. After closing more stores to improve their financial situation, Sears CEO Eddie Lampert saved their company from liquidation, which should be a miracle they could recover from. But they continue to go down the same downward spiral like they are just a going out of business venture closing their stores one at a time. I believe they are working on running the company to the ground.

This story reminds me of the Book of Jonah in some ways. God told Jonah to go to Nineveh to preach repentance to them, but Jonah decided to escape to Tarshish to flee from the presence of the Lord. Then the Lord sent a storm that threatened to break the ship Jonah was on. To discover what was wrong, the mariners cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. After this, the mariners threw Jonah overboard, and the Lord sent a whale to eat him. By God's grace, Jonah miraculously survived being in the great fish after his prayer to the Lord. After the fish spat Jonah out of his belly, Jonah did the right thing by preaching to Nineveh. But Jonah's heart was still bent on seeing Nineveh destroyed. When Jonah didn't get his wish, he threw a temper tantrum and wanted to die because God spared Nineveh. He was ungrateful to God, not realizing that God saved Jonah's life from death. This bible account could be applied to Kmart's situation in that Kmart was rescued from going under twice, once by Sears' acquisition and again when Eddie Lampert bought Sears and Kmart from liquidation. But despite having two-second chances to turn around, they still take the slippery slide, not even trying to improve their circumstances. I believe they are trying to sell their existence to stores such as Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe's, and Best Buy, which can fulfill the needs in the modern marketplace. This is evident with Kmart selling their lease in Grass Valley to Target and many other locations.

It is sad that this Kmart location didn't even capitalize on the nostalgia factor of being the last location in California. If they had stayed open a few more years, this could have become a tourist hot spot as a living museum if they had managed to serve the community of Grass Valley well. It could have complimented the historic nature of the Grass Valley/Nevada City area with its charming downtown and its Christmas fest scene. But I believe this store didn't and hasn't fulfilled that role for the community, as it has a negative perception by the public. The benefits of a new Target store replacing it will probably outweigh the sadness that comes from losing this store. There are still 12 more Kmart stores in the United States that could capitalize on the nostalgia of the 1970s and 80s and become a popular tourist hotspot, especially the store in Hamilton, Montana.

If you still like visiting Kmart stores or you are curious about visiting different places, I believe you should visit the Grass Valley location before it is all gone. 

Or Here's the list of remaining Kmart stores in the United States for more about locations still operating: How Many Kmart Stores Are Left?

Our visit to a coffee shop in the Great Sand Dunes area of Colorado

On our trip to New Mexico and Colorado recently, we visited many different places such as Carlsbad Caverns, Santa Fe, and the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado, which I thought were very interesting and beautiful places to explore. On that visit, when we were staying in the town of Alamosa, we visited a little coffee shop in a strip mall next to the City Market grocery store. The coffee shop is called Blessed Brews which is located at 2431 Main Street Suite A on the west side of Alamosa. They have been in operation for 17 years and their mission is to serve God and to send his word out to the community.  They take pride in serving fresh roasted, direct trade beans for their coffees, in order to make your coffee experience heavenly. 

They serve:

·         Cold Drinks

·         Hot Drinks

·          Specialty Lattes(white mochas, mochas, candy bar drinks, nut drinks, and fruit drinks)

·         Panini meals

·         Sweet baked goods

I enjoyed their Assam black tea that I ordered while I was there at the coffee shop. I especially like the fact that they are a Christian-owned business and that they seek to serve God and please him as they brew their coffees and drinks. I would highly recommend this place if you are looking to order a coffee or a tea and if you are in the Alamosa area visiting. 

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.                   Hebrews 6:10

 

Proposal for amending the crazy Candy Land tier system in California (Update: just reopen California already, or you (the Governor) will be recalled!!)

 

                      Gavin Newsom's Candy Land game                       Larry the Cucumber and Archibald playing Candy Land in VeggieTales LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space

 

I think the governor's orders have not been considerate when it comes to how to reopen the state. Having the Candy Land scheme where you have to move back a tier when you get a spike in cases is a terrible idea in trying to reopen the state. It makes the restaurants have to open and then close and open and close, which is very unstable for our economy. Some areas have stayed stuck in the purple tier for the whole time, such as Los Angeles, Madera, San Bernardino, Sonoma, and Tulare counties, which means that restaurants and churches haven't been able to meet inside since June in those counties, which is devastating to these businesses. As a result, San Bernardino County has been suing the governor for his one size fits all approach, having the whole county, which is the largest in the country in the purple tier. The county wants to change that so it will be by school district instead. https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/2020/11/20/san-bernardino-county-seeks-to-sue-california-newsom-over-covid-19-restrictions/6351635002/. 

Many of the counties and cities in California, even liberal counties and cities such as Los Angeles County have said they won't enforce the curfew that the governor has ordered in purple tier counties-https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2020/11/20/every-county-sheriff-in-l-a-region-declines-to-enforce-gavin-newsoms-coronavirus-curfew/.

 If a county goes to a better tier level, I think it should stay there, and go down if it gets even better. But not move back a tier if they get a spike.

I believe that the tier system of handling the Coronavirus needs significant reform. With the way Governor Newsom has handled the virus is very unstable for businesses in our state and is not good for our restaurants and churches. That is why I have been working on a proposal to amend the tier system so that all our activities can resume and businesses can reopen, some tiers have more restrictions than others, with the purple tier having convention centers and concerts requiring tests and temperature checks.   If a county goes to a better tier level, I think it should stay there, and go down if it gets even better. But not move back a tier if they get a spike. 

Scratch all that, just reopen the state already!!

Widespread-Purple
Governor's orders	Hayden LePore's plan of what it should be
Amusment parks-closed	Amusment parks- open with face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter
Bars and Breweries-closed	Bars and breweries-open outdoors only with 25% capacity(indoors allowed with 50% capacity with temperature checks and has to close at 8 pm)
Churches-outdoors only	Churches- indoor service allowed with 25% capacity (100% capacity with temperature checking stations, and a mask section for most at risk)
Concert venues-closed	Concert venues-open with face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter(Outdoors only with 6 feet distance and travel only from areas in a 60 mile radius from low risk areas without tests and temperature checks)
Convention centers-closed	Convention centers-open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter
Aquariums, Family entertainment centers, and zoos-outdoors only	Aquariums, Family entertainment centers, and zoos- open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (Outdoors only without temperature checking and tests)
Festivals-closed	Festivals- open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (250 person maximum if they aren't provided with those things and 6 feet distance)
Restaurants(dine in)- outdoors only	Restaurants(dine in)- indoor dining allowed at 25% capacity without temperature stations (no capacity limits with protective barriers between tables)
Schools-not open for non essential in person classes (open if county was previously not in purple tier)	Schools-open with kid's being tested and temperature checks
Face coverings-required	Face coverings-required, when 6 feet is not maintained at retail shops, lines at events, concerts, and people didn't get tested before entering. Not required for kids under 10 years old
Bookstores, Clothing and shoe stores, Florists, Home and furnishing stores, Jewelry stores, shopping malls, sporting goods stores, and Toy stores-open at 25% capacity	Bookstores, Clothing and shoe stores, Florists, Home and furnishing stores, Jewelry stores, shopping malls, sporting goods stores, and Toy stores-open at 50% capacity without masks (100% capacity with face coverings)
The Governor's understanding of it	Hayden LePore's understanding
more than 7 new cases per day per 100,000	more than 30 new cases per day per 100,000
	More than 10% of cases involve hospitalization
Substantial-Red
Governor's orders	Hayden LePore's plan of what it should be
Amusment parks-closed	Amusment parks- open with face coverings and temperature checking required to enter
Bars and Breweries-closed	Bars and breweries-open outdoors and indoors with 25% capacity (open 50% capacity with temperature checks and have to close at 10pm)
Churches-indoor service allowed with 25% capacity	Churches- indoor service with 25% capacity(100% if there have been no cases at the church)
Concert venues-closed	Concert venues-open with face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (25% capacity without masks and without temperature checks)
Convention centers-closed	Convention centers-open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (25% capacity without masks and without temperature checks)
Aquariums, Family entertainment centers, and zoos-indoors with 50% capacity	Aquariums, Family entertainment centers, and zoos- open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (50% capacity without masks and without temperature checks and tests)
Festivals-closed	Festivals- open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (500 person maximum if they aren't provided with those things and required 6 feet distance)
Restaurants(dine in)- indoor dining at 25% capacity	Restaurants(dine in)- indoor dining allowed at 25% capacity without temperature stations (no capacity limits with temperature stations)
Schools-open for in person instruction	Schools-open for in person instruction
Face coverings-required	Face coverings-not required when businesses have capacity limits and safety precautions to have social distancing, not required for people under 70 years old or everyone has been tested negative at any age.
Governor's order-Bookstores, Clothing and shoe stores, Florists, Home and furnishing stores, Jewelry stores, shopping malls, sporting goods stores, and Toy stores-open at 50% capacity	LePore's plan- Bookstores, Clothing and shoe stores, Florists, Home and furnishing stores, Jewelry stores, shopping malls, sporting goods stores, and Toy stores-open at 100% capacity
The Governor's understanding of it	Hayden LePore's understanding of it
4-7 new cases per day per 100,000	10-30 new cases per day per 100,000
Moderate-Orange
Governor's orders	Hayden LePore's plan of what it should be
Amusement parks-Smaller parks open at 25% capacity	Amusement parks- open with face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (25% capacity without temperature checks and tests)
Bars and Breweries-open outdoors only	Bars and breweries-open outdoors and indoors with 25% capacity (open 100% capacity with temperature checks and have to close at 10pm)
Churches-indoor service allowed with 50% capacity	Churches- indoor service with 50% capacity(100% if there have been no cases at the church)
Concert venues-closed	Concert venues-open with face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (25% capacity without masks and without temperature checks)
Convention centers-closed	Convention centers-open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (25% capacity without masks and without temperature checks)
Aquariums, Family entertainment centers, and zoos-indoors with 50% capacity	Aquariums, Family entertainment centers, and zoos- open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (50% capacity without masks and without temperature checks and tests)
Festivals-closed	Festivals- open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (1000 person maximum if they aren't provided with those things and required 6 feet distance)
Restaurants(dine in)- indoor dining at 50% capacity	Restaurants(dine in)- indoor dining allowed at 50% capacity without temperature stations (no capacity limits with temperature stations)
Schools-open for in person instruction	Schools-open for in person instruction
Face coverings-required	Face coverings-not required for customers at restaurants, stores, malls, church, or small gatherings,  but required for restaurant employees preparing food, health employees, and for regional events not practicing social distancing with no testing over 10,000 people.
Governor's order-Bookstores, Clothing and shoe stores, Florists, Home and furnishing stores, Jewelry stores, shopping malls, sporting goods stores, and Toy stores-open at 50% capacity	LePore's plan- Bookstores, Clothing and shoe stores, Florists, Home and furnishing stores, Jewelry stores, shopping malls, sporting goods stores, and Toy stores-open at 100% capacity
The Governor's understanding of it	Hayden LePore's understanding of it
1-4 new cases per day per 100,000	4-10 new cases per day per 100,000
Minimal-Yellow
Governor's orders	Hayden LePore's plan of what it should be
Amusment parks-Smaller parks open at 25% capacity	Amusment parks- open with face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (50% capacity without temperature checks and tests)
Bars and Breweries-open outdoors only	Bars and breweries-open outdoors and indoors with 25% capacity (open 100% capacity with temperature checks and have to close at 10pm)
Churches-indoor service allowed with 50% capacity	Churches- indoor service with 100% capacity
Concert venues-closed	Concert venues-open with face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (50% capacity without masks and without temperature checks)
Convention centers-closed	Convention centers-open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (50% capacity without masks and without temperature checks)
Aquariums, Family entertainment centers, and zoos-indoors with 50% capacity	Aquariums, Family entertainment centers, and zoos- open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (50% capacity without masks and without temperature checks and tests)
Festivals-closed	Festivals- open with  face coverings and temperature checking and tests required to enter (2000 person maximum if they aren't provided with those things and required 6 feet distance)
Restaurants(dine in)- indoor dining at 50% capacity	Restaurants(dine in)- indoor dining allowed at 100% capacity
Schools-open for in person instruction	Schools-open for in person instruction
Face coverings-required	Face coverings-not required
Governor's order-Bookstores, Clothing and shoe stores, Florists, Home and furnishing stores, Jewelry stores, shopping malls, sporting goods stores, and Toy stores-open at 50% capacity	LePore's plan- Bookstores, Clothing and shoe stores, Florists, Home and furnishing stores, Jewelry stores, shopping malls, sporting goods stores, and Toy stores-open at 100% capacity
The Governor's understanding of it	Hayden LePore's understanding of it
Less than 1 new cases per day per 100,000	2-4 new cases per day per 100,000
Very Minimal-Green
Governor's orders	Hayden LePore's plan of what it should be
Doesn't have a green tier	No restrictions unless counties object to it
The Governor's understanding of it	Hayden LePore's understanding of it
Doesn't exist	Less than 2 new cases per day per 100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo 1-Gavin Newsom's Candy Land game                                                                                             Photo 2- Larry the Cucumber and Archibald playing Candy Land in VeggieTales LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space