Here's The New Schedule Of Events For Westfield's Quimby Street
WESTFIELD, NJ — Want to know what the Downtown Westfield Corporation is planning for Quimby Street this weekend?
Here's the just-received list of events for the coming weekend, and below is a link to check for last minute changes and future weekends:
Open Quimby Schedule Friday, June 26 – Sunday, June 28
Friday June 26
5-6:45 p.m. Just Bead Yourself Intro to Chakras and Chakra Bracelet Making for adults & teens. Sign up here.
6:30-8:30 p.m. Live music from NJ Workshop for the Arts
Saturday June 27
Bring a mat, water and towel to all fitness and yoga classes.
8-8:45 a.m. CrossFit 908 Central Total Body Strength Fitness & Sweat Class. No experience needed. Bring a mat, water and towel. Sign up here.
9-9:45 a.m. Club Pilates Mat Class Join Kate Hewson for a 45 minute multi-level Pilates mat workout. Pilates is for EveryBODY Sign up here.
10-11 a.m. Total Body Functional Workout with strength & conditioning with Out Run Your Fork, followed up a nutrition session with your choice of juices, smoothies & bowls. Purchase of OnoBowls products at cost. Sign up here.
11 a.m.-12 p.m. JackRabbit & Attain Fitness workout Interactive Workshop on Running Form, How to Improve It and the importance of Core Strength and Breathing. Free class, please register on Facebook here.
6:30-8:30 p.m. Live music from students of Valencia Music School
Sunday June 28
Bring a mat, water and towel to all fitness and yoga classes.
9-9:45 a.m. Get in shape for the 5K Virtual Pizza Run with a complementary AlphaFit Club workout led by run director Coach Sam Tooley & JackRabbit Westfield. Sign up not required. Bring a mat, water and towel.
10-11 a.m. Satsang All Levels Yoga Class for Everybody. Bring a mat, water and towel. Sign up here.
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM Live brunch music by Dominant 7
12-1 Kika Stretch Studios Partner Stretch Class, safe & gentle Individual & Partner Stretch Class. Bring a mat, water and towel. Sign up here. Pay what you wish here.
Open Quimby Street continues from Friday evening through Sunday evenings for pedestrian-only, socially distanced strolling and dining through July 6th (and possibly longer).
Outdoor sidewalk dining is now available throughout downtown. Due to relaxed rules by Governor Murphy, you can purchase cocktails to-go to enjoy with your alfresco meal. Curbside pickup and delivery will still be available from all restaurants who are currently offering it.
Retail stores are open with 50 percent capacity, masks and social distancing. Salons, spas and barbers have reopened with safety precautions in place. On July 2 indoor restaurant dining will resume at 25 percent capacity.
Check out outdoor yoga, fitness classes, live music, and other Open Quimby activities below. Please sign up and pay ahead of each class with the link provided. Bring a towel, a yoga mat, sneakers and water to exercise classes.
Remember to wear a mask when not eating, drinking and exercising and maintain a safe 6-foot distance or more.
What's up?
Now that the state of New Jersey has allowed outdoor dining, the town of Westfield has implemented a plan to help downtown businesses expand onto sidewalks and certain closed streets. Westfield plans to close off Quimby Street in the next few weekends from 3 p.m. on Friday to 8 a.m. on Monday between June 20 and July 5 on a trial basis. The restaurants on that block will be able to move tables out onto the street for additional outdoor dining.
Check the link for more.
Parking
In order to facilitate easy ongoing access to curbside pick up, all the parking spots on Quimby Street and on Elm Street (between E. Broad Street and North Avenue) will be free 15-minute parking spots for curbside pickup and for delivery vehicles. Customers looking for longer term parking are encouraged to park on adjacent streets.
Employees of local businesses, especially from those on Elm and Quimby streets, should park in employee-permitted spots at the train station parking lot or the lot behind Baron's.
Retail
Non-essential retail operations were allowed to open on June 15 as long as they comply with the rules in Executive Order 122 for essential retail stores, which include limiting occupancy to 50 percent of maximum capacity. Under NJ Executive Order 150, retail establishments and service providers will be able to place a table outside their store for outdoor transactions seven days of the week.
Below are some requirements for businesses to incorporate who that opened for outdoor dining on June 15, as stated in Governor Murphy’s outdoor dining executive order:
Post signage at the entrance that states that no one with a fever or symptoms of COVID-19 should enter the food or beverage establishment
Limit seating to a maximum of eight customers per table and arrange seating to achieve a minimum distance of 6 feet between parties
Rope off or otherwise mark tables, chairs and bar stools that are not to be used
Demarcate 6 feet of spacing in patron waiting areas
Provide physical guides, such as tape on floors, sidewalks, and signage on walls to ensure that customers remain at least 6 feet apart in line for the restroom or waiting for seating
Eliminate self-service food or drink options such as buffets, salad bars, and self-service drink stations
Disinfect all tables, chairs and any other shared items (menus, condiments, pens) after each use
Install physical barriers and partitions at cash registers, bars, host stands and other area where maintaining physical distance of 6 feet is difficult
Ensure 6 feet of physical distancing between workers and customers, except at the moment of payment and/or when employees are servicing the table
Require infection control practices, such as regular handwashing, coughing and sneezing etiquette, and proper tissue usage and disposal
Require frequent sanitization of high-touch areas like credit card machines, keypads, and counters to which the public and workers have access
Place conspicuous signage at entrance alerting staff and customers to the required 6 ft of physical distance
Require all food or beverage establishments to have an inclement weather policy that, if triggered, would require the food or beverage establishment 2 to adhere to Executive Order No. 125 (2020) and offer takeout or delivery service only
Additionally, according to the state:
Businesses should conduct daily health screenings for employees (such as temperature screenings and/or symptom checking), and provide and require employees to wear face masks.
All customers must bring and wear face masks when going to a business to wear if going inside the business or using the restroom.
The state also recommends that businesses and customers utilize reservations as much as possible to limit overcrowding at restaurants.
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This article originally appeared on the Westfield Patch
