Around The Block

The official podcast of Block22, the unique living-learning community in Downtown Pittsburg, Kansas. Around the Block features the people and ideas that make Pittsburg a fun, strong place to live, work, and play. The podcast is hosted by Shawn Naccarato, chief strategy officer at Pittsburg State University, and Brett Dalton, director of social media marketing at Pittsburg State. Around the Block is an official production of Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas.

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ATB EXTRA: COVID update

May 18, 2020 • Block22 • Season 1 • Episode 5

On May 13, 2020, Shawn Naccarato hosted a virtual town hall discussion with Rebecca Adamson, Crawford County Health Department Director.

They discussed the updated state and county guidelines and plans for re-opening, focusing primarily on a move from Phase One to Phase Two under Gov. Laura Kelly’s Ad Astra: A Plan to Reopen Kansas.

After the recording of the live town hall, Gov. Kelly announced a move to Phase 1.5 which retains most aspects of Phase One, including a 10 person limit on mass gatherings, a continued prohibition against the re-opening of bars and night clubs, non-tribal Casinos, theaters, museums, and other indoor leisure spaces, community centers, etc.

This new phase does allow reopening on May 18, 2020 of fitness centers and health clubs (without in-person group classes) as well as personal services businesses with pre-scheduled appointments or online check-in.

Details of Phase 1.5 can be found at this link https://governor.kansas.gov/governor-kelly-adds-new-phase-to-ad-astra-plan/