CLOSED FOR NOW.
PARK DISTRICT AREAS TO THE WEST
CAN RESUME ACTIVITY A LITTLE
LATER.
THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
MONDAY.
THE CITY OF CHICAGO SERVICES,
WHICH HAVE BEEN CLOSED TO THE
PUBLIC, WILL BEGIN REOPENING
MONDAY AS WELL.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG FEW MONTHS
FOR BUSINESSES IN CHICAGO.
AS MANY PREPARED TO REOPEN
TODAY, OTHERS ARE CHOOSING TO
KEEP THEIR DOORS CLOSED.
CBS 2'S MUGO ODIGWE IS LIVE
TO TELL US WHY SOME BUSINESS
OWNERS TELL US IT IS NOT A GOOD
TIME TO REOPEN.
Reporter: THERE ARE SO MANY
THINGS BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE TO
CONSIDER BEFORE REOPENING.
THERE IS STILL THAT UNCERTAINTY
OF COVID-19.
WILL THEIR BUSINESSES BE LOOTED
IF THEY REOPEN TODAY?
MONDAY MORNING CAME ROLLING
AROUND AND THAT IS WHEN WE GET
OUR ORDERS AND WE DIDN'T GET AS
MANY ORDERS.
WE ARE PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST
THING ON THEIR MIND RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: WE SPOKE WITH
HILLARY BLOCK, OWNER OF
HILLARY'S COOKIES.
SHE SAYS THE WHOLESALE GROCERY
STORES THAT BY HER BAKED GOODS
ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF LOOTING
CONCERNS.
THAT MEANS SHE IS NOT GETTING
AS MANY ORDERS.
SHE ALSO DOESN'T FEEL
COMFORTABLE HAVING HER STAFF
BACK AT WORK BECAUSE OF ALL OF
THE UNKNOWNS OF COVID-19.
IT IS A SIMILAR STORY AT CAFE
CREAMERY.
THE OWNER SAYS IN THE PAST FEW
DAYS, THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH
FOOT TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF LOOTERS
AND WILL TAKE TIME AND
PATIENCE.
Reporter: WHEN YOU'RE
EXPORTED, YOU HAVE TO CALL
A VENDOR.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, BECAUSE THE
WHOLE CITY IS BOARDED, YOU ARE
IN A LONG LINE TO GET YOUR
BOARDS DOWN.
THEY ARE NAILED IN AND IT IS A
PROCESS.
