Vestavia Mayor Urges Governor To Let Small Businesses Reopen

VESTAVIA HILLS, AL — With just a few days remaining in Gov. Kay Ivey's "safer-at-home" order, small businesses in the state are suffering after being closed for more than a month. Vestavia Hills Mayor Ashley Curry wants that to change, and she wrote a letter to Ivey asking her to reconsider her order for some businesses to remain closed.

Curry said he wants small businesses to have the same opportunity to open as other businesses that have opened. Currently, restaurants, entertainment venues and hair salons are among a few businesses that have been forced to remain closed under Ivey's new order.

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The letter can be seen here:

"Several (businesses) have indicated they will not survive if forced to remain closed until May 15," Curry said.

Ivey is expected to hold a news conference Friday to update the state on its latest coronavirus findings. Thus far, more than 9,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the state, and Tuesday saw one of the largest increases in new cases since the pandemic began.

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