Take The Survey: City of Atlanta Wants To Hear How Residents Feel About Businesses Reopening

In addition to our normal news coverage, What Now Atlanta is tracking ways Atlanta’s businesses are adapting to the novel coronavirus and the challenges it brings to brick-and-mortars.

The City of Atlanta Wednesday launched a COVID-19 response survey to gauge “how residents feel about the re-opening of Atlanta businesses/venues” days after restaurants were allowed to start reopening dining rooms amid the coronavirus pandemic as ordered by Gov. Brian Kemp.

“The City of Atlanta wants to hear from residents as to how you are feeling about the re-opening of Atlanta businesses/venues, and what steps you plan to take, what steps you want the businesses/venues you visit to take, and what steps you want the City of Atlanta to take to help you to feel safe,” according to the survey’s description.

The survey is broken up into two sections:

1. “How willing are you today to go to the following [business]” which lists already-reopened businesses and other yet-to-open venues live convention centers.
2. “What conditions need to be in place for you to feel safe going to the following [business]” with answers like, “I already feel safe” and “not until a vaccine is developed.”

>>> Click here to take the survey <<<

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in recent days has been very vocal about Atlantans staying at home even as Kemp reopens the state.

“Don’t listen to me, don’t listen to the Governor, don’t listen to the President,” Bottoms last week told CBS News.

“Listen to the scientists…Their message is consistent, and it is, please stay home to save lives.”

Kemp’s Executive Order to reopen businesses across the state, including in Atlanta, supersedes any action by Bottoms.

[Editor’s note: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly evolving as is its effect on Atlanta, and the City’s businesses and its residents. Click here for What Now Atlanta’s ongoing coverage of the crisis. For guidance and updates on the pandemic, please visit the C.D.C. website.]