Why one business is getting more work done during coronavirus pandemic

Why one business is getting more work done during coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we do things.

People have had to adapt with protections like social distancing and have had to look at alternative ways to work and even eat.

My co-anchor dorothy sherman is reporting remotely this week.

She explains how a little down time is helping some folks get more done and what the state is now doing to try to help job seekers.

Dorothy sherman / dsherman@wdef.com "some folks are taking this time as an opportunity to get some of that work done they may not have otherwise been able to do."

Amcorp operations manger: "this place from here down to there, across the bridge is like a moving target, from daylight to midnight theres always people coming and going there's a lot of restaurants, a lot of salons."

Rich keene manages buildings in the area.

He says that since people are staying home and businesses are making temporary closures, the north shore area has had less people than normal.

They've taken the opportunity to do things like power wash.

He says a roofing project has been able to run smoother.

Amcorp operations manger: "stuff that we can do no that we normally can't get involved in that we can do now to give more curve appeal.

We're going to do some landscaping.

We're going to do some other things to draw people back in so that when this thing is over with people are gonna be wanting to come back."

Keene says that by doing all of this stuff now makes it easier to get the job done and it keeps people working and folks employed.

Both the governor of tennessee and mayor of chattanooga have issued orders to encourage people to distance.

Mayor andy berke recently ordered the closing of indoor common areas, retail stores inside shopping malls, spas, salons, tattoo shops.

Barbershops and tanning salons.

City officials say other businesses can stay open and are urging they practice social distancing.

Meanwhile, the state is seeing an unprecedented increase in unemployment claims because of covid-19.

The state has created a new initiative to try to quickly connect job seekers to hiring employers in grocery, retail and logistics industries.

The online initiative is called tennessee talent exchange.

Dorothy