June 15, 2020
Is R1 open yet? ice rink in Burton MI (Genesee County) when can they open?
MI Robin Chatbot said
Coronavirus Region Map by County
R1: Detroit Region - Monroe, Washtenaw, Livingston, Genesee, Lapeer, Saint Clair, Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne
R2: Grand Rapids Region - Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Oceana, Newaygo, Mecosta, Isabella, Muskegon, Montcalm, Ottawa, Kent, and Ionia
R3: Kalamazoo Region - Allegan, Barry, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Berrien, Cass, Saint Joseph, and Branch
R4: Saginaw Region - Oscoda, Alcona, Ogemaw, Iosco, Gladwin, Arenac, Midland, Bay, Saginaw, Tuscola, Sanilac, and Huron
R5: Lansing Region - Gratiot, Clinton, Shiawassee, Eaton, and Ingham
R6: Traverse City Region - Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, and Emmet
R7: Jackson Region - Hillsdale, Lenawee, and Jackson
R8: Upper Peninsula - Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton, Keweenaw, Iron, Baraga, Dickinson, Marquette, Menominee, Delta, Alger, Schoolcraft, Luce, Mackinac, and Chippewa
The following businesses must remain closed in every region except 6 & 8:
• Indoor gymnasiums, fitness centers, recreation centers, sports facilities, exercise facilities, exercise studios, and the like.
• Indoor theaters, cinemas, and performance venues.
• Casinos licensed by the Michigan Gaming Control Board, racetracks licensed by the Michigan Gaming Control Board, and Millionaire Parties licensed by the Michigan Gaming Control Board.
• Indoor services or facilities, or outdoor services or facilities involving close contact of persons, for amusement or other recreational or entertainment purposes, such as amusement parks, arcades, bingo halls, bowling alleys, indoor climbing facilities, indoor dance areas, skating rinks, trampoline parks, and other similar recreational or entertainment facilities.
The following businesses are permitted to open on June 15th:
Facilities offering non-essential personal care services, including hair, nail, tanning, massage, traditional spa, tattoo, body art, and piercing services, and similar personal care services that involve close contact of persons.
If you have a question about a business that is not listed above, Executive Orders do not explicitly prohibit this but please review the Executive Orders here. If you have any further questions about how this order applies to you, please contact the Governor's Office at 517-335-7858 and select option 3.
The Governor has moved Regions 6 & 8 to Stage 5 of the Michigan Safe Start Plan and the rest of the state to Stage 4. As a result, Michiganders are no longer required to stay home. Instead, certain businesses will remain closed and specific activities that present a heightened risk of infection will remain prohibited. Any work that is capable of being performed remotely must be performed remotely.
Retailers, restaurants and bars are now allowed to be open. Swimming pools and day camps for kids will also be allowed to reopen. Other businesses and activities that necessarily involve close contact and shared surfaces, indoor theaters, casinos, and similar establishments, will remain closed throughout the state but may be open in Regions 6 & 8.
Beginning June 15, Facilities offering non-essential personal care services, including hair, nail, tanning, massage, traditional spa, tattoo, body art, and piercing services, and similar personal care services that involve close contact of persons will be allowed to reopen throughout the state, observing strict safety guidelines.
Michiganders must continue to wear face coverings when in enclosed public spaces and should continue to take all reasonable precautions to protect themselves, their co-workers, their loved ones, and their communities. Indoor social gatherings and events of more than 10 people are prohibited. Outdoor social gatherings and events are permitted so long as people maintain six feet of distance from one another and the assemblage consists of no more than 100 people (different social gathering restrictions apply to Regions 6 & 8).
For more information, see Regions 6 & 8 below.
Any business or operation that requires its employees to leave their home or place of residence for work is subject to the rules on workplace safeguards in Executive Order 2020-114 or any order that may follow from it.