STUART: FLORIDA IS OPEN.
WE HAVE SHOWN YOU THESE
IMAGES BEFORE.
PEOPLE WANT THEIR
FREEDOM ESPECIALLY
YOUNGSTERS AND THEY ARE
TAKING IT BACK.
SPRING BREAK IN FLORIDA
IN FULL FORCE TOOK A
LOOK WHO IS HERE,
ACTUALLY WEBSTER IS IN
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA.
I KNOW YOU ARE HAVING A
GOOD TIME, BUT WHAT IS
THE MOOD IN FLORIDA?
ASHLEY: IT IS GREAT, WE HAVE
SEEN THE ECONOMY REOPEN IT, NO
MORE SO THAN FLORIDA.
IT’S KIND OF EARLY.
THEY ARE ON ISLAND TIME
I’M TOLD THAT BY
MIDAFTERNOON IT WILL
PICK UP.
IT WAS A YEAR AGO THAT
THE BEACH WAS CLOSED AND
NOW LOOK AT IT, NOT BACK
TO NORMAL, BUT THEY ARE
OPEN AND PEOPLE ARE
COMING.
AT THEY ARE OPERATING BY
SAFETY RULES.
THEY ARE NOT STRINGENT.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO WEAR A
MASK ON THE BEACH.
YOU HAVE TO WEAR A MASK
IF YOU COINCIDE A
BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE TO STAY 6 FEET
APART.
YOU CAN WASH YOUR HANDS
AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.
NO ALCOHOL OR BOOZE ON
THE SPEECH, BUT TO SAY
THAT THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY IS RARING TO
GO, THERE IS A DESPERATE
CALL FOR WORKERS DOWN
HERE.
THEY SAY IF YOU WANT A
JOB, COME ON DOWN WITH
LOTS OF JOBS AT
CLEARWATER BEACH.
RESTAURANTS AND BARS ARE
OPEN, NIGHTCLUBS UNTIL
3:00 A.M. BUT I’M TOLD
THERE’S NO DANCING, BUT
AT LEAST YOU CAN DO IT.
NO CURFEW LIKE IN MIAMI
BEACH.
WE HAVE SEEN THE
PROBLEMS TRYING TO
MARSHALL PEOPLE OFF, NOT
SUCCESSFULLY.
IF YOU BEHAVE YOU CAN
GET A 25-DOLLAR GIFT
CERTIFICATE WITH TEAMS
ROVING AROUND SAYING YOU
ARE DOING A GREAT JOB,
HERE’S A $25 GIFT CAR.
I WENT TO BRING IN
ANGELA, GENERAL MANAGER
OF SUNSET PIERCE 60.
FROM THE BUSINESS POINT
OF VIEW AS WE SAID
COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN
THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
HOW ARE WE DOING THIS
YEAR, ARE THEY
SURVIVING?
>> SO MUCH BETTER.
IT’S ENCOURAGING TO SEE
THINGS OPENING UP AND
FAMILIES OF VISITING
AGAIN INTO HAD THAT
LITTLE SLICE OF NORMALCY
IN LIFE, WE LOVE TO HAVE
VISITORS.
EVERYONE’S DOING REALLY
WELL WITH DISTANCING.
ABOUT CABANAS ARE
SEPARATED AND THEY ARE
WORKING HARD TO KEEP IT
THAT WAY.
IT’S GREAT TO SEE.
WE ARE ALL HIRING.
ASHLEY: JOBS TO BE HAD AND
QUICKLY OCCUPANCY RATE, 70 TO
80%, NOT QUITE PRE-PANDEMIC, BUT
PRETTY CLOSE.
MEANWHILE I’M GOING TO
GRAB ONE OF THE CABANAS
BECAUSE THEY ARE IN NO