Membership
Members & Affiliates Information
Welcome to the SAAA Member area! This section is dedicated to the COVID-19 resources conveyed during our recent webinars with industry professionals. Please feel free to download the information on this page and share with attraction management. Our goal at the SAAA is to assist all members to reopen when they feel the time is right. This resource page will be updated on a regular basis, so please come back often.
SOUTHERN ARIZONA ATTRACTIONS
UPDATED COVID-19 RELAUNCH RESOURCE PAGE*
August, 2020
U.S. Travel and SAAA New Resources
Arizona Department of Public Health New Guidelines
July 24, 2020
THE LATEST UPDATES FROM STATE OF ARIZONA & Pima County (As of July 14, 2020)
- State of Arizona Governor Executive Order – 52 (Continuation of Executive Order 43)
- Pima County Ready Reopening Rules & Actions
Pima County Businesses are Ready for You
The Pima County Health Department is working with restaurants, resorts, and many others to ensure they are Ready For You. Our Consumer Health and Food Safety inspectors verify that these establishments are following the County’s COVID-19 health and safety protective measures required by the Board of Supervisors Proclamation May 21. Learn more by clicking here.
Reopening Guidance: Considerations for the Attractions Industry
Developed in partnership with attractions members and operators from around the world, as well as
health-related guidance from government agencies and medical professionals, IAAPA’s “Reopening
Guidance: Considerations for the Attractions Industry” outlines principles and approaches to
consider for reopening once local government officials in your area remove “stay-at-home” orders,
allow non-essential businesses to reopen, and say it’s safe for citizens to move around their
community.
July 2, 2020
Through SAAA’s association with IAAPA and the membership list of qualified industry experts, a series of videos on helping attraction reopen are available for you to view. They can be found at http://attractionpros.com/covid-19-video-series/.
July 1, 2020
The Pima County Health Department today launched a substantial media campaign to help educate the public about how to find restaurants, pools and attractions that meet the Department’s COVID-19 operating requirements. The program, called Ready For You, is tied to the Board of Supervisors May 21 Proclamation establishing COVID-19 protective measure requirements for restaurants, visitor attractions, and pools operated by resorts, hotels, fitness centers and gyms. Be sure to visit the new website https://pimaready.com/ for the newest information.
June 17, 2020, AZ Governor’s Office updated some of the guidelines for businesses. They are located below:
The City of Tucson mayor amended her executive order requiring everyone to wear “face coverings” in public. Pima County will most likely on June 19, mandate the use of “face coverings” as well. Most attractions nationwide have already included a mandate for both employees and attraction visitors to wear appropriate masks while enjoying the facility. Some exceptions with folks in these attraction plans, due to medical conditions, do not have to wear as face coverings but are made aware of the increased risks. As the guidelines are subject to change, please be sure you are viewing the latest. For Pima County you can always via the latest info regarding COVID-19 and related information on pima.gov/covid19.
June 11, 2020, SAAA conducted another in our series of educational webinars on “Developing a Relaunch Plan for Your Attraction. The resources and video from the webinar are located below.
May 7, 2020, the Southern Arizona Attractions Alliance conducted a webinar on sharing information from attraction professionals on “Developing a Plan to Relaunch Your Attraction”. An audio and video recording were done. Video is available as well below. Many excellent ideas were communicated during the webinar. Most of the “best practice” links are located below.
Since most attractions have some kind of food & beverage with outdoor seating and generally have retail shop(s), I have provided those “Best Practice” recommendations from the state of Arizona and Pima County’s most recent recommendations from the B2B task committee as well as other resources from the webinars. Tthe SAAA encourages you to reach out to any of the individuals who were on the webinar panel. Additionally, we would appreciate if you would share any resources with the group as they become available through info@tucsonattractions.com. As always, any questions, please direct them to Tom Moulton at tmoulton@tucsonattractions.com. We are here to assist. Thank you!
SAAA Webinars of Reopening Plans
- May 7: Relaunch Attractions Planning, May 7, 2020 (Audio and Video Version)
- June 11: Relaunch Best Practices
THE LATEST UPDATES FROM STATE OF ARIZONA (As of June 17, 2020)
BEST PRACTICES PLANS
- Pima County Reopening Considerations for Attractions & Tourism Industry
- Pima County Considerations For Attractions Guidelines
https://tucsonattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pima-County-Reopening-Considerations-for-Attractions-Tourism-Industry.pdf
- Intl Association Amusements Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) IAAPA COVID-19 Reopening Guidance
https://tucsonattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IAAPA_COVID-19_ReopeningGuidance_rev1_final.pdf
- San-Diego-Attractions-Reopening-Health-Safety-Plan
https://tucsonattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/San-Diego-Attractions-Reopening-Health-Safety-Plan-5.1.20-FINAL.pdf
- Guidance for restaurants: State of AZ
https://tucsonattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/guidance_for_restaurants_one_page.pdf - Pima County: Restaurants and Bars
https://tucsonattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bars-and-Restaurants-Link.pdf - Pima County: Outdoors:
https://tucsonattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Outdoor-Seating-Link.pdf - Guidance for Reopening Retail
https://tucsonattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/guidance_for_retail.pdf - Return to Work Action Plan
https://tucsonattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Return-to-Work-Action-Plan.pdf - Museums Reopening Plans
https://www.aam-us.org/programs/about-museums/preparing-to-reopen/ - Overall Arts Response – All Disciplines
https://www.artsready.org/ - Wallace Foundation – Financial Planning
https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/pages/navigating-covid-19-for-nonprofits-from-financial-triage-to-scenario-planning.aspx - Reopening AZ: An Update for AZ Employers
https://clientservices.ogletree.com/129/629/may-2020/thank-you-for-your-interest-in-today-s-webinar.asp - Sample Plan for Indoor Face-to-Face Activity
https://gadabout.com/pages/because-we-care - CDC recommendations Reopening your business
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/reopen-guidance.html - Workplace Readiness
https://tucsonattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/WORKPLACE-READINESS-ESSENTIALS.pdf - Six Flags Fiesta Texas Reopening Safety Plan
https://www.sixflags.com/fiestatexas/plan-your-visit/safety-protocols - Six Flags Hurricane Harbor (Phoenix) Reopening Safety Plan
https://www.sixflags.com/phoenix/plan-your-visit/safety-protocols - Tennessee Attractions, Large Venues & Large Community Events
https://www.tn.gov/governor/covid-19/economic-recovery/attractions-and-large-venues-guidelines.html - Orlando Attraction Operating Plans
- Economic Discovery Task Force Committee
http://orangecountyfl.net/EconomicDevelopment/EconomicRecoveryTaskForce.aspx#.XuqY5kVKjIX - Task Force Video Feeds (See Actual Attraction Reopening Plan http://orangecountyfl.net/EconomicDevelopment/EconomicRecoveryTaskForce.aspx#.XuqZw0VKjIX
GENERAL RESOURCES
- Cleaning supplies that the government are effective in killing COVID-19
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2
- PPE Equipment Opportunity
Tucson Safety Medical: Gerald Long, 745-8500
Williams & Associates: Kola Janoff, 628-7267
Pima County One-Stop Resource B2B site
https://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=569983
- Gadabout Reopening Plan
https://gadabout.com/pages/because-we-care
- Local Restaurant Opening Plans
https://tucsonattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/THE-SI-100-PLAN.pdf
https://tucsonattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SAMPLE-LETTER-FROM-UNION-RESTAURANTS.pdf
*Resource pages included as informational only to assist the SAAA membership. Any questions please contact either the speaker or author of the document or the SAAA. As of June 17, 2020
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
The SAAA has membership meetings on the second Thursday of the month. All meetings begin at 8:30am unless otherwise specified. Here is a list of the upcoming meetings:
- July 22-24 Virtual AZ Governor’s Conference on Tourism, Registration is Free this year for all SAAA members
- June 11, 2020 Webinar featuring Jason Freeman, Six Flags Corporation VP of Safety on Reopening your Attraction, 8:30am – 10:00am
- May 7, 2020 Webinar featuring various industry experts on Reopening your attraction.
- April 9, 2020
- March 12, 2020
- February 13, 2020
- January 16, 2020 Annual Meeting at Casino Del Sol
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