Auburn, AL is located in Lee County. As of today, Lee County alone already has over 45 cases of the Corona virus and the numbers will continue to rise. As global concern over the corona virus grows, landscaping companies should prepare for how to handle a possible outbreak in their area and urge employees who are sick to stay home. Companies are continually updating their clients on what the corona virus will mean for your business, plus events and policies are changing by the moment. Here in Auburn, AL, we are not on any sort of lockdown or stay at home order, but most of our restaurants and social gathering spaces have been closed or forced into offering take-out and delivery only options. For now, most all landscaping in Auburn AL needs in the city are being handled as usual. Many teams of landscapers are taking extra precautions by offering tele-services and leaving invoices at your front door for you to pay online later. While I prefer the traditional southern way of introducing yourself at the front door, this is not something many landscaping companies are choosing to do during this time in Auburn, AL. This is simply for the safety of the landscapers and of all clients.
There is growing concern that Auburn, AL may be put on a stay at home order soon. If this is the case, only business deemed essential will be allowed to operate and only people working for these businesses will be allowed to go to work. One of the big questions floating around the landscaping industry here is whether or not landscaping is an essential business. If landscaping were deemed to not be essential, this could be detrimental to many, if not all, of the small- business landscaping companies here in Auburn, AL. Many companies would be forced to layoff employees. We would be entirely out of work for weeks if not months. Many of us rely on landscaping to provide food and shelter for our families, and many people and lives would be hurt by a decision like this. When and if the economy does return to normal, many months from now, many of our existing customers will be long gone. The seasons will have changed and many landscaping projects will no longer be necessary. Small landscaping companies in Auburn, AL will not be able to rehire many of their employees and residents of Auburn will be hurt by this move. This will cause lasting damage.
On the other hand, if landscaping companies are considered to be essential businesses, we could use this time to continue to flourish and keep our beloved city of Auburn, AL beautiful. The National Association of Landscape Professionals has said it will be keeping tabs on each state’s stance on whether or not landscapers are essential. They will also help fight to keep our doors open. Given that most landscaping work is not done in large groups or by people working in close quarters, you would think that landscaping companies would be able to get by without further spreading the virus.