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Summer is here and Connecticut is reopening | June 2020

01 July 2020

July 1, 2020

Director’s Note

Can you believe it’s already the end of June? Virtual homeschool is done, the temperature is rising, and Connecticut is slowly coming back to life as businesses reopen across the State. And although shopping and dining out will look a bit different this summer with social distancing and mandatory mask-wearing, being able to get together safely with others is sure to give us a much-needed morale boost!

Here at YC&E, we have been busy taking the lead on the Yale student move-out project, with the help of our incredible campus partners. This unprecedented and complex undertaking started on June 1st and aims to safely reunite some 5,000 Yale students with belongings left on campus when the pandemic began. You can read more about what we’re doing for our students and the Yale community below.

As the economy reopens, we look forward to the day we can host in-person meetings and events on campus again. Until then, my team and I at YC&E send you our sincerest wishes for an enjoyable, healthy, and safe summer!

Take care,

Suzanne

Reuniting Yale Students with On-Campus Belongings

Amid a Public Health Crisis

Back on March 6th, Yale College students left campus for their spring break, believing they would be returning to resume classes o March 23rd. Much changed soon after their departure due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for social distancing, resulting in the University being unable to allow students back on campus.

Once the State of Connecticut issued guidance to safely reopen the state in May, Yale began putting into motion all the necessary elements to safely welcome students back on campus to reclaim their belongings. Our students had already gone through so much during this pandemic, especially the seniors, so we wanted to do everything we could to lessen the impact of this difficult situation on them. YC&E was honored to take the lead in this unprecedented undertaking for the University. Read more about this historic project below in an interview with YC&E’s Executive Director, Suzanne Shaw.

Back in Business: The Shops at Yale

It is so exciting to see New Haven slowly coming back to life this summer! It has been a long road to reopening businesses here in Connecticut and the last 3 months of quarantine have been challenging for so many of us. With strict health and safety regulations in place, businesses around the city are ready to welcome customers back.

The Shops at Yale (TSAY) are currently offering an incentive to visit them: free parking (with same day purchase). Here is a very small sampling of TSAY businesses now open for your enjoyment. To see a full list of open TSAY businsesses, visit: https://theshopsatyale.com. There’s something for everyone.

Fun Doesn’t Have to be Cancelled

Although this is not the summer we had planned, there’s still some summer fun to be had with a little imagination and creativity.

From homemade Kombucha and gardening, to hiking and home improvements, here’s a glimpse of what some of us at YC&E have been up to!

See anything you like? Email us and we’ll share the recipe : ).

Stay in Touch

We would love to hear how you are doing and what you thought about our June 2020 newsletter. What would you like to see featured in our future newsletters? Send us a message.

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