Mayor, City of Midway
This is my shortest so far of all my weekly updates since I began giving them on March 18 in light of the covid-19 emergence in Kentucky, but it’s for good reason. I don’t need to be pounding this stuff into your brain any more than just to say this: Keep up the great work; you are showing the first-rate character of this community amid this crisis. For yet another week, I have the pleasure of reporting to you that we still have had no confirmed cases of covid-19 in Midway.
This of course doesn’t mean it isn’t here as we speak, and it doesn’t mean it won’t be here at some point, but as I said last week, there’s no doubt that your firm commitment to beating this, and to taking care of each other, is absolutely shining right now. The people of Midway, as we have always known, are good people who only get better when times are hardest. So keep up this great and important work.
Though this time has been incredibly difficult, and you and I have had to use every ounce of our energy to both process and persevere, and although we’ve lost too many people already and will sadly likely lose more, the light at the end of the tunnel is beginning to show. But I urge us all to remember, it is a bit of a long tunnel. Normalcy will come back to us in phases. I worry about those who need their income and their sense of purpose through their work, and I worry for those who struggle with the isolation, but I am fully confident that we need to stay the course to its completion. The truth is, if we didn’t do what we’ve done, this would have been a lot worse, and we have to be careful how we come out of it to assure it still isn’t. And I know that through your sheer determination thus far, that you’re willing to go a bit longer.
As the governor stated recently, we are likely to see the beginning of limited openings of our economy as we get deeper into May, and I will routinely update you on those developments and what they mean for Midway as the details become hammered out. There is a 10 step plan (see below) for what will be required of businesses when they reopen, and we will get those added to our city website, meetmeinmidway.com, along with other resources that may be helpful.
If you are food-insecure or know someone who is, there is no reason for anyone in Midway to be hungry. I have asked City Council Member Logan Nance to work with Woodford County School Board Member Ambrose Wilson to help to ensure that anyone who wants access to food can have it, confidently and without question. Email Council Member Nance at logan@meetmeinmidway.com if you or someone you know needs nourishment. We also have masks still available, so if you need one please call City Hall at 846-4413 and Sonya or Cindy will arrange for you to come by and have one placed in your car. If you need one delivered, let us know, and we’ll get them to you. And as always, if you need help with anything, no matter what it is, call me at 859-361-6320 or email me at mayorgrayson@meetmeinmidway.com.
Staying healthy at home, practicing social distancing, washing your hands and having good personal hygiene, wearing a mask in publicly occupied spaces and taking care of yourself is working, so let’s continue and see this thing through. If we stick to this plan, and follow these guidelines, then we will stay on the quickest path possible out of this crisis, and closer and closer to normal once again. It’s not going to happen tomorrow, but one day you’ll look back on this and think about how you were an integral part of an effort bigger than us all, and your first-rate performance in this, and the care it took you to achieve that will tell the story. So let’s keep doing our best at making a bad story have as many silver linings as possible. I’ll update you again this time next week, unless circumstances warrant otherwise. Thank you, and God Bless.
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