It’s still far from business-as-usual on county Main Streets, but the economic reopening continues this week.

Salons, spas, pet groomers and other personal care businesses were able to reopen beginning last Friday.

Restaurants and retailers are hard at work this week doing the required deep cleaning that will allow them to welcome customers inside beginning this Friday.

Local governments are meeting this week also to amend their emergency declarations to conform with the Governor’s Open Up and Recover Safely Plan announced last week.

Kingfisher City Commission had scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday and the Hennessey Town Board also is expected to meet this week to discuss those changes.

The first phase of the state plan began Friday, when personal care businesses were allowed to reopen, along with state parks and outdoor recreation areas.

The first phase continues this Friday, when dining, entertainment and sporting venues, movie theatres and gyms can reopen, as long as they are adhering to CDC-recommended social distancing and sanitation protocols.

Retail stores also can reopen and dental offices can begin doing routine cleanings and nonemergency procedures.

Churches can reopen beginning this weekend as well for in-person services, but must practice social distancing by leaving every other row of seating open.

Tattoo parlors also can reopen for appointments only beginning May 1.

Phase 2 begins May 15, provided hospital usage and incident rates remain at a manageable level for 14 days.

On that day, organized sports activities can resume and bars can reopen with reduced standing-room occupancy.

Funerals and weddings can resume, with appropriate social distancing protocols and church nurseries can reopen.

Phase 3 rolls out June 1 as long as hospital usage and incident rates remain manageable.

At that point, all businesses can resume at unrestricted staffing at worksites and church- and school-sponsored summer camps can continue as scheduled.

As eager as most local businesses are to reopen and bring employees back to work, the road back to business-as-usual remains a rocky one.

Complying with state health department and CDC guidelines for cleanliness and social distancing (and many businesses are going beyond those requirements) takes an investment in cleaning products, protective gear and elbow grease.

Businesses who have furloughed or laid off workers, are now faced with the added work of rehiring or figuring out how to transition existing workers back into the workplace.

“The only comments I’ve heard is ‘we’re doing the best we can to go by guidelines and safely reopen,’” Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce Director Shauna Rupp said. “And they have mentioned it’s taken a significant amount of time and staff to prepare to reopen, but they are excited.”

Other businesses face other barriers to reopening. 89er Theatre Manager Nancy Striegel said she’ll delay opening the theater due to an inability to find movies right now.

“So many new releases have gone straight to TV streaming and what’s out there right now is not what Kingfisher audiences really want to watch,” she said.

Concerned that the curve is not quite flattened enough for customer safety, other businesses also are choosing not to reopen right now.