A group of 76 Democrats in the state Senate and House recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf, asking him to allow curbside pick-up at all retail stores.
Small retailers have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and face uncertainty and challenges to reopening, yet other businesses have already implemented curbside pick-up.
“Over the last 10 weeks, we have seen restaurants, liquor stores, and essential services successfully operate curbside pick-up options for customers,” Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks County) said at a press conference. “This existing framework can easily be expanded to all retail across the Commonwealth, giving counties still in the red phase access to goods from local small businesses.”
Santarsiero also urged Wolf to allow all small retailers to open for curbside pick-up during a press conference.
“Curbside pick-up for retail will give a much-needed boost to small businesses across the Commonwealth, without sacrificing the efforts that have been made to flatten the curve,” Santarsiero said. “As Bucks County and others remain in the red phase, our neighbors across the river in New Jersey are allowing curbside pick-up for all retail. Allowing curbside pick-up for all retail in Pennsylvania will help support our local small businesses and keep money here in the state.”