Entertainment venue plans to bring full staff back to work this week

Forest View Lanes has been approved for a Paycheck Protection Program Loan, which will allow the Bedford Township entertainment venue to bring back its full, 46-person staff sometime this week.

“We were fortunate enough to apply for the PPP loan on the day it was made available through Huntington (Bank), the Small Business Association (SBA) and the Treasury Department,” said Forest View owner Richard Kenny. “... The PPP loan approval is a huge relief. We have been keeping about 25 percent of the team working during the shutdown and doing some pre-planned improvements. We are looking forward to bringing all 46 team members back to work early next week.”

Kenny said those employees who have been off work will take some online training at home, with the plan to re-open Forest View’s kitchen with its full menu for takeout only starting Friday. Additional cleaning and on-site training will take place to prepare the facility to open for normal operations whenever state restrictions to combat the coronavirus are lifted.

What work has continued, including renovation efforts, has been done while adhering to social distancing and cleaning standards to combat COVID-19, Kenny said.

“We are taking extra steps in our bowling center, volleyball facility and restaurant to keep our customers, our team members and our community safe and healthy,” he said. “We are not only following the state, federal, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) requirements and managing to recommendations, but we are doing much more. We are serving some family- style meals right now and plan to re-open our full menu for takeout next Friday.”

“We are looking forward to reopening our restaurant, bowling and volleyball on May 1,” he said.

For more information, visit forestviewlanes.com or call Kenny at 734-621-2996.

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