MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mid-South leaders are revealing their plans to reopen cities after ‘Safer at Home’ orders were put in place to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite announced a plan to reopen the city on Facebook after a special meeting on Friday.

He said he plans on lifting some business restrictions when Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’ ‘Stay at Home’ order ends April 27.

“With this reopening, it will be a phased approached,” Musselwhite said.

Southaven gyms and restaurant dining areas will be allowed to open as long as the business keeps the building at a 33% occupancy limit and everyone stays six feet apart. Essential businesses will remain the same and churches will not longer have gathering restrictions as well.

However, other businesses will be slowly phased into reopening, which includes: bars, taverns, nightclubs, theaters, recreational and amusement facilities like playgrounds.

According to Musselwhite, restrictions will slowly loosen throughout the end of April and May with hopes to have 100% capacity at businesses on June 1.

“All of this will be contingent upon the governor giving us leniency,” Musselwhite said.

It is a different story for Arkansas.

Governor Asa Hutchinson announced he is aiming to have local economies booming by May 4.

“To be able to get there, it takes not just our public health team but also takes the partnership of industry and every aspect of our economy,” Hutchinson said.

Hutchinson announced a new task force in a press release on Saturday. It is going to be comprised of 27 people from private and public agencies to start discussions next week.

Five people from Memphis are part of a Tennessee task force to look at reopening options. The Tennessee committee is made up of people from four of the large metro areas: Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga.

At this time, Tennessee leaders have not announced a date to reopen the Volunteer state. WREG did some digging and found out reopening process will be based on certain benchmarks.

“Benchmarks that tell us we’re ready to reopen,” Tennessee Task Force Member and Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Manoj Jain. “Such as looking at a steady decline in the number of cases, looking at hospital capacity, looking at the testing and our capacity for testing, and lastly, our capacity to do contract tracing.”

Members of the Arkansas Task Force:

Steuart Walton, Runway Group (Chair)

Wes Ward, Department of Agriculture

Mike Preston, Department of Commerce

Stacy Hurst, Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism

Ted Thomas, Public Service Commission

Randy Zook, Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce

Sylvester Smith, National Federation of Independent Business

Joey Dean, Associated General Contractors of Arkansas

Annemarie Jazic, Dillard’s Inc.

Charlie Spakes, Arkansas Grocers and Retail Merchants Association

Montine McNulty, Arkansas Hospitality Association

Kelly Eichler, Indoor Recreational Facilities

Deke Whitbeck, Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation

Lance Taylor, Arkansas Activities Association

Hunter Yurachek, University of Arkansas

Shannon Newton, Arkansas Trucking Association

Charles Frazier, Rock Region METRO

Lorrie Trogden, Arkansas Bankers Association

Dr. Sonny Tucker, Arkansas Southern Baptist Convention

Bishop Gary Mueller, Arkansas Conference of United Methodists

Bishop Michael Mitchell, African Methodist Episcopal Church 12th District

Dr. Richard Abernathy, Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators

Andy Goodman, Arkansas Independent Colleges and Universities

Andrea Henderson, Arkansas Association of Community Colleges

Dr. Chuck Welch, Arkansas State University System

David Wroten, Arkansas Medical Society

Bo Ryall, Arkansas Hospital Association

Memphians on the Tennessee Task Force:

Alan Crone, Crone Law Firm

Charles Ewing, Ewing Moving and Storage

Dr. Manoj Jain, Infectious Disease Specialist

Kevin Kane, Memphis Tourism

Beverly Robertson, Greater Memphis Chamber.