Recently, a coalition of local organizations launched the “Mask Up Grinnell” campaign to encourage the wearing of face masks in Grinnell.
According to Grinnell Mayor, Dan Agnew, a Mayflower Community resident, the City Council met in July with a University of Iowa Hospitals infectious disease doctor to determine how to support Grinnell businesses and organizations during the coronavirus pandemic. That professional stated that the most effective means of support was the encouragement of the wearing of face masks.
Mayor Agnew emphasizes that the City cannot establish a mask mandate, nor enforce such a requirement. However, the City wants to be part of the encouragement of mask use. The City worked on the mask imitative with other “supporting partners” that include Brownells, The Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation, The Grinnell Chamber of Commerce, Grinnell College, Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company, Grinnell Newburg Community School District, and UnityPoint Health–Grinnell.
The partners engaged consultant Katy Wells, owner of Double You Marketing, Inc., to design materials and create graphics for promotion of the campaign. As a result, a variety Grinnell-tagged face masks are available for $8.00 each, along with posters and yard signs at the new website: maskupgrinnell.com.”
Mayor Agnew has said, “We do want to encourage wearing masks as a way to get us back to our everyday activities.”
In a video released on September 16th, The Mayflower Community CEO, Steve Langerud, is pictured declaring, “We mask up so that our residents can have visitors.”
See the yard signs posted on The Mayflower Community campus. And, mask up!
— Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director