Two bars in downtown Auburn announced on Wednesday afternoon that they would be temporarily closing while they monitor the impact of the University reopening campus for the fall.
"While Fall semester will always be our favorite time of year, 2020 has presented new challenges with the student population downtown," the releases said. "While the debate on the virus's impact on the student population continues, we have decided to take the proactive step of voluntarily shutting down our business out of an abundance of caution while we monitor the impact of Auburn University's reopening on-campus activities."
The releases are identical, except for their names and logos.
"We encourage everyone to take Covid-19 seriously and hope our college customers will help us by following the rules," they said.
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Trice Brown, junior in english language arts education, is the enterprise editor of The Auburn Plainsman.
trice@auburn.edu