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Metro Parks Now Requiring Wearing Face Masks

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia

Published November 17, 2020 at 5:18 AM EST

All visitors age ten and over at any Franklin County Metro Park are now required to wear a facemask.

The new mandate also applies to all employee. There are exemptions for visitors who are medically or developmentally unable to wear a mask. The requirement is an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, and comes after Governor Mike DeWine recently updated the state mask mandate.

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