As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread and impact the lives of people here in Birmingham, we remain committed to serving our Forge members and their businesses.  In order to do so in the most responsible way, we have made some changes to ensure a safe environment for our members to conduct business.  

To minimize cross contamination, we are temporarily closing our kitchen and ask that all members refrain from using the kitchen, Forge mugs, dishes, silverware, serving utensils, refrigerator and microwave.  We suggest that Forge members bring their own water bottles or mugs. We are no longer serving coffee, using our normal water dispensers or providing communal snacks.  We ask that our members minimize the use of paper goods as they may be difficult to replace over the next few weeks.   

As a staff we will regularly clean work surfaces.  We will be following the CDC prescribed bleach cleaning solution on all work surfaces, chair backs, door handles and light switches.  The Forge staff will wear single use disposable gloves while cleaning.  

In order to promote social distancing, we are removing some of the chairs in our open work areas.  We also encourage all meeting room bookings to adhere to suggested room capacity.

We ask that anyone who has traveled to a highly infected area or is experiencing (or has come in contact with a person who is experiencing) possible symptoms of COVID-19 to follow the CDC suggested two week self-quarantine- the CDC’s Travel Guidelines.

As recommended by the CDC, please wash your hands regularly and avoid touching your face. Your personal hygiene and recognition and action regarding symptoms not only impacts you but also those around you.

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.  We know that small businesses will be impacted during this outbreak, but we are taking every measure to help our members conduct business as usual.

Sincerely,

Kim Lee

Founder and CEO