Shady Maple Farm Market is also planning a two-week celebration from Aug. People drive for miles and hours to get here.” “Many people are coming in, shopping with masks on and been very positive about the whole experience. “The Market has been doing very well and even gained new customers,” Newhook said. Much like the Smorgasbord, the Farm Market also released a detailed plan to keep shoppers and workers safe inside the store. “We were planning on doing it anyway, but it wound up kind of coinciding with the pandemic,” Newhook said. While Shady Maple Farm Market was allowed to operate as a life-sustaining business during the COVID shutdown, the store wanted to reach shoppers who didn’t necessarily want to come inside.įortunately, online ordering for curbside pick-up was already in the works and was able to be rolled out to customers in April. Shady Maple has shown its ability to adapt on the Market side as well during the pandemic – though that should come as little surprise after 50 years. This is kind of their fix.”įor those still skeptical of dining out, Shady Maple is continuing its meals to-go promotion that it started during the shutdown, offering diners a taste of the Smorgasbord via takeout. “People have been very inquisitive, and most seem happy we’re opening at all. “I think they trust our judgment in making it a safe experience for their family – but we also understand eating out is optional.
“Everyone has to go through the process, and we’ll do the same,” Newhook said. Still, Shady Maple is excited to invite guests to come “see what we’re all about.” “We did some research, really thought through the process, and this is what we came up with.”ĭespite the amount of care that was put into formulating a plan – which can be viewed in its entirety on Shady Maple’s website – Newhook realizes some people might choose to stay home. “We wanted the best way to open and wanted to figure that out,” Newhook said. Total buffet space measures 200 feet in length, according to promotional material. “It had a lot to do with us being an open buffet,” Newhook said. Rather than rush to throw the doors open at the first available opportunity, time was taken to put processes in place to guard against risks caused by the presence of the coronavirus. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Technically, Shady Maple Smorgasbord could’ve begun welcoming customers when the county moved into the green phase of reopening on June 26. or to Tim Miller, La Crosse District Manager, 60 or This email address is being protected from spambots.
Questions regarding the project can be addressed to Mary Stefanski, Winona District Manager, 50 or This email address is being protected from spambots. Fish and Wildlife Service Invasive Species Early Control Grant and a $25,000 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Aquatic Invasive Species Control Grant for New Infestations. Funding for the project is being provided through a $188,000 U.S. The herbicide applications are intended to reduce, minimize, or eliminate flowering rush at the treatment locations. PLM Lakes and Land Management Corp of Shakopee, MN, is a licensed, certified aquatic herbicide applicator who will be working under Minnesota and Wisconsin State permits and Federal oversight to treat the specified areas. Signs with dates to avoid the area will be posted where control efforts are taking place including: Pool 4, Big Lake/Catfish Slough near Nelson, WI Pool 5, Weaver Bottoms, near Weaver, MN Pool 7, Proudfoot Chute and Dresbach Island/Channel, near Dresbach, MN and Pool 8, Shady Maple, near Stoddard, WI. Flowering rush is an aquatic invasive species first observed in these UMR Pools in 2020. Boaters are asked to avoid specific backwater areas of Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 5, 7 and 8 during upcoming invasive species control efforts.īeginning the week of June 27, the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge will be contracting to have the aquatic herbicide Diquat applied to approximately 1,100 acres of refuge backwaters infested with flowering rush.
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