Updated: 6:12 PM CDT Apr 26, 2021 The restaurant industry, devastated by the pandemic, is facing a new challenge.Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinA shortage of workers is forcing some restaurants to scale back their hours.Others are offering bonuses to new employees.As restaurants reopen and capacity limits increase, it appears some customers are ready to return.But that may not be the case for restaurant workers. We can t open up extra days, we can t do lunch service because we don t have staff, DanDan owner Dan Jacobs said.He said restaurants everywhere are struggling to get back workers who were laid off from jobs that typically offer low pay and lower job security. We abandoned our staff as an industry, and they ve gone to do other things, Jacobs said. For servers making $2.13 an hour and depending on the generosity of others for their wages, I don t blame them at all. A new billboard puts the call out for needed restaurant workers.A WISN 12 search found
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New Playground Markings At Nettlestone Primary Thanks To Volunteers At Island Roads
By Iona Stewart-Richardson Back, left to right – Spencer Jarman from Island Roads, Dan Jacobs from WJ South West Group. With children from Nettlestone Primary School pre-school.
Youngsters at Nettlestone Primary School are enjoying a playground with new markings - thanks to an Island Roads volunteering project.
Supported by lining partners WJ South West Group, Island Roads lining supervisor Spencer Jarman created a series of fun playground designs to stimulate imaginative play and support sports activities.
It s almost time for restaurants, bars, cafes, brewpubs, food trucks and other food and beverage businesses to apply for $28.6 billion in COVID relief, and the federal Small Business Administration and the Independent Restaurant Coalition have ways to help them prepare now.
Because money from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund is expected to go quickly, business owners are urged to be ready to apply on Day One. In the first 21 days after applications open, the SBA will make it a priority to fund businesses owned by underserved communities women, veterans and socially and economically disadvantaged persons. It will consider remaining applications after that.
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