Ellison Bay businesses coping with drop in tourists
ASSOCIATED PRESS story, courtesy WBAY.COM
(AP) ELLISON BAY, Wis. The business community in Ellison Bay is even more isolated after propane gas explosions killed two people and injured several more earlier this week.
Business officials think tourists apparently have been avoiding the area all together, even though many are not barricaded off by investigators.
It’s caused a ripple effect to Gills Rock.
Lynn Hass — owner of Hedgehog Gifts in Gills Rock — says she should be at her peak right now but instead is down about 30 percent.
Instead, in her words — “People see the road is closed and they turn around and go home.”
Brian Linden, a co-owner of Linden Gallery, says they’ll make it through the hardships.
Linden says he doesn’t believe it’s really “lost business.”
Instead, he says it’s “just postponed.”