“If they’re getting off the highway, what will be compelling to them to follow the detours and to land back out on Hwy. 8, where all of these businesses are?” Beattie asked Sept. 17.
The city provided a sample of the signage, which states access is open to all local businesses, including Winona Gardens, Puddicombe Farms and Leaning Post Wines.
Beattie said local customers should be able to find their way around the detour with little difficulty, but he’s planning to use the power of social media to let out-of-town customers know Winona Gardens and other nearby businesses remain open and accessible.
“We’re still open, and there will be a disruption for three months,” said Beattie. “But we want to make sure that … customers in our local trading area that would be venturing out to get their pumpkins and their cornstalks, their fruit and their wine and everything else, that they still know we’re actually very easily accessible.”
