Milwaukee Business Journal Weekly

: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every area of Milwaukee tourism from convention postponements and hotel closings to restaurants adjusting to take-out and delivery. MBJ’s Margaret Naczek spoke with the president of one of Milwaukee’s biggest summertime events about what he is doing to adapt.  Milwaukee World Festival president and CEO Don Smiley about what Summerfest is doing as it moved its dates from the end of June to three weekends in September.  Margaret also spoke with Russ Klisch, owner of the popular Milwaukee brewery and restaurant Lakefront Brewery about how he has adjusted operations from being the first brewery to shut down public operations to now reopening for carry-out purposes. He shared how his business is adjusting and what the public response has been like.  For more information on the stories featured in today’s episode, visit https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/