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DNR: No Destination Restaurant on Bradford Beach
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Wisconsinâs Department of Natural Resources officially issued an opinion opposing a food-and-beverage operation functioning as âdestination restaurantâ in the Bradford Beach Bathhouse or anywhere on the public beach. That directive was made to ensure compliance with Wisconsinâs public trust doctrine, including its requirement for full public access, a role assigned to the DNR.
âThe Department takes this important responsibility seriously and must scrutinize any plans which may incorporate private use of lakebed areas,â said the March 3 letter from John Budzinski, the DNR Secretaryâs Director for Southeast Wisconsin. It was sent to William Lynch, chair of the Lakefront Development Advisory Commission as part of that bodyâs deliberation-and-recommendation process about an application by the Dock, LLC, to open a bar and grille on the open-air public pavilionâs