OCTOBER 2020 BRANTFORD | BRANT SIX NATIONS FREE EVENT GUIDE PAGE 5 BrantfordBrantford Farmers’Farmers’ MarketMarket copescopes withwith CovidCovid OUR MEMBERS SHOW STORIES OF HOW THEIR INGENUITY, PERSEVERANCE, AND SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY HELPED THEM TO SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC A time to discover Ontario Public Library Week Oct. 18-24 STORY PAGE 3 2 Entertainment & Community Guide COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS In light of the Pandemic and to help reduce touch points, please follow these guidelines when picking up your copy of BScene! • Take your copy when you’re about to leave the store • Try not to handle other papers OCT. 2020 Vol. 7, Edition 1 • Please Do Not put papers back in the pile (take it home or recycle it when you’re finished) • And as always, keep washing your hands and wearing your masks! BScene is a local Entertainment & Community Guide, showcasing the #BRANTastic features of Brantford, Brant and Six Nations through engaging content and with the Best Event Guide in our community. 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The money raised through this fundraising program gets sent back to Sydenham-Heritage United Church to be used COVER Photo: Bruce Jacobson in their Green programs for sustainable upgrades. BSCENE prides itself on supporting local whenever we can. Largest Selection of High Quality Eyewear at Reasonable Prices Brantford’s ONLY Same Day Service A Family Run 10 King George Road & Home Hardware Plaza Locally Owned Business Brantford for Over 25 Years 519-752-5456 www.optichouse.ca Mon. - Wed. 9 - 6 | Thurs. 9 - 8 | Fri. 9 - 6 | Sat. 9:30 - 2 OCTOBER 2020 facebook twitter instagram 3 Photos: Bruce Jacobson Brantford Farmers’ Market copes with Covid “Exciting things happening” However, he is optimistic. “We will be back to a full And customers have adjusted by deciding on the best house for October indoors and we have some exciting time for them to shop. “Our line-ups are almost non- things happening.” existent and if we do have one, it disappears really quickly,” said Jacobson. He says the longest line-ups tend to be first thing in the morning, lasting around 10 YVONNE VAN DE WIELE-COOPER to15 minutes, about 5 minutes throughout the rest of the day and in some cases, there are no line-ups at all. email [email protected] Jacobson says customers, who would normally shop roundtablepr.com and socialize at the market tell him they, “can’t wait to The Brantford Farmers’ Market has continued to get back.” But many, especially seniors, are playing it operate through the pandemic, but not without some safe for now. big adjustments. “We lost a few vendors to Covid-19 Some vendors however, are serving those people and we weren’t allowed to open up outdoors,” says through home delivery and Jacobson says he expects market manager Bruce Jacobson. Some vendors are expanding to add more items in many will continue, “because it’s been such a good add their product lines including cheese vendor Tipperary on to their business.” Bog, which will be offering more than just cheese. The market’s longtime honey vendor D&L Nature’s Best is going from a single stall to a double stall and expanding their product line to include more items, including vegetables. Meantime, Pies and Tarts from the Heart are moving to a larger corner stall. They’re also taking over an adjacent stall, which will become Catering by Chris, catering to small parties, and offering take home prepared meals, charcuterie boards and more. Operating outdoor stalls presented a minefield of regulation hurdles, including having to fence off the Market hours have also seen an adjustment. On area, which would mean losing parking, which had Fridays they’re open from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., rather already been compromised to accommodate line-ups than until 5 p.m. Jacobson says the two to five hours into the building. It also meant more security would were slow anyway under normal circumstances. have been needed, to ensure people were abiding by Saturday hours of 7 a.m. till 2p.m. remain unchanged. safety protocols. With no more than 50 people allowed in the building at a time and business down by about With Christmas falling on a Friday this year, the market 50 per cent, Jacobson says hiring more security for the will be open on Wednesday December 23th and outside stalls wouldn’t be viable. Thursday December 24th. All in all, Jacobson is confident the Brantford Farmers’ Covid-19 meant making changes to survive. Jacobson Market will be a bustling place again. He says more says some became creative by selling wholesale to and more people are starting to come back and new businesses around Southern Ontario, while others customers are also visiting. started successful home delivery services. The “I’m hoping Covid is under control by the spring and market’s cafeteria is also doing well, solely through its we’ll be opening up the outside market and we will be takeout business. running full steam, inside and out.” There are some new faces behind market counters as well. A new butcher, Townsend Butchers, will soon be facebook brantfordfarmersmarket taking over a market stall to replace the one that left. 4 Entertainment & Community Guide The Brant County Health Unit will post daily information 519.44BRANT (519.442.7268) or 1.855.44BRANT and on our site regarding school outbreaks, should they [email protected]. occur. Information regarding singular cases in school communities will be communicated by the applicable Virtual Meetings of Council Extended to January school board and the Province. 1, 2021 We saw a slight uptick in cases locally this past week with Submitted Media Release nine new cases. This was somewhat expected with the COMMUNITY NEWS & MEDIA RELEASES Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, the increases we are seeing provincially. As we said last week, health and safety of our citizens and staff has guided we don’t live in a bubble in our area. Many of our residents the decisions of the City’s Emergency Operations Centre work and play in the areas that we are seeing rises in. To (EOC) and Brantford City Council. Now in Stage 3 of the help curb further rises, the Province announced over the Province’s COVID-19 pandemic response reopening plan, weekend that there would be a reduction on the number the EOC continues to closely monitor provincial and public of people permitted to attend unmonitored and private Stock image health guidelines and direction while implementing plans social gatherings across the entire province.