Although the Collins Learning Center located within Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay has been closed to the public since the beginning of the pandemic, it is getting a powerful ventilation system upgrade. Program Director and Naturalist Coggin Herringa notes that three new industrial-strength furnaces, equipped with UV lights and filters, were installed earlier this month with a new air conditioning system planned for spring. She says the organization followed research about virus spread and took into account a robust air exchange system that would improve indoor guests and staff safety.
The Tom and Marsha Kerley Fund of the Door County Community Foundation, the Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Foundation, and the Raibrook Foundation provided the project's necessary funding. Herringa says Crossroads at Big Creek will follow public health officials' recommendations in deciding when the doors to the Collins Learning Center will be open for lectures and gatherings.
This weekend at Crossroads at Big Creek:
Saturday, January 23
10:00-12:00 noon and 2:00-4:00
Wildflower Seed Give-Away
The Door County Seed Library in partnership with Wild Ones of the Door Peninsula and Crossroads at Big Creek will be giving away free wildflowers seeds, plus informational materials and seed catalogs. Free and open to the public. Masks required. Tables will be set up on the porch of the Collins Learning Center at Crossroads at Big Creek 2041 Michigan St. Sturgeon Bay.
