Some familiar sights in Door County will receive important funding thanks to your room tax dollars.
Destination Door County announced its four latest Community Investment Fund grant recipients, totaling $250,000. The Town of Gibraltar received the biggest award of $100,000 for its efforts to acquire the Redmann property to expand Fish Creek Park and the extension of the Bayshore Connectivity Trail. Three other $50,000 grants were awarded during this cycle, including ones that will make improvements to the Little Sister Barn being placed at the Corner of the Past Museum in Sister Bay and the Tug John Purves. Destination Door County President and CEO Julie Gilbert appreciates how history will be preserved as a result of these grants.
The City of Sturgeon Bay received the other $50,000 grant so it can make improvements to its Sunset Park Pavilion and public restrooms. Over $575,000 have been awarded through the Community Investment Fund grant program, supporting 12 different projects along the way. There is one more grant cycle scheduled for 2023 with October 5th acting as the deadline for those applications.
GRANT RECIPIENTS
- Town of Gibraltar was awarded $100,000 toward the acquisition of the Redmann property for the Fish Creek Park Expansion and extension of the Bayshore Connectivity Trail.
- City of Sturgeon Bay was awarded $50,000 for improvements to the Sunset Park Pavilion and public restrooms.
- Sister Bay Historical Society was awarded $50,000 for the repurposing of the 104-year-old Little Sister Barn at the Corner of the Past Museum property.
- Door County Maritime Museum was awarded $50,000 for dry-docking and repairs of the historic vessel and in-water museum John Purves.
