Being able to take your family on a trip between Sister Bay and Egg Harbor took a major step forward earlier this month when Destination Door County announced a $100,000 grant for the Town of Gibraltar. The grant gets the town to almost the halfway point of its $1.5 million offer to purchase the Redmann property so it can expand Fish Creek Park and serve as an extension of the Bayshore Connectivity Trail. Sister Bay, Ephraim, and Egg Harbor have all looked into how it can establish the multi-modal trail to connect the communities without the need for a car or motorcycle. Town Administrator Travis Thyssen says it is great to see the municipalities work together to make the dream a reality.

The town’s electors approved the $1.5 million purchase of the Redmann property by a 78 percent majority with the expectations that it would be completed with grants and private funds. Thyssen says they are waiting on other grants to come through, but they do have backup plans in place if they come up short of their goal. Local room tax dollars help support Destination Door County’s Community Investment Fund, which was launched earlier this year and has already awarded over $575,000. This is part of an ongoing series about the projects being supported by the fund. The next grant cycle ends on October 5th. This is part of ongoing series highlighting the projects the Community Investment Fund has supported.