The Greater Escarpment Organization of Door County is closer to introducing you to one of the area's most noticeable geological features, with a new park planned to open in 2025. The Wisconsin Coastal Management Program recently awarded the organization $6,500 to cover a portion of the cost for four full-color interpretative signs for the planned park along State Highway 42 in Ellison Bay. The panels will educate visitors about how the Niagara Escarpment was formed and how it has defined an area that stretches from northeast Wisconsin to Niagara Falls along the United States/Canada border. The grant gets GEO-DC closer to realizing a dream that started as a proposed discovery center when they purchased the property in 2017. After a failed building inspection and the pandemic, GEO-DC was forced to reverse course and create a new vision for the property. After GEO-DC received a $15,000 grant from the Destination Door County Community Investment Fund earlier this year, Board Member Maryanne O'Dowd said there has been a renewed enthusiasm for the project since they shifted gears towards a park.

GEO-DC hopes to be able to have a grand opening for the park next summer.