BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – The Baird Creek Preservation Foundation is celebrating its 20th year of existence in 2017.
Interim Director Holly Baseman says the group formed in 1997 when the city was looking to rezone 34 acres of the Baird Creek Greenway parcel from ‘parkland’ to ‘residential’ so a developer, who purchased the land once it was put on the market and before the city could take action, could construct high end housing.
Baseman says the group of concerned citizens who formed the foundation successfully fundraised the $200,000 the city needed to buy back the land.
Since, the foundation has preserved the land through practices such as erosion control and looked for environmentally-friendly ways to bolster experiences for people who visit the Greenway.
Baseman says they also host a number of education hikes and school group activities each year.
To celebrate its 20th year, the Greenway is holding a banquet at the Riverside Ballroom on Monday night.
