GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Funds are now in place to move forward on a Nature Center expansion at Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary.
On Wednesday, KI CEO Dick Resch, presented a $750,000 check to the Friends of Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary.
This final donation puts the “Natural Expansion” campaign over its $3,000,000 goal.
It was important to Resch that the project had full funding. He’s says he’s very fond of the sanctuary and has been taking his family there for years.
“This was a very good outing for the kids, for the family, and the price was right,” said Resch.
Now that financing goal is met, the wheels can start turning on breaking ground and construction of the 12,800-square-foot Nature Center expansion.
The project will consist of 2 levels on the eastside of the current Nature Center.
The upper level will serve as a gathering area for school groups, wedding receptions, or conferences.
“The lower level will be our classrooms. That will be dedicated to all our environmental education programs, especially our nature based 4-year-old kindergarten,” said Sanctuary Director, Mike Reed.
The kids program was the catalyst for the capital campaign.
The program has been so popular they’ve had to turn kids away because of the lack of space but with the expansion underway soon, that won’t be a problem.
The Friends of the Wildlife Sanctuary hope to break ground yet his year on the project, with completion slated for next fall.
The center will be named in Dick Resch’s honor.
