DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ)- Fundraising campaigns are underway to help build a new observation center and expand the nature center of a popular park in Door County.
The park is located between Fish Creek and Ephraim.
Friends of Peninsula State Park are looking to raise over $1 million dollars, and Steve Strucely says it will be worth the work.
“I think when you come in here, right away, you feel that tension going away. The relaxation, being out in nature.”
Strucely says they need more space at the nature center.
“Here we want to almost double the size of the nature center. out the back side of the nature center.”
The plan calls for outdoor restroom replacements, a new observation deck, and expansion of the parking lot.
The current situation is also leading to cramped quarters.
After 50 years, an upgrade is needed, and that includes plans to rebuild a popular tower.
“Eagle Tower is the place that I think everybody knows Peninsula State Park for. It’s a place that people have come back to year after year after year,” said Strucely.Construction is scheduled for this fall.
The DNR deemed the existing tower as unsafe, leading it to be closed in 2015 and taken down a year later.
Projects are expected to be completed by Summer of 2019.
