An area state senator and representative are excited about the reopening of an observation tower in Door County.
Republican Andre Jacque of New Franken and Sturgeon Bay Representative Joel Kitchens said this is the outcome they have been working toward for several years before Governor Tony Evers included the initiative to fund the repair project of the Potawatomi State Park Observation Tower in the 2023-25 biannual budget.
Jacque said, “I am grateful to the people in our area who refused to give up until DNR officials would listen to them and preserve the Potawatomi Tower.”
Jacque and Kitchens say in a press release that local pressure and a written request forced the Evers’ Administration to give a $500,000 in emergency stabilization project to preserve the Potawatomi tower.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Monday that the Observation Tower at Potawatomi State Park would re-open to the public as soon as the weather allowed this spring.
