De Pere Riverwalk & Nature Viewing Pier Donations Portal
Date: December 31, 2012
Register Online
Event Description
PLEASE CLICK "REGISTER ONLINE" ABOVE TO ACCESS DONATION SITE. Click: "not a member" link at bottom of page. The De Pere Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting the donation portal for the project, their system views this as an "event."
The De Pere Riverwalk is located in the center of downtown De Pere, along the east side of the Fox River and adjacent to the De Pere Dam. The project will establish a recreational walkway that creates new public access to the Fox River and gives rare exposure to a treasured Historic District. Visitors and residents will be able to walk directly from downtown restaurants, shops, and hotels to this site and immediately be surrounded by spawning fish and other wildlife, while being immediately adjacent to the Fox River Trail, De Pere Locks and Lock Tender House, and the De Pere Dam. The De Pere Riverwalk will have a tremendous impact on education, fishing, wildlife, tourism, as well as the local economy. The project is estimated to have an annual $1.9 million impact on the local economy. The project has received support from many organizations, including the Greater Green Bay Visitor and Convention Bureau, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Fox Valley Navigational System Authority, De Pere School District, West De Pere School District, De Pere Area Chamber of Commerce, St. Norbert College, and numerous others. With public access available to Government Island, the local Historical Preservation Committee has begun an initiative to renovate the lock tenders house with the intent to transform the building into a walking museum, highlighting the history of the Fox River and De Pere.
