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by PENINSULA PULSE STAFF

YMCA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN REACHES $10.2 MILLION GOAL

Sturgeon Bay – The Door County YMCA has concluded its Heart of the Community capital campaign, raising $10.2 million. The campaign was paused during the height of the pandemic and relaunched in June 2021.

“We are incredibly grateful for the support we have received during this campaign,” said Tonya Felhofer, CEO of the Door County YMCA.

“The funds raised will help us continue our work of building a healthy spirit, mind and body for all, and to make a positive impact on the lives of those in our community.”

Construction continues on the new Timmerman Wellness Center (shown above) at the Sturgeon Bay YMCA. Find out more at doorcountyymca.org. SubMITTeD

FIRE DEPARTMENT CREATING LIST FOR AT-RISK POPULATION

Gibraltar – The Gibraltar fire Department is assembling a list of Gibraltar residents who might be at risk during a natural disaster.

“If something does happen, like a flood or a heavy snowstorm, we’ll have a list, and we can go check on these people,” said Gibraltar fire Chief andy bertges during a feb. 1 town board meeting. The at-risk population includes residents who depend on electricity for heat and medical devices, those who need daily medications, and those who are elderly or have disabilities, according to a post on the Town of Gibraltar’s website.

That post includes a form (available at gibraltarwi.gov/2023/02/08/at-riskpopulation) through which residents can request placement on the at-risk list, either for themselves or on behalf of loved ones.

bertges said the fire department also received a list of contacts from Door County Public Health, and in the future, his department could work with the Door County Medical Center’s fish Creek clinic and the aging and Disability resource Center in Sturgeon bay to expand the list.

2023 Roadwork Contracts Awarded

Sturgeon Bay – The Sturgeon bay Common Council approved contracts feb. 7 to replace concrete and asphalt this year on city streets.

The council awarded the contract for the concrete-replacement program to Martell Construction for $410,512.19 and the contract for the asphalt-replacement program to Northeast asphalt for $681,745.11. City engineer Chad Shefchik said the two companies submitted the only bids for both contracts, which are being

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funded by the capital roadway-improvement budgets. Shefchik said about a mile and a half of city roads will be repaved this year. More than half of the replacement costs will include portions of Michigan Street – which is being repaved between 4th and 12th avenues –and North 12th avenue between Michigan and Louisiana Streets. also included is pavement replacement of the public parking lot along Oak Street next to Kitchen barons Public House.

Roadmap For The Future

Baileys Harbor – baileys Harbor’s town board members have a lot of reading to do. On Monday, they received two versions of the 300-page comprehensive plan that the baileys Harbor Plan Commission has been writing and reworking meticulously over a two-year span. It would revise and replace the outdated version from 2013.

a recommendation for the town to establish an ordinance for a design-review process is just one suggestion in the plan. a few new features include expressing an overall desire for baileys Harbor to retain a small-town feel, calling for the town board to pass an ordinance regulating short-termrental properties and suggestions on green energy use. Plan commission member Paul Salm said creating the short-term-rental verbiage took up probably six months of the writing process.

The commission submitted its final comprehensive plan to the town board, as well as a version of the plan with words in red to show changes to the draft and changes since previous revisions a decade ago.

Future Of Pilot Island Is Topic Of March 1 Meeting

Washington Island – The Washington Island Sportsman’s Club is inviting the public

In the Green-section story in last week’s issue of the Peninsula Pulse titled “Martins to listen to a meeting that club members will have March 1, 5-7 pm, with the u.S. fish and Wildlife Service about the future of Pilot Island. To listen to the meeting during that continued on page 3

To be Inducted into Conservation Hall of fame,” we inadvertently reported that ed Miller – when talking about wildflowers at The ridges Sanctuary – said french ginseng, when he said french gentian. We apologize for the error.

John Maclay does not work for Theater for young audiences in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, as reported in Stage Notes in the Theater section of the feb. 3 issue of the Peninsula Pulse. He specializes in theater for young audiences. We apologize for the error.

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Free Rides For Voting Needs

Door County – The League of Women

Voters of Door County is collaborating with the Door County Transportation Department to provide transportation to those who need to register to vote, vote early, deliver an absentee ballot or vote in person for the primary election on feb. 21 and the general election on april 4.

Wheelchair transport and help with curbside voting are available. arrange a time for curbside voting through your municipal clerk. find municipal-clerk information at co.door.wi.gov/241/County-Municipalities.

Voters may contact transportation manager Pam busch at 920.746.6944 or pbusch@ co.door.wi.us to arrange a ride.

Rare Plant Loss Part Of Peninsula State Park Road Replacement

Fish Creek – The Wisconsin Department of Natural resources (DNr) proposes to issue an authorization for the incidental take of a rare plant, dwarf lake iris, which may result from the Peninsula State Park Shore road replacement Project. Most of the park’s roads were last surfaced during the 1960s.

“Incidental take” refers to the unintentional loss of individual endangered or threatened animals or plants that does not put the species’ overall population at risk.

The presence of the state and federally threatened dwarf lake iris is confirmed in the vicinity of the project site. DNr staff have determined that the proposed project may result in the incidental take of some plants, but conservation measures to minimize the adverse effect on the threatened species will be incorporated into the proposed Incidental Take authorization.