APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The Appleton Common Council voted to move a bicycle and pedestrian bridge project forward.
A $500,000 grant from the David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund was offered to go toward a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the Fox River Power canal near downtown Appleton.
On Wednesday, the common council voted 14-0 to accept the grant for the walkway between the future Ellen Kort Peace Park and Pullman’s restaurant.
The council also voted to name the newly constructed 750-foot bicycle and pedestrian bridge in honor of the couple.
In 2018, David and Rita Nelson of De Pere left $103 million to the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region to benefit area parks, recreation, education and historic preservation.
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