Wisconsin Dells Business Improvement District Committee continues holiday light talks | Regional news
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The Tree of Light at the River Walk in Wisconsin Dells lights up the sky in this file photo from November. The city’s business improvement district committee is continuing discussions of additional light displays to place around downtown Wisconsin Dells and the Riverwalk in addition to the Tree of Light for this year’s holiday season.
Wisconsin Dells Business Improvement District Committee Chairperson Tara Anchor lists trees to consider decorating around downtown Wisconsin Dells for this year’s holiday season at the committee’s May 5 meeting.
Wisconsin Dells’ Business Improvement District is continuing planning efforts for this year’s holiday season.
On May 5, the committee discussed and reviewed estimates for potential lighting options to place throughout downtown and the Riverwalk for later this year. No action was taken and the committee will continue to discuss potential options for holiday lighting throughout the year. Committee members Jesse DeFosse, Dan Gavinski and Justin Draper were absent.
Video of the Tree of Light Nov. 23 on the River Walk, a new winter holiday attraction in Wisconsin Dells. Officials also set up the community Christmas tree and area businesses created their own sponsored Christmas trees to display along the River Walk.
Also at the meeting, a decision on an addendum to the Riverwalk Easement Agreement and a land lease agreement on two tax parcels was tabled to the committee’s next meeting, which will be June 2.
Chairperson Tara Anchor presented a worksheet with estimates to decorate 10 trees around downtown Dells wrapped with lights. The proposed locations is the High Rock tree on Broadway, one to two trees for the 100 block and 200 block of downtown Dells and five or six trees on the 500 or 600 block downtown.
A close up of the lights on the Tree of Light at the River Walk in Wisconsin Dells in this file photo from November, 2020. The business improvement district committee is discussing additional light displays to place around downtown Dells and the Riverwalk for this year’s holiday season.
Cost to wrap ten trees with lights along with the electrical work, placing lighting from Broadway to the River Road bridge and Riverwalk entrance is an estimated $43,555, according to the worksheet provided by the city through an open records request. Anchor said the committee is waiting for its portion of costs for the electrical part of the total, which will be split with the city. The subtotal will decrease to $20,000 for the second year of the lights installation.
