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Storm damages Kenosha County golf properties; EPA awards $700,000 for Pipe River restoration
Summary
A storm toppled about 150 trees across a county golf property and county parks staff said an insurance payout of $35,000 will help cleanup. Parks staff also reported a $700,000 EPA grant for continued Pipe River restoration and said shoreline-restoration cost estimates remain under review after a $34 billion figure appeared in an earlier report.
Kenosha County parks staff reported June 23 that a recent localized storm caused extensive tree damage at a county golf course and that most facilities reopened within days; staff said an insurance payment of $35,000 will be used toward cleanup.
Jim, the parks/golf operations presenter, said as of June 23 the course had logged 40,800 rounds, slightly behind last year’s pace, and that crews had reopened facilities by May 23 following the storm. The parks report counted about 148 trees down in the affected area. "The final number that I counted was a 148 trees," he said. Staff…
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