KEWAUNEE (NBC 26) — Kewaunee County is planning to break ground on a new exhibit at Bruemmer Park Zoo in 2021, the county announced in a news release Wednesday. The new exhibit is funded with the help of a generous $100,000 matching donation by a member of the Bruemmer family.
Steve Bruemmer, grandson of Leo Bruemmer and great-nephew of Otto Bruemmer, the sons of Kewaunee County Judge Louis Bruemmer, whom Bruemmer Park was named in honor of in 1930, had also donated $20,000 designated to purchase four life-size animal statues for the zoo’s green space.
Bruemmer's $100,000 donation will be matched by Kewaunee County after receiving support from the Kewaunee County Board of Supervisors as well as the Zoological Society of Kewaunee County, a non-profit friends group that fundraises for zoo improvements, bringing the budgeted grand total for the new addition to $300,000.
The new exhibit is an expansive pheasant exhibit and will be the first new exhibit at Bruemmer Park Zoo in decades.
If you would like to donate to the Zoological Society of Kewaunee County or volunteer with the group, visit www.bruemmerparkzoo.com for more information.
