Entrance improvements

The entrance to the former Emerald Links Golf Course was accessed via Riverview Drive.

Upon creating the Arboretum, we desired to make the entrance to the property from Lincoln Avenue, which is much more visible and more readily located.

a yellow bulldozer with F. Dier printed on side driven over dirt by a man. There are trees in the background.
Francis Dier grades the Arboretum site in preparation for parking lot.

The existing curb cut at that location ran straight into an elevated former green, making parking very difficult and haphazard. Francis Dier has the equipment to address the problem, and on the first of October he graded the site and installed a compacted gravel parking lot for 10 vehicles. Francis was pulling out his equipment on Saturday morning just as the visitors were arriving for the Glacial Lakes Conservancy tour. We appreciate his diligence in preparing for that event.

A man with white hair and a cap drills on a large aluminum sign while peeking through a cutout in the sign. The sign also has a tree and bird cutout, as well as the worlds VAN DER BROWH ARBORETUM.
John Durbrow fabricates the entrance sign.

The new address of 3800 Lincoln Ave./Highway 42 will be announced by a highly visible berm sign, shown being fabricated by John Durbrow, Director of Van der Brohe Arboretum.

The aluminum and acrylic sign will feature a back-lighted logo and text, with the lighting being powered by solar cells. The concrete base was installed earlier this summer, and the sign is expected to be erected in November.

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