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City Hall, 215 Church Avenue P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130 http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us
DATE: December 4. 2019
TO: Advisory Park Board
FROM: Jenny McCollian. Parks Revenue Facilities Manager
SUBJECT: Discuss and recommend hosting beer gardens at Menominee Park in 2020
Parks Department staff is considering the addition of Beer Gardens in Menominee Park in 2020, These
Beer Gardens would be held at the Kiwanis Shelter and the area adjacent to the shelter, Beer Gardens
create a sense of community and allow friends and neighbors to gather in our City parks, Our goal is to
host a Beer Garden once a month in June-September, We are considering hosting these Beer Gardens
the second Wednesday of each month fro m 5pm - 9pm, Our goal is to bring more awareness to the
Menominee Park Children’s Amusement Center and increase revenues for those operations as they
continue to struggle,
The Beer Gardens would be a family-friendly event that would include food trucks. beverages. live
music. outdoor yard games as well as other activities for families to enjoy, We feel that this would help
bring families to our beautiful park in the evening hours similar to how the Tuesday evening concert
series brings families to the Leach Amphitheater,
Several other municipalities have implemented Beer Gardens in their parks and have had great success
with them, These other municipalities have also found Beer Gardens to be a great source of revenue for
their park systems,
State statutes allow municipal governing bodies to adopt resolutions to allow Parks Department staff to
sell fermented malt beverages at park facilities instead of being issued liquor licenses for these sales,
We are currently approved for such sales at the Leach Amphitheater and Reetz Ball Diamonds, If
approved by the Advisory Parks Board we will need to request a similar resolution approval by the
Common Council to sell fermented malt beverages in Menominee Park,
If you have any questions. please feel free to contact me at (920) 232-5319,