Depot Outlet gives $2,000 to support dam gate project

Posted: Sun, Nov 15, 2020 2:44 PM

Depot Outlet Store Director Amanda Holthaus presents a check to the Winneshiek County Historic Preservation Commission members LaVonne Sharp, Ashley Christensen, Steve Johnson and Elizabeth Lorentzen.

The Depot Outlet is contributing $2,000 to the Dam Gate Outdoor Industrial Sculpture Exhibit. The exhibit at the Trout Run Park in Decorah is a project of the Winneshiek County Historic Preservation Commission.

Depot Outlet Store Director Amanda Holthaus stated "The Depot Outlet is blessed to be able to continue its mission with the help and support of this amazing community through donations and shopping in the retail store."

The project's goal is to permanently install the last remaining dam gate of historic Lower Dam and create an interpretive marker for public education. The project will tell the story of the significance of small community-driven hydropower dams that once dotted the rural landscape of Northeast Iowa and of their important role in our country's development.

The Winneshiek County Historic Preservation Commission is collaborating with Decorah Parks and Recreation, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and Winneshiek County Historical Society in creating an outdoor industrial sculpture exhibit at Trout Run Park in Decorah.