Letter to the Editor: Driftless Area Center is a win-win project

To the Editor:

My wife and I recently moved to Lansing because we wanted to be near the great Mississippi River. It’s a fantastic attraction - the eagles, the barge tows, small town friendly people.

When we heard that a new Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center was being built south of town, we were thrilled. It seems that most people we’ve talked to are in support of the project.

But we hear there are some who make up an “anti-group,” as one local merchant describes it. That’s unfortunate because the center will be such a plus for the community - the children learning from the center’s nature programs, the merchants from the business it will draw regionally, as well as nationally.

My hunch is that in five years the folks who are either hesitant about supporting the project or outright down on it, will be talking like it was their idea all along. It’ll be one of those quality of life offerings that Allamakee County can be proud of, benefit from, and share. It may be costing money at the front end, but in a short time it will produce benefits to communities throughout the county. It’s a win-win project and ought to be supported as such.

Bob Modersohn
Lansing