A co-manager/owner of the historic downtown Fond du Lac Retlaw Hotel says he hopes renovation work can start this spring. Dennis Doucette says before any construction can begin the hotel still needs to finalize a financial package and complete the historic tax credit application process. Doucette says the hotel is hoping to receive assistance from the city through a tax incremental district and a possible low interest loan from the county. Doucette says the 23.6 million dollar project will return the hotel to its historic grandeur when it first opened. Doucette says the renovated hotel will have a major positive impact on Fond du Lac’s downtown. ” We feel we are going to be bringing roughly 35,000 to 40,000 visitors to the downtown market on an annual basis,” Doucette told AM 1170 WFDL’s Between the Lines program. Doucette says the goal is start construction in March with the hotel reopening in the fall.
