The president of a consulting firm hired to conduct a market feasibility study for an alternate Fond du Lac Lakeside Park master plan says he anticipates completing the study by the end of October. Charles Johnson IV says the study is focusing on the market, strategy and what makes most sense from a park trend standpoint. Johnson says he wants Fond du Lac to be as successful as possible. He says even though restaurants are struggling now during the pandemic, that’s not always going to be the case. Responding to concerns about commercial development in the park. “I think it’s changing,” Johnson told WFDL news. “The park absolutely has to have pastoral, passive places. But there are also activities that can be done,” Johnson said. “What a park is today is an entertainment area. But entertainment can be nature, or it can be other types of activities.”
