The city of Marinette sold a property with 550 feet of frontage on the Menominee River to Mike Biehl, owner of MJB Inc. for $100,000.
Biehl said he plans to purchase the nearby Harbor Town Marine and further develop an existing marina. Harbor Town’s current owners had leased the property Biehl purchased.
The city intends to re-invest interest from the money earned in the sale in the Menekaunee neighborhood where the marina is located.
Other conditions of the sale include:
• A 15-foot permanent easement for the city that remains on the deed.
• The property must remain recreational.
• Biehl must invest $500,000 in docks, launching wells, land or buildings within two years.
• No permanent structure to impede the waterfront.
The easement across the property Biehl purchased maintains a segment of an existing trail that crosses the property which will connect to another trail the city plans to develop.
Marinette received a $225,000 rails to trails grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and will match it with $225,000. The money will be used to create a walking and biking path along the former Canadian National railroad tracks from Eighth Street to Ogden Avenue. From Ogden Avenue, the new trail will connect to an existing path to Red Arrow Park.
