Monona OKs three permanent campsites at Gateway Park
By Audrey Posten, Times-Register
The Monona City Council gave the go-ahead, at its June 15 meeting, to establish several permanent campsites at Gateway Park.
Robin Jones, who has stayed at the park’s recently-updated sites with her husband, made the request.
“It’s nice out there,” she told the council. “If there are campers there, others tend to come. I’m not saying make them all permanent, but have a few. You put all that work and money into doing that, so it may bring people in.”
Currently, campers cannot stay at the park for longer than two weeks at a time.
The three permanent sites, which will be available for a one-time yearly fee from May 1 to Oct. 31, will be located by the trees. The spots may be rented on a first come basis at a price of $1,200. They renter will have to sign a release form and/or contract and pay the yearly fee before moving their camper to a site.
The city will try this for one year and reevaluate for 2021.