The City of Sturgeon Bay is located on the Door County peninsula approximately 45 miles northeast of Green Bay. Sturgeon Bay is renowned for its high quality of life, traditional downtown, maritime industries, aquatic resources and recreational opportunities, and tourism amenities. Sturgeon Bay was officially incorporated on April 7, 1883 and is the county seat.

With a population of 9,763 the City covers approximately 4,000 acres with 80 miles of streets and 11 parks. This area compasses three different school districts which include Sturgeon Bay, Sevastopol, and Southern Door School Districts.

The City is served by a Mayor/Council form of government. The Mayor is elected at large by residents of the municipality and each of the seven districts elect one alderperson to serve the needs of the constituents. The Mayoral term is three years while the alderperson serves for two years.

The City of Sturgeon Bay is a full service city employing approximately 70 full time employees and more than 60 part time employees during seasonal periods. The City’s organization consists of five departments including a full time Police Department, Fire Department, Public Works Department, Community Development, and Administration. Each department assists the public in a variety of ways by offering different functions and services. In addition to Police and Fire protection, City services include administration, finance, planning and zoning, real estate assessment, building inspection, street maintenance, snow removal, garbage and recycling, park and recreation, and water weed management.

Safe Routes To School Information Link

Safe Routes to School Grant Application

Safe Route to School Recommendations

From Sarah Gaskell at Schreiber/Anderson Associates, Inc:

      In an effort to encourage and enable Sturgeon Bay's children to safely walk and bike to school, Sturgeon Bay has begun the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Planning Process. The success of the SRTS plan relies on community support and participation.

      Childhood obesity rates have more than tripled in the past 30 years, while the number of children walking and biking to school has declined. According to the 2001 National Household Travel Survey, less than 16 percent of students between the ages of 5 and 15 walked or biked to or from school, compared to 42 percent in 1969. Walking and biking to school, a good source of daily activity for children, is made more difficult due to a number of issues and a SRTS Plan can help remove these barriers to physical activity. In addition, Safe Routes to School Plans aim to reduce fuel consumption, improve air quality around our schools, and increase community security, accessibility and involvement.

      Safe Routes to School began as an international movement in Denmark in the 1970s. In the U.S., with the 2005 passage of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Congress designated a total of $612 million toward developing the National Safe Routes to School Program (SRTS). Wisconsin's SRTS funding totals more than $10 million over the next three years, and Schreiber / Anderson Associates (SAA) of Madison, has been chosen to assist Sturgeon Bay in preparing our SRTS plan. Participating schools include Sunrise and Sawyer Elementary schools, TJ Walker Middle School and St. John Bosco Parochial School.

      As part of the information gathering for the SRTS plan, walking and biking audits of the schools were completed and a parents' survey was conducted. The results of the survey and other information can be found at this link http://www.saferoutes-saa.com/
   
      Additional links to interesting SRTS and Wisconsin Dept of Transportation material can be found through the survey home page and subsequent pages.