GoFundMe Page Available Now to Help Employees Who Lodged There
ELLISON BAY, WI (OnFocus) – On Tuesday, September 5, 2023, Rowleys Bay Resort and its attached businesses were affected by a devastating fire. All guests and staff were evacuated safely. The fire resulted in a MABAS call, with Ephraim Firefighters Association, Baileys Harbor Fire and Rescue, Jacksonport Fire Dept, Gibraltar Fire – Rescue Association Inc., Egg Harbor Fire Department, Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Dept, Algoma Fire and Rescue, City of Kewaunee Fire Department responding.
This elevated to a Box Alarm level to include Sturgeon Bay Fire Department, Southern Door Fire Department, B.U.G. Fire Department. Squads from Washington Island Fire & Rescue INC. came over on the ferry to assist. Brown County, Green Bay Metro Fire Department , Suamico Fire Department, Hobart Fire Department, Wrightstown Fire Department, Howard Fire Rescue.
The fire actively burned until approximately 6:00pm, with Sister Bay Department staying overnight to help monitor for hot spots.
Rowleys Bay is an historic spot in Door County. Read the fascinating history here. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the employees that were displaced and lost everything in the fire.
Rowleys Bay staff wrote on social media:
“First of all, THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the tremendous response to this incident. We are overwhelmed by the support that came from next door neighbors, the west side of Green Bay, and everywhere between. The organization and professionalism of all the emergency response departments was and is remarkable.
Thank you to everyone who helped us find lodging for staff and guests and to the hotels who are hosting them. Thank you to everyone who brought water and food. Thank you to the Red Cross, to Wagon Trail Campground, and to individuals who ran supplies, made phone calls, and did a thousand other things. Thank you to the dozens of additional people who helped who we never saw, and who made these other things happen.
Offers of support have come in through every possible media source. Once we know more about what additional resources will be most helpful to those displaced by the fire, we’ll post a list.
Due to the extent of the damage, Rowleys Bay Resort, Grandma’s Swedish Bakery, Rowley’s Pub, and Rowleys Bay Restaurant are closed and unable to accept guests for the foreseeable future. We are currently collecting the resources we need to reestablish an office space so we can communicate with guests regarding their upcoming reservations. As all of our administrative offices and equipment were lost in the fire, we expect this to take a few days. As soon as we can get records from our reservation system on Wednesday, we’ll be contacting guests in order of their arrival date.
For those of you who are planning on visiting us, we’re devastated we won’t be able to host your stay. We thank you for your patience while we get organized! As soon as we have a more clear time-frame and a process for communicating with guests we will post that on our website.
Thank you again to everyone who has offered support, and for your continued support and patience as we work through the next few days and figure out what comes next.”
As more information becomes available on how to help, we will share it here!
Thank you to Matt Tishler for permission to use his photo. We welcome your stories! Contact us at [email protected]!
Author: News Desk
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