Arrowhead Park

The land now known as Arrowhead was created through the placement of paper sludge along the southern shore of Little Lake Butte Des Morts. The landfill operated from 1952 to 1976. The P.H. Glatfelter paper mill utilized the eastern edge of the site until the mid-1990’s. In the late 1990’s, Minergy Corporation developed an incinerator facility on the central part of the site to burn paper sludge. That facility operated for nearly a decade before the P.H. Glatfelter mill closed. In 2016, the incinerator was demolished and all remnants of the former manufacturing uses of the site were removed.

Major milestones:

2006 – Herb and Dolly Smith Park and trestle construction
2014 – Trail constructed along shoreline
2016 – Minergy facility demolished
2018 – Loop the Little Lake trestle constructed – a 5k loop which connects three municipalities
2023 – Nelson Family Pier constructed

The Arrowhead Conceptual Master Plan represents a shared community vision for a thirty-acre property located adjacent to the active and vibrant downtown district in the City of Neenah, Wisconsin. The property is located along southern shores of Little Lake Butte Des Morts. The Arrowhead Conceptual Plan is a culmination of over a year of thorough site investigation, community and stakeholder input, and an evaluation of alternative design considerations.