Park also briefly visited by Governor Kristi Noem
By Garrick Moritz, editor
Last week, revised plans for the Palisades State Park improvements were announced and Governor Kristi Noem visited the park for a brief tour.
Local park supervisor Luke Dreckman and regional park supervisor Jeff VanMeeteren spoke with the Gazette the day of the tour, though Governor Noem did not invite the Gazette to join her on the tour, declined an offer for an interview afterward and did not visit Garretson itself, citing time constraints.
“We’ve taken a lot of the input we got at the public meetings here in Garretson and we’ve revised our initial plans to be, I think, even more ambitious than the original,” VanMeeteren said. “As you can see in the new graphic, we’ll be including a lot more day use structures, more picnic shelters, more playground structures, and some more tent camping and youth group tent camping sites.”
They will also be constructing a new park entrance on the previously mentioned proposed site. This new entrance will lead from Minnehaha County Highway 109
