Neighbors Working Together...

This past Saturday the second annual La Crosse Mayor's Neighborhood Conference was held in Myrick Park with over 200 in attendance to talk about the topic of Transportation. It proved to be a very interesting morning after visiting various exhibitors and 

Traffic Sign Cake Pops by Laura's Baking Delights 

their information booths re: all aspects of transportation including: walking, biking, bus routing, the airport remodeling, highway and road improvements, neighborhood projects, sidewalks, roads and train travel and transport...

Neighborhood Association Projects Displays 

C.A.R.S. Citizens Acting for Rail Safety

Police info re: drinking & driving





La Crosse Mayor Kabat welcomed all to the beautiful setting in Myrick Park. We had a stunning view of the marsh and the people that utilize the marsh trails such as families, bikers, dog walkers, joggers and individual walkers as they streamed by the windows... a very utilized public space.

I will share the impressive keynote presentation re: Transportation in the Next American City in another entry. The morning's  presentations also included the Coulee Vision, La Crosse Transportation Vision 2015,  Bike Share: Alternate Transportation, UWL Car Share Program, the Driftless Region Bike Coalition, New MTU Routes and the Neighborhood Revitalization Awards which included both individual and group awards: 

(L) Maureen Freedland with CARS award and
(R)Sara  Sullivan as that award's first recipient  

*The first time recipient of the  Sara Sullivan Award was none other its founder for her   contributions to neighborhood   revitalization and community building throughout the years. 

*The 2015 Good Deed Doer: Charley Weeth

*The 2015 Bridge Builders Award Individual: Matthew Christen

AND

C.A.R.S. with La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat and their award 

*The 2015 Bridge Builder Award Organization:Cars Acting for Rail Safety, a grassroots group very close to our hearts here in the End of the Rainbow Valley. (Natureman not pictured here has been a member of its planning committee since its inception.)

What a delight to be in the presence of so many good neighbor folk working together to make the community a better place to live...