Would you like to safely take an “extreme selfie” of yourself in an apparently extreme environment? That’s the idea behind Extreme Selfies, which Ricky and Ashley Shawley opened Saturday in the former Gallery La Crosse Artists Cooperative building at 320 Main St. in downtown La Crosse. “There are a bunch of different rooms,” Ricky said…
Two dozen small downtown businesses La Crosse County have received grants from a business consortium that is providing aid in the wake of COVID-19 challenges. Couleecap Inc., Downtown Mainstreet Inc., La Crosse County, the La Crosse Area Development Corporation, and North La Crosse Business Association partnered to create the Launch La Crosse Small Business Recovery…
Area economic development organizations have partnered to create a new fund for small businesses with storefronts in commercial districts of La Crosse County. The fund is intended to help businesses that are struggling with closures or reduced operational capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Couleecap, Inc., Downtown Mainstreet Inc., La Crosse County, La Crosse Area…
The city of Onalaska is receiving a $250,000 state grant to help finance construction of the Great River Residences located in the city’s downtown. The Community Development Investment Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation will support construction of a 102-unit multi-family residential building as well as a 2,000-square-foot commercial space to accommodate a bistro…
MVAC 2019 Award Recipients The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center honored six recipients at its annual award presentation. The James P. Gallagher Award in Archaeology Excellence was presented to Three Sixty Real Estate Solutions, LLC for their due dilligence to not disturb any potential burial grounds on the site of the proposed Great River Residences. Three Sixty…
A tax-increment financing district that will provide about $1.6 million toward development costs for a major residential project in Onalaska’s downtown waterfront district won unanimous approval Tuesday from the Onalaska Common Council. In addition to providing assistance for the developer of the Great River Residences project, the TIF district would generate funding that could be…
ONALASKA — The Great River Landing has brought more people to play in Onalaska’s historic downtown core since it opened in August 2017. And it looks like it’s poised to bring a lot more people to live there, too, with a $16.4 million residential and retail project on the horizon. The recreational amenities offered by…
ONALASKA — More than 170 educators from the Coulee Region will receive Character Strong curriculum training from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Onalaska High School. Norlin Character Lives, a program of Coulee Region Whole Child, is sponsoring the training to promote social-emotional skills and servant leadership in area high schools. The curriculum can…
Advocates of a character-building curriculum for Coulee Region high schools made superintendents an offer they couldn’t refuse — so they didn’t, although they balked at one element. That’s the introduction Festival Foods board chairman Dave Skogen gave to more than 50 business and community leaders and educators during a presentation Wednesday about a leadership curriculum…
A champion of urban education. An advocate for people with disabilities. A voice for social justice. The 11 honorees of the 2017 YWCA La Crosse Tribute to Outstanding Women have diverse backgrounds, ages and occupations, but Rose Reinart can define them all with one word: grace. “Everyone kind of had their own journey and came to…