Does Winona Lack Tourists?
From:
Leslie Hittner
Date:
Jun 30 22:43 UTC
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Linda,
Whether or not it's "for you" the GRSF, the Beethoven Festival,
and the Frozen River Film Festival, among other things, do just
that. Those of us who have been there see the tourists. I think
our local hotel man sees them too. Look what's going up next to
the Holiday Inn.
Now perhaps we could add some things, such as biker activities
or Country Western musical events. That would be great. But
let's not ignore what has been happening. This town is getting
to become a really GREAT late winter and summer destination (and
we haven't even begun to capitalize on our great out-of-doors).
-Leslie Hittner
----- Original Message -----
From: "LindaF" <<email obscured>>
To: "Winona Online Democracy" <<email obscured>>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 15:57
Subject: [Winona] Does Winona Lack Tourists?
> This isn't necessarily about talent but I think Winona often
misses the
> boat so to speak on getting more tourists.
> Look at all the people that just attended the biker build
off in LaCrosse.
> I was told that was expected to generate $3M for the city.
> The little city of Richland Center,WI has their country music
fest; I have
> no idea what that event adds to their economy.
> Eau Claire has their country jam music event.
> Winona needs a huge event to get tourists to town. The
highway passes the
> city and unless someone was coming for a purpose I don't know
if they would
> even stop.
>
>
> Linda Fort
> Ridgeway
>
>
>
> > My personal opinion is that Winona is NOT lacking in talent.
We have
> > access to some of the brightest people in the world through
our
> > Universities and Technical College. If not at the College
itself, then
> > through their contacts. We have had several groups go
through Blandin
> > Foundation Community Development training, just to name a
few reasons we
> > have talented people in the area.
> >
> > When one looks at the multiple businesses in this community
that have a
> > successful international presence we have to be in awe of
the business
> > accumen there is available.
> >
> > Where Winona has it's problems, again in my opinion, is
pulling it all
> > together. There are two many folks "satisfied with the way
it has always
> > been". There are a lot of "NIMBY" attitudes that keep us
from going
> > forward and looking forward to what is possible.
> >
> > Rochester, for example, says we have a problem or here is an
idea and
> > everyone asks "how can we make it work". Some one in Winona
has an idea or
> > sees a problem and immediately it is a negative response.
"It won't work
> > here", "we don't need that", "what we have was good enough
for my parents
> > so it's good enough for my kids" are some of the typical
responses.
> >
> > No Paul, we don't lack talent. We lack strong enough
leadership to move
> > people forward instead of staying stuck in the past. We
aren't proactive,
> > we react instead.
> >
> > Joliene Olson
> >
> >
> > Joliene Olson
> >
> > Info about Joliene Olson:
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> >
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