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Does Winona Lack Tourists? From: Linda Fort Date: Jun 30 21:37 UTC Short link
I doubt a tractor pull would be popular in Winona, I will go to the Houston
Hoedown for that :-)
Do the events you mention bring in a large number of tourists though? If
so, it is not mentioned in the local news.
Linda Fort
>I don't know...Great River Shakespeare...Gilmore Creek...Beethoven >Festival...Dakota Homecoming...Steamboat Days...Frozen River Film >Festival... > > or did you specifically want a Tractor Pull, Linda? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LindaF" <<email obscured>> > To: "Winona Online Democracy" <<email obscured>> > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 3:57 PM > 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: >>> http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/7gGuqd5qt3yGTZRFH9QK43 >>> >>> This topic's messages may be viewed at: >>> http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/SUO5O0WMcBT8yZShbPRpT >>> ----------------------------------------- >>> To post, send your message to: <email obscured> >>> To leave or for daily digest, type "unsubscribe" or "digest on," >>> in subject line and send to: <email obscured> >>> >>> More info about Winona Online Democracy: >>> http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/winona >>> >>> E-Democracy.Org rules: http://e-democracy.org/rules >>> ----------------------------------------- >>> Technical assistance thanks to our friends at http://OnlineGroups.Net >>> >>> >> >> >> Linda Fort >> Winona >> Info about Linda Fort: http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/lindafort >> >> This topic's messages may be viewed at: >> http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/56Gdn9mHXfvfdgH6m7sjAc >> ----------------------------------------- >> To post, send your message to: <email obscured> >> To leave or for daily digest, type "unsubscribe" or "digest on," >> in subject line and send to: <email obscured> >> >> More info about Winona Online Democracy: >> http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/winona >> >> E-Democracy.Org rules: http://e-democracy.org/rules >> ----------------------------------------- >> Technical assistance thanks to our friends at http://OnlineGroups.Net > >