Meeting date: 5 p.m., February 13, 2019
Meeting location: Brickfield Brewing
Meeting called by: Nicki Peterson
Type of meeting: Grantsburg Revitalization Operation general meeting
Notetaker: Kristina Kelley-Johnson
Minutes
Attendees: Dale Bistram, Pam Davies, Nate Ehalt, Kristina Kelley-Johnson, Cris Peterson, Nicki Peterson
Agenda item: Update on CDBG project
Nicki caught the group up on what she’s heard from the village regarding the downtown project. Possible meeting with business owners in early March, SEH will have preliminary drawings of the design and possibly a timeline for the different stages of the project at that time. Construction likely to start right after Watercross in July.
Agenda item: Façade improvement project
Todd Johnson has recruited Professor Chris Holtkamp of UW River Falls and 2 students to help Grantsburg develop a Façade improvement plan. They will be documenting each of the 20 buildings in the downtown (building type, location, use, materials, dimensions, parking, lighting, sidewalks, historic photos, current photos). They will also develop an electronic map that can be accessed online that contains the information above.
Todd will assist the River Falls students in interviewing business and property owners regarding future plans. Todd will then sketch the downtown with potential improvements.
Agenda item: Connect Communities Program
Grantsburg has been approved to become a member of Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s “Connect Communities”. The program allows us to attend various community and business building events. Nicki will start a Facebook group to share these opportunities.
Agenda item: Grantsburg Area Map
On February 25 GRO will meet with Nate Ehalt and Tracy Klatt of Burnett County to develop a few maps of the Grantsburg area.
Agenda item: Housing committee
Ben was not able to attend the meeting, but did email to let us know Grantsburg Housing Study has been fully approved at the county level. The Housing Committee is making plans to move the study ahead and communicate it’s intent with the community. A grant for $5000.00 was awarded for this survey.
Agenda item: Natural Resources Committee
Rod Kleiss flew his airplane over the Wood River to get photos of blockages that need to be cleared in the river way. These photos will be used along with the county GIS map of the river to identify the worst jams that need clearing.
