Wisconsin Mississippi River Parkway Commission
AGENDA - WIMRPC January 17, 2025
3550 Mormon Coulee Rd. La Crosse, Wi 54601 Conf Rooms: Driftless Region & Bluffs
9:30 – 12:00 p.m. IN PERSON MEETING, TEAMS, CONFERENCE CALL
Conference Call Number: 1-608-571-2209 Access ID 551 253 717#
1. Call to order, Welcome and Introductions – Quamme, Group
2. Confirm Posting of Public Meeting……………………………………………………………………………………..S. Diggs
3. Roll Call, a roundtable of commissioners, Chairperson
4. Commissioner Appointments – Legislators………………………………........……………………..……..S. Quamme
5. WIMRPC Minutes of 11/8/2024 – Approve …. Approve Agenda 1-17-25
6. Treasurers Report consider approval…………………T. Vondrum/L. Quamme……………………..………….
a) Review Statement
b) Money Market Account
c) Friends WIGRR Financial report
d) Peoples State Bank Line of Credit– NSB Grant – WI GRR Digital Marketing/Website approv…
7. Executive Comm. Minutes and Report………………………………………………………………………………
8. Consider Peoples State Bank Services Proposal for WIMRPC & Friends of WIGRR accounts…Group…..
9. WI Dept of Tourism -Tourism Updates, marketing messages and data. D. Nussbaum…………………..……
10. Legislative update, Calendar, events, ………………………Legislators/representatives…………………….………..
11. Wisconsin Tourism Council Update……………………………..Sen. J. Smith…………………………………………………...
12. WisDOT – Hwy 35 Road Improvements……………….……….Paul Valenti…………………………………………….…….
13. Mississippi River Trail Progress Report and Plans……………………….…….F. Schelfhout………………………...….
14. Public Facilities Assessment – Results report and items to focus on…….K. Harwood…………………..……...
15. 2025 Draft Budgets 6/30/25, consider, approve WIMRPC, Friends WIGRR……………….S. Quamme…..…..
16. Marketing & Promotion Comm. Report………….…….J. Galasinski/S. Quamme...……………................……….
A. 2025 Travel - Visitor Guide
B. Marketing Plans – Ideas for 2025, Feb. 2 Chicago Travel Adventure Show-Partners, $1650 pd
C. JEM Grant, Destination Marketing application – denied, reasons, Reapplication J. Galasinski……………
D. WIGCOT – La Crosse
17. 2025 – MRPC National Conference - WI – Louisianna……………………………………………………………….……………
18. WI GRR Newsletter – planning, launch.............S. Diggs, K. Harwood.........................................................
19 NSB Grant application
La Crosse Discovery Campus……………………………..………………………S. Quamme………………….………………….….
WIGRR Digital Media Marketing, Website and Video Investment
20. WisDOT, Discover Media Works episode, Friends of WI GRR, Projects #1 & #2…………………S. Quamme….
21. WI DNR – Looking ahead and current projects, 125th Anniversary plans……………………...Sara Rigelman….
22. MRPC Report…………………………J. Galasinski………..….……S. Quamme, Schelfhout, Schnick………………………
23. Other Business……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
24. Next April 11, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm – Wisconsin DOT Office – La Crosse, Wi (or Virtual meeting)
25. Adjournment 2025 Meeting Dates: January 17, April 11, August 8 and November 7– 9:30am – 12pm.
WI DOT La Crosse or MS Teams
PO Box 171, De Soto, WI 54624 www.wigreatriverroad.com 608-267-2094
Reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. This agency, to the maximum extent possible, holds all meetings in facilities that are physically accessible to persons with disabilities. For questions about accessibility, contact the meeting's sponsoring division.