Area Transportation Survey

The La Crosse Area Planning Committee (LAPC) wants your input! We’ve launched a community survey to help shape our long-range transportation plan for the next 20 years.

Why Your Input Matters:

Your feedback is crucial in identifying transportation improvements for the region. Please take a moment to share your thoughts and help us spread the word!

 

How to Participate:

The survey is quick – just about 10-minutes! Its open to everyone and your responses will be anonymous.

Take the Survey Here: Survey Link or scan the QR code in the attached flyer.

 

Learn More:

Visit LAPC Website or reach out to Erin Duffer at eduffer@lacrossecounty.org or 608-785-5597.

 

Need flyers or postcards to share with your community? Interested in hosting a focus group? Just let us know!

 

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Thank you for helping us improve transportation in our communities!

 

Erin Duffer, AICP (she/her)

Transportation Planner

La Crosse Area Planning Committee, MPO

Phone: 608-785-5597

eduffer@lacrossecounty.org

212 6^th St N, Room 1600

La Crosse, WI 54601

Clean Energy Benefits and YOU

  

Join CRSC in welcoming Quinn Rowe of Wisconsin Conservation Voters for an online program about energy and money savings available through Clean Energy incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act.

From credits for renewables, to incentives for efficiency, the act offers a decade of reasons to make the switch. We'll learn about 

• Clean Energy: 30 percent tax credit on solar, heat pumps, geothermal, and battery storage
• Electric Vehicles: Up to $7,500 point-of-purchase tax credit for new vehicles, up to $4,000 for used vehicles
• Energy Efficiency: 30 percent tax credit on insulation, windows, appliances, heating and cooling, and more
• Incentives and resources for renters and landlords
• Home energy audits and Focus on Energy programs

This is an online program available on Zoom and by phone dial-in. To register, please visit https://tinyurl.com/CRSC-WCV-IRA-092424 OR call 608-315-2693
 

Food forest, victory gardens

There will be a Food Forest clean up at the  Hamilton/SOTA I site, TODAY at 6 p.m. 

• GROW La Crosse will lead
• Refreshments, light snacks, and gardening tools will be provided
• Please bring your own gloves (And family & friends)
  

You can sign-up to help and have fun here.

Remember, there is also a great food forest by the YMCA at West Avenue & Main Street. Fruit trees are loaded this year!

In addition, there are three southside Community Victory Gardens, maintained by volunteers, that have free produce for anyone who wants to pick a meal for their family. New volunteers are always welcome!

While things are winding down, most victory gardens still have greens, beans, tomatoes, cukes, and squash. Some have more, including broccoli and herbs. Check them out at

• City Hall - EAST side of building (NOT south side)
• Hogan - 10th & Mississippi
• APTIV - 3000 South Avenue

There is also a small vegetable garden at Myrick Park near the Nature place. And the Kane Street Community garden, near the Amtrak Station, definitely offers produce to the community. Check the website for harvest dates and protocols.

Current and coming events

There are many events coming up that will help us build and grow a strong, diverse, caring community.  PRIDE in the Park, last weekend, is a great model for community and inclusion.  Here are two more:

The community is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with programs, speakers, and concerts at UWL, Viterbo, and the La Crosse Public Library starting September 20 and continuing through mid-October.

Learn more at this UWL web page: https://www.uwlax.edu/calendar/?e=31043

 

Hmong New Year will be September 21 & 22 at Veterans' Memorial County Park near West Salem. Get all the details at the HCCC Facebook page.

-ALL GENERAL PARKING is $30 at the La Crosse Speedway, Interstate Fair Grounds

-PARKING AT VETRERANS MEMORIAL PARK IS FOR PRE-PAID, RESERVED PRIORITY PARKING FOR ONLY VENDORS, ATHLETES, DANCE, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS! WILL OPEN UP TO PUBLIC WHEN AND IF PARKING IS AVAILABLE!!  

 

You can reach Vets Park by bicycle on the La Crosse River State Trail OR along the Highway 16 multiuse trail that connects Valley View Mall to West Salem.

Week Without Driving (September 30 through October 6) is a national event that encourages us to consider our transportation environment, how it affects millions of non-drivers, and how it could be better. Take the WWD Challenge - try to go a week without driving a personal vehicle - OR participate in our local WWD Bingo. MTU fares will be FREE during the week. Fares on the SMRT are FREE ON October 1 with a WWD Bingo Card!

 

Local WWD events include 

- an online book talk hosted by the La Crosse Public Library-

- a day trip on the Scenic Mississippi Regional Transit bus from La Crosse to Prairie du Chien

- an informal Transit Talk at the October 4 Cameron Park Farmers Market

- a Transit to Trails event hosted by the Coulee Region Sierra Club

- a Teaching Safe Biking clinic hosted by the Wisconsin Bike Fed

Learn more about these and other local events at https://tinyurl.com/LaXWWD24.