Recapturing Your Downtown 2010
A conference designed to help your Downtown Prosper…
Conference: October 21, 2010-SAVE THE DATE!!!
Jefferson Street Inn, Wausau, WI
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Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center It’s the Economy Stupid!
WDAC again collaborates to offer downtown webinars In its second season, the webinar series called Revitalizing Wisconsin’s Downtowns provide downtowns with sound advice, local dialogue and peer-learning. Local leaders, downtown directors and local economic development professionals (and anyone interested in your downtown) have an opportunity to contribute to supporting your downtown district. State and national experts present information relevant to the topics and are available to address questions. You and your community can easily be part of these quarterly sessions. Topics & Dates: (Thursdays noon until 1:30pm) March 11: Shopping Downtown and the “Deliberate Consumer” May 13: Living Downtown September 9: Working Downtown November 11: Entertainment Downtown You can access these webinars from home or business with the appropriate computer and phone setup, the full value of the program is achieved when everyone participates from a regional host site where you can learn from and interact with your peers and share in the local dialogue. In most cases, local sponsorships are used to help defray or reduce the cost of participating in these programs. For more information and to register contact the appropriate UW-Extension host in your area. Check out: http://lgc.uwex.edu/downtowns/ Revitalizing Wisconsin’s Downtowns is a collaborative effort among Wisconsin Downtown Action Council, Wisconsin Main Street Program and University of Wisconsin-Extension. Time: 9:00am-2:00pmMeeting Place: Tomah Tee Pee Restaurant – 812 Superior AvenueRegistration Fee:$10.00
RSVP’s must be received before March 12th, 2010 via e-mail to chanson@tomahwisconsin.comCommunity Visit Agenda9:00AM Check in and networking 9:45AM Welcome by City of Tomah Officials and Jason Gilman, WDAC President 10:15AM OUR TOWN TOMAH- Joanne Westpfhal and Susan Holmes-citizens at work improving Tomah’s Downtown 11::00AM THE TOMAH CASH STORE- The challenges and successes of operating a downtown department store in the age of big box retailing-Mark Rose 11:45AM Lunch and Presentation- FAÇADE RENOVATION PROGRAMS- Kevin Pomeroy, Planning Director, 1,000 Friends of Wisconsin 1:00PM THE REDEVELOPMENT OF TOMAH’S DOWNTOWN RAILYARD- Scott Harrington, Vandewalle and Associates 1:45PM WALKING TOUR OF TOMAH DOWNTOWN- Chris Hanson, Tomah Chamber of Commerce. 2:15PM WDAC BOARD MEETING The Wisconsin Downtown Action Council encourages you to be a part of an enlightening community visit to the City of Tomah. With a population of just over 8,600, Tomah is located midway between Milwaukee and the Twin Cities. In this time when every community is struggling to do more with less, there is much to be learned from the simple yet effective progress that this small community is making to revitalize their downtown. With an active citizens group, a successful downtown department store, and an exciting redevelop project in the works, Tomah has much to offer.
Our Town Tomah is an active citizen’s group that works to leverage limited resources into big impacts in Downtown Tomah. Largely following the recommendations from a “first impressions” study, that was completed in 2004, this group has been able to identify projects that would improve the overall appeal of the community for visitors, businesses, and residents. They have implemented an annual City-wide clean-up day and organized a flower planting program to beautify the downtown area. In a time when big box stores in fringe commercial districts have captured much of the retail demand and made it difficult for downtown retail to survive, it is rare to find a successful department store that is still operating in the downtown. The Tomah Cash Store has gone against the trend, serving the Tomah Community since 1900, offering 3 floors and 30,000 square feet of furniture, gifts, collectibles, men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing, and much more right downtown. This community visit will offer an inside look at the challenges and successes of this unique store. This community visit will also offer an early look at a major redevelopment project that is in the works on the downtown rail yard. Canadian Pacific Railway currently owns the 61 acre property in the center of the City. However, they are looking to sell the property, and have hired Vandewalle & Associates to assist them with marketing and researching development concepts for the property. They are currently working with the City Long Range Planning Committee to identify and develop possible themes for the property, explore the potential for a mix of uses, and identify funding sources for the redevelopment. This project is really starting to gain momentum, as a public meeting was held in early February and businesses and developers are starting to take notice of this opportunity. This community visit will offer the opportunity for everyone to learn from the progress that has been made on this project, and also for the WDAC network to offer insight to the City of Tomah as they keep moving forward. Please join us in the City of Tomah on March 19, 2010 for an exciting opportunity to learn, network, and work together to improve downtowns across the State of Wisconsin. “Creating Resilient and Healthy
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