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Cindy Wojtczak
Executive Director

Jeffrey Agee-Aguayo
Transportation Planner

Angela Kowalzek-Adrians
Natural Resources Planner

Richard Malone
Office Accounts Coordinator

Brandon Robinson
Community Assistance Planner

Joshua Schedler
GIS Coordinator
E-NEWSLETTER VOLUME 7,  ISSUE 2 / FEBRUARY 2017 
Get your FREE Technical Assistance application in before March 1st!
The Commission will continue accepting applications for free technical assistance projects until March 1, 2017 at 4:00 PM.   This program provides member counties and communities the opportunity to receive professional  planning assistance on small-scale plans or projects at little or no cost.  The application is available on the Commission's website  

Please contact   Angela Kowalzek-Adrians if you have any questions or comments.
Bay-Lake RPC is Seeking a Planner I
We are looking to hire a permanent full-time, entry-level planner. The chosen candidate will compile existing and projected transportation, land use, census, economic, housing, or other basic planning data; prepare preliminary drafts of studies and reports; provide technical assistance to other staff; respond to inquiries on planning related items; attend meetings, conferences and workshops; monitor federal and state legislation; and assist with writing grant applications. GIS, mapping, and graphic design skills are desirable. 

The starting date is flexible. The position application period will close February 10, 2017. More information is available here.
Sheboygan Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
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Commission staff presented additional information regarding the 2016 annual report on transportation system performance indicators to members of the Sheboygan MPO Technical and Policy Advisory Committees at their joint meeting in late January. This information included pavement rating maps, as well as data on demand for two intercity bus services that travel through the metropolitan planning area. Commission staff also discussed comparisons of several performance indicators across six small MPOs in Wisconsin at this meeting.   

The Sheboygan MPO Technical and Policy Advisory Committees recommended approval of several minor amendments to the 2017 - 2020 Sheboygan Metropolitan Planning Area Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) at their joint meeting in late January. The Commission's Executive Committee approved these amendments at its meeting in late January, and the approved amendments have been submitted to pertinent state and federal agencies. Some of the amendments involve acquisition of several replacement vehicles for elderly and disabled transportation in 2017, while other amendments involve cost changes to one bicycle and pedestrian transportation project and to two street and highway improvement projects.


Please contact Jeff Agee-Aguayo for additional information.
2017 Lake Michigan Champions of Conservation Awards Nominations
LMS logo It is time to nominate your favorite Lake Michigan Champion of Conservation. The Lake Michigan Stakeholders are looking for individuals, businesses, organizations, or policy makers within Wisconsin's Lake Michigan basin who have demonstrated a commitment to environmental leadership and excellence in their respected fields.

To nominate, please select the button below to fill out and submit the nomination form. Nominations are due no later than April 14, 2017.

Winners will be announced in June.

The Award Ceremony will be Friday, August 11, 2017, at Lake Michigan Day in Manitowoc.

Upcoming Events/Meetings
February 23, 2017 @ 1PM
Sheboygan MPO Technical and Policy Advisory Committees Joint Meeting
Sheboygan, WI

February 22-24, 2017
Wisconsin Dells, WI

March 6, 2017 @ 6:30PM
Showing of Aldo Leopold Documentary:  Green Fire
Brown County Central Library Auditorium

March 10, 2017 @ 10AM
Full Commission Meeting
Location TBD, Brown County

April 25, 2017 @ 8:30-1:30PM
Green Bay Conservation Partners Spring Roundtable
UW-Green Bay
Available Grant Opportunities 
The following is a list of upcoming grant opportunities and their due dates. Please contact the Commission if you have a project idea, or need assistance with preparing or administering a grant, or if you are interested in partnering with the Commission on a project.

BayCare Clinic Foundation
Ben & Jerry's Foundation Charles Stuart Mott Foundation
Cornell Douglas Foundation CN Stronger Communities Fund
Costco Wholesale Grants Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The Captain Planet Foundation Environmental Research & Education Foundation
Gannett Foundation  Georgia-Pacific Foundation
International Paper Kinder Morgan Foundation
Kodak American Greenways Grants  Laura Jane Musser Fund
Lawrence Foundation Grants Lego Children's Fund Grants
Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas Grants MLB Baseball Tomorrow Fund
NSight Community Giving Patagonia Environmental Grants
Rockefeller Family Fund  US Soccer Foundation Grant
Waste Management Charitable Giving Wisconsin Humanities Council Grant
Wisconsin Tourism Grants

Please contact Angela Kowalzek-Adrians for any links that are not working properly.  Thank you!