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Serving Northeast Wisconsin since 1972
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An Economic Development District serving Northeast Wisconsin for over 40 years.
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STAFF
Cindy J. Wojtczak
Executive Director
Jeffrey C. Agee-Aguayo
Transportation Planner
Amy Carrozzino-Lyon
Phragmites Project Coordinator
Angela Kowalzek-Adrians
Natural Resources Planner
Richard J. Malone
Office Accounts Coordinator
Brandon G. Robinson
Community Assistance Planner
Joshua W. Schedler
GIS Coordinator
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To submit a request for an EMSI Developer Query, please complete and submit this form:
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E-NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO. 1 / JANUARY 2016
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A New Look for a New Year!
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The Commission E-Newsletter has a new look. But more importantly, it is now mobile friendly! If you have any issues viewing content due to mobile-readability, font, or color; we want to hear from you.
Please contact
Angela Kowalzek-Adrians
with any questions or comments about our E-Newsletters. S
uggestions for articles are always welcome!
We hope you continue to enjoy our monthly E-Newsletters.
Happy New Year!
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There's still time to apply for FREE Technical Assistance!
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 The Commission is still accepting applications for free technical assistance. This program provides member counties and communities a chance to receive professional planning assistance on small-scale plans or projects at little or no cost, if selected (based on a set criteria).
An application for the Technical Assistance Program is available on the Commission's
website.
Applications are due to the Commission no later than 4:00 PM on Friday, February 19, 2015.
Please contact
Cindy Wojtczak, Executive Director, if you have any questions or comments.
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Sheboygan MPO Update
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Commission staff completed work on a land use inventory of the Sheboygan metropolitan planning area in December. The land use inventory has not been completed since 2009. The Commission's limited term employee (LTE) Transportation Technician completed this task, with the assistance of the Commission's GIS Coordinator.
Commission staff conducted a passenger opinion survey of Shoreline Metro in early December. Data entry occurred in December, and Commission staff is in the process of preparing a report summarizing survey findings.
Commission staff presented a transportation system performance indicator report for 2015 to the Sheboygan MPO Technical and Policy Advisory Committees at their December joint meeting.
The Commission approved the
Sheboygan Metropolitan Planning Area Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): Calendar Years 2016 - 2019
in December, after being recommended for approval by the Sheboygan MPO Technical and Policy Advisory Committees. The USDOT issued its conformity finding on the
2016 - 2019 TIP
in December. Commission staff distributed the final
2016 - 2019 TIP
to key Federal and state agency stakeholders electronically in December, and the final
2016 - 2019 TIP
was placed on the Commission's MPO webpage. The final
2016 - 2019 TIP
will be distributed to members of the MPO advisory committees in January.
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Great Lakes Clean Communities Network (GLCCN) and Mini Grant Program
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The GLCCN is a Great Lakes Protection Fund supported initiative to develop a network of environmental practitioners around the Great Lakes Basin who work together to enhance their local environment and improve the health of the Great Lakes. Through the use of the Ecological Scorecard, communities can evaluate and track their ecological improvements over time.
To help support your community's efforts to improve your EcoScore, communities that have completed an Eco-Evaluation are eligible to participate in the GLCCN mini grant program. The program will fund practices that directly improve water quality in your local watershed (e.g., green infrastructure or low impact development practices).
Grants will be awarded for projects up to $4,000. Eligible activities include: rain garden installations, rain barrel sale events, porous pavement, green roofs, and more.
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Upcoming Events/Meetings
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January 22, 2016
Executive Committee Meeting
Green Bay, WI
February 10-12, 2015
Elkhart Lake, WI
February 23-25, 2015
Green Bay, WI
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Available Grant Opportunities
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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.
- Assistance to Firefighters Grants, January 15, 2016
- Municipal Dam Grants, January 21, 2016
- U.S. Soccer Foundation Safe Places to Play Grants, January 29, 2016
- Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), January 29, 2016
- People for Bikes Community Grants, January 29, 2016
- Surface Water Grants: Management, February 1, 2016
- National Trust Preservation Funds, February 1, 2016
- Joint Effort Marketing (JEM) Grants, February 1, 2016
- Wisconsin Humanities Council Mini Grants, February 1, 2016
- Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, February 1, 2016
- Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Program, February 3, 2016
- Creative Communities Grants, February 5, 2016
- North American Wetlands Conservation Act U.S. Standard Grants, February 26, 2016
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