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January
19-Discovery Center Development Discussion 10am-12pm, Community Commerce Center (CCC) Board Room, 16381 Highway 131, Gays Mills, WI
19-JEM Grant Meeting, 1pm-3pm, CCC
20 & 21-
22-Kickapoo Earth Day Committee Meeting, 5pm, River District Community Building (212 Main Street), Gays Mills
26-e3 Coalition presents-Southwest Wisconsin Regional Energy Independence Plan
30-Submission of proposals for aquisition and use of the River District-Gays Mills (old) Community Building due to Dawn McCann, Gays Mills village clerk.
4-5 Snowflake Ski Jump, Westby, click here more info
6-Gays Mills Village Board Meeting, CCC, 7pm
11-Sweetheart Pancake Breakfast, 8:30am-11am, Ferryville Village Hall,
12-MVC Kickapoo Bottoms hike prior to CCC open house, more details coming soon.
21-Crawford County Board of Supervisors Meeting at CCC
March
4-6 WI Governor's Conference on Tourism (WIGCOT) Greenbay, click here for more info.
5-Village Board Monthly Meeting, 7pm, CCC
14-Crawford County Tourism Council monthly meeting, 2pm, Seneca
April
20-21 Kickapoo Earth Day, Gays Mills
20-22 Midwest Horse Fair, Alliant Center, Madison
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Greetings!
Welcome to the Gays Mills January e-News. All the excitement around the move of library and new village offices has kept everyone very busy. We apologize for the delay in sending the January e-News. Now we are in need of your events and content suggestions for the February e-news. Please contact us with your ideas for content, events, news and information, comments and feedback.
e-News and Social Media Volunteer Mickie Rasch 608-735-4008 or e-mail gaysmillswi@gmail.com Please help us reach family, visitors and your business colleagues and click on the forward to a friend button below.
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Carolyn Austin, Rush Creek Farm, displays her wares at 2011 KEX Holiday Fair
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Thanks to all who participated in the 2011 Fairly Annual Not
Made in China Holiday Fair. This year, holiday fair event organizers report having to turn away vendors due to space limitations. The duration of the event was extended one day to two. All the vendors, performers and attendees had a great time! And many people in and around the village area benefitted! Customers found many special items for themselves and for gifts. The co-op had a couple of great sale days. The Kickapoo Cultural Exchange made a few bucks from the space rental. Even the vendors earned some extra holiday cash. To view pictures of vendors and the 2011 KEX Not Made in China Holiday Fair click here.
Click here to read the full Holiday Fair story and other news in the KEX January 2012 newsletter |
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Be sure to visit the new Gays Mills Library!
Library business hours remain the same. For more information call the library at 608-735-4331
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Library Director Maura Otis and assistant Don Lampert are busy bringing back order after the library move in early January. Photo courtesy of the Crawford County Independent and Kickapoo Scout
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Mark Your Calendar-February 12, 2012
Gays Mills Community Commerce Center
and Kickapoo Culinary Center (shared kitchen & business incubator) Open House
Stroll through our new public library and brand new village offices, and take a look at the stunning new meeting hall and the Kickapoo Culinary Center.- Join in Celebrity ribbon-cutting
- Tour Library, office, kitchen
- Meet Local food entrepreneurs
- Learn how a food business incubator works
Enjoy Snacks, music, informative slide show
A Kickapoo Bottoms hike, led by Abbie Church of the Mississippi Valley Conservancy is planned before the CCC open house. If you are interested in hiking,meet at the Crawford County Fairground trail head at 10:30 a.m. For more information contact Mickie Rasch at 608-735-4008 or gaysmillswi@gmail.com
Click here for a more info on Kickapoo Bottoms and map
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2012 Wisconsin Agri-Tourism Study
Participants are needed for this important study and submission to participate is needed by January 18th.
If you have questions or comments please contact, Laura Brown, Community Development Specialist, Center
for Community & Economic Development, UW-Extension, 610 Langdon Street, 328 Lowell Hall, Madison, WI, 608-
890-0008, laura.brown@ces.uwex.edu
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From the Desk of Julie Henley:
As I write this we are all getting our first taste of winter. A number of firsts will be happening this year, and this month... Click Here to read a sample of these firsts... |
- Log Cabin Village Restoration
- Kickapoo River Trail Development
- River District (Main Street) Improvement Projects
- Gays Mills Business Association Development
- Gays Mills Community Website and Social Media
- Gays Mills 2012 Events
- Gays Mills Visitor and Eco-Tourism Planning
or call Julie Henley, Recovery & Development 608-792-9994
or Mickie Rasch, Volunteer, 608-735-4008
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