DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROJECTS RECEIVE HONORS FROM MAIN STREET PROGRAM AT 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION



MADISON – Successful downtown revitalization techniques were honored at the 20th annual Wisconsin Main Street awards reception held May 22at the Monona Terrace in Madison.


 


“The Main Street Program has proven its worth as a successful downtown revitalization tool for the past 20 years, and every year we recognize the efforts put forth by volunteers, businesses, and communities to restore local economic vitality,” said Governor Jim Doyle.  “Since the program’s inception in 1988, the state’s Main Street communities have attracted new businesses, new jobs, and nearly $1 billion in new investment to their downtowns. Main Street staff members were pleased to present a symbolic check reflecting that amount to the people of the State of Wisconsin at the awards ceremony.”


 


Main street communities include Algoma, Beloit, Chippewa Falls, Columbus, Darlington, De Pere, Eagle River, Fond du Lac, On Broadway (Green Bay), Lake Mills, Lincoln Village (Milwaukee), Marshfield, Mishicot, Monroe, Osceola, Pewaukee, Platteville, Portage, Prairie du Chien, Rhinelander, Rice Lake, Richland Center, Ripon, Sharon, Sheboygan Falls, Stevens Point, Sturgeon Bay, Tigerton, Two Rivers, Viroqua, Watertown, Wausau, West Allis, West Bend and Whitewater.


 


For more information on Wisconsin’s Main Street Program, contact Jim Engle, Commerce, at 608/267-0766.


 


The award recipients are as follows:


 


2007 Wisconsin Main Street Awards:  Madison


Winners


 


 



Best Volunteer Development Program/Project


On Broadway, Inc.


Larsen Redevelopment


 


 


Best Façade Rehabilitation Over $7,500


Warhawk Country LLC


Ryan Hughes


200-214 W. Whitewater Street


Whitewater


 


Honorable Mention:


Collins & Associates


Prairie du Chien


 


 


Best Downtown Image Campaign/Event


The Viroqua Writer’s Workshop


 


Honorable Mention:


Lake Mills Main Street Program


 


 


Best Upper Story Rehabilitation Project


Hotel Stebbins


Kristine & Kendall Ruehl


Algoma


 


Best Downtown Special Event


Co-Winner:


Cinco de Mayo Festival


Darlington


 


Co-Winner:


Fondue Fest


Fond du Lac


 


Honorable Mention:


Eagle River Sesquicentennial Celebration


Eagle River


 


 


Best Design Committee Project


Co-Winner


The Broadway District Masterplan


Design Committee


Green Bay


 


Co-Winner


Façade Improvement Grant Program


Donna Glynn, Committee Chairperson


Monroe


 


 


Best Business Development Program/Project


Platteville, Prairie du Chien & Viroqua


Main Street Programs


CBED Grant Collaboration


 


 


Best Promotional Item


The Downtown News


West Bend


 


 


Best Public Improvement: Built Environment


New Claude Allouez Bridge


City of De Pere


 


Honorable Mention:


Bridge Street


Village of Tigerton


Tigerton Main Street


 


Honorable Mention:


Wall Street Reconstruction


City of Eagle River


 


Honorable Mention:


South Mound Removal Project


West Bend


 


 


Best Downtown Retail Event


Date Nite


Sheboygan Falls Chamber-Main Street


 


 


Best New Building Project


Viroqua Area Medical Office Building


Vernon Memorial Healthcare


 


 


Best Public Improvement: Beautification


Walldog Wave: Harboring History


Walldog Wave Committee


Algoma


 


Honorable Mention:


Historic Building Banners


Sheboygan Falls Chamber-Main Street


 


Best Adaptive Reuse Project


Co-Winner


The Frey Group LLC


Colonial Carriage Works LLC


134 & 140 N. Dickason Blvd.


Columbus


 


Co-Winner


Katie’s Place


Katie Vaclavik


Platteville


 


Best Public-Private Partnership in Downtown Revitalization


Ginny Coburn, Jerry Wendt & the City of Whitewater


Stone Stable Project


 


Honorable Mention:


Monroe Main Street & the City of Monroe


 


Honorable Mention:


Downtown Rhinelander


City of Rhinelander


Downtown Parking Lot Project


 


Best Historic Restoration Project


1905 Village Hall


Tigerton Main Street


 


Honorable Mention:


Mike Mair


45 S. Fourth Street


Platteville


 


 


Best Interior Renovation Project


Café Claudeen


Ryan & Claudia Wilson


Monroe


 


Honorable Mention:


Lucy’s Delicatessen


Deb Linc & Cindi Pulver


Chippewa Falls


 


 


Best Creative Fund Raising Effort


On Broadway, Inc


The Larsen Redevelopment Site: Recovery Operation


Green Bay


 


Honorable Mention:


17th Annual Downtown West Allis Classic Car Show


 


Honorable Mention:


Prairie du Chien Downtown Revitalization, Inc.


“Tastes, Toasts and Tomfoolery”


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Best Façade Rehabilitation Under $7,500


Sugar Cubed


Rick & Andi Oppermann


Stevens Point


 


Honorable Mention:


Fran Hill


314 Watson Street


Ripon


 


 


Best New Downtown Business


Bridge St. Station


Stationmaster Don Baker


Chippewa Falls


 


Honorable Mention:


Thyme Worn Treasures Home Furnishings


Rice Lake


 


Honorable Mention:


Dan’s Meat Market


Dan Malone


Whitewater


 


 


 


 


 


2007 Volunteer of the Year


 


Dave Petri, Algoma


Larry Kane, Beloit


Chuck Card, Chippewa Falls


Wayne Osterhaus, Columbus


Antonio Ruesga, Jr., Darlington


Joe Schinkten, De Pere


Al Pittelko, Eagle River


Liz Engh, Fond du Lac


Marcelo Cruz, On Broadway, Green Bay


Katie Otto, Lake Mills


Mary Schmidt, Monroe


Positively Pewaukee Sweat Shop:


(Marilyn Watson, Mary Buerosse, Trixie Lawrence, Karen Semrad, Judy Litvin, Judy Aron), Pewaukee


Dave Zmina, Platteville


Jerry & Joan Indermark, Portage


Dan, Shodi & Gavin Moris, Prairie du Chien


Michelle Smith-Grage, Rhinelander


Berni Rivard, Rice Lake


Judy Selk, Sheboygan Falls


Bernice Sevenich, Stevens Point


Tanja Ellis, Tigerton


Steve Bacalzo, Two Rivers


Debbie Abt, Viroqua


Sandra Budewitz, Watertown


Judith Hoppe, West Allis


Kristine Bruendl, West Bend


Dr. John Patterson, Whitewater


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


2007 Honorary Board of Directors


 


Donna Gridley, Algoma


Brad Austin, Beloit


Jamie Leibrandt, Chippewa Falls


Dan Burnard, Columbus


Peggy North, Darlington


C. David Stellpflug, De Pere


Barry McLeane, Eagle River


Dave Schneider, Fond du Lac


Dan Roarty, On Broadway, Green Bay


Brad Glassel, Lake Mills


John Baumann, Monroe


Pattie Iwen, Pewaukee


Robin Timm, Platteville


Sue Weyh, Portage


Kathleen Hein, Prairie du Chien


Shirley Larsen, Rhinelander


Shelly Schoening, Rice Lake


Jim Fasse, Sheboygan Falls


Carolyn Weiland, Stevens Point


Colleen Inman, Two Rivers


Trudy Wallin, Viroqua


Leah Reese, Watertown


James Melotte, West Allis


Michael Koebel, West Bend


Bill Bowen, Whitewater


 


 


 


Executive Director Years of Service Awards


 


Two Years:


Leah Alters, Wausau


Pam Ritchie, Prairie du Chien


Josephine Minskey, West Bend


Susan Dascenzo, Watertown


Lisa Maurer, Lake Mills


Renae Rogers, Osceola


Kim Bates, Columbus


Suzi Osterday, Darlington


 


Five Years:


Elaine Kroening


Brian Preiss


 


Twelve Years:


Kathy Wellsandt, Rice Lake


 


Fourteen Years:


Ingrid Mahan, Viroqua


 


Sixteen Years:


Craig Tebon, Ripon


Jim Schuh, Chippewa Falls


 


 


2007 Spirit Award


Brian McCormick


 


 


“Recognition for completing 5 Years of Main Street Training”


Main Street Portage


 


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