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Community Transportation Academy: La Crosse transit tour!
Image: an electric bus full of eager Community Transportation Academy participants. Last week we passed the halfway mark at the Community...
Mar 30, 20233 min read


Susan on the road! Part 2: Wisconsin Rapids, WI
1000 Friends of Wisconsin was awarded a grant from COWS in partnership with three Green Tier Legacy Communities (GTLC) to improve...
Aug 31, 20223 min read


Susan on the road! Part 1: Stevens Point, WI
1000 Friends of Wisconsin was awarded a grant from COWS in partnership with three Green Tier Legacy Communities (GTLC) to improve...
Aug 2, 20223 min read


Terrace Town 2022
At 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, we believe that people of all ages can benefit from learning about sustainable land use; it’s not just for...
Mar 10, 20225 min read

Community Highlight: Watertown Winter Loop
Special thanks to Susan Wollin from Get Healthy Watertown and Randy Wojtaskiak, Watertown’s Director of Parks & Recreation, for...
Mar 2, 20222 min read


Community Highlight: Marshfield, WI & Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS)
Special thanks to the following individuals for taking the time to share information for this article: Amber Corcoran (MCHS), Emily...
Feb 1, 20223 min read
January 2022 e-news
Read the January 2022 e-news. In this issue: Community Highlight Invitation to our 2022 Webinar series Active winter living Pilot project...
Jan 21, 20221 min read


Community Highlight: Steve Arnold & Bike Fitchburg
This month we are highlighting Steve Arnold, a local leader who has worked tirelessly for decades to implement bike-friendly programs and...
Jan 4, 20223 min read


Pop-up Crosswalk for Safety and Neighborhood Connection
Members of the Sacred Heart Neighborhood Association in Oshkosh were talking about how they wanted to meet and better connect with their...
Aug 31, 20213 min read


Watertown - Moving Forward for 30
Get Healthy Watertown (GHW), Watertown’s community health and wellness coalition and Wisconsin Active Together (WAT) community, worked...
May 25, 20212 min read
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