Title: La Crosse, Wisconsin, City Planning Department Records
Bulk Dates: 1967-1990
Inclusive Dates: 1952-1996

Creator:

• La Crosse (Wis.). City Planning Dept.

Unique Identifier: La Crosse Series 036

Quantity: 7.4 cubic feet

Physical Description: 19 archives boxes

Repository:

La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:

La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

The city’s Planning Dept. undertakes studies and assessments of the economic, housing, employment, and transportation needs of the La Crosse urban community, and strives to improve the quality of life in the city of La Crosse by using comprehensive planning approaches, and applying for project funding. This series consists of City of La Crosse Planning Dept. inactive files organized by major topics, including a subject file of more miscellaneous topics. The major topic groups are capital improvement program budgets, capital improvement projects, economy/marketing, health, housing, Park & Recreation Dept., transportation, and general subject files. Materials from the La Crosse Area Planning Committee are scattered throughout the series. The housing series includes Community Development Block Grants, Redevelopment Authority, Harborview downtown redevelopment project, housing rehabilitation, housing surveys and public (low income) housing. The transportation series is the most voluminous and includes federal and state transportation programs and financial aid. A highways subseries consists of various proposed north-south corridors through the city of La Crosse since 1967. La Crosse Area Transportation Study files (1966-1974) and the TOPICS program (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety in Wisconsin) (1967-1970) are also found here.

Language: English

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(Accession no. 1998.013) Transferred by Larry Kirch, City Planner, Dec. 1998

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

[Identification of item], La Crosse, Wisconsin, City Planning Department Records, La Crosse Series 036, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

Processed by Anita Taylor Doering, June 1999

Arranged in eight series:

Series 1: Capital Improvement Programs

Series 2: Capital Improvement Projects

Series 3: Economy/Marketing

Series 4: Health

Series 5: Housing

Series 6: Park and Recreation Department

Series 7: Transportation

Series 8: Subject Files

The city’s Planning Dept. undertakes studies and assessments of the economic, housing, employment, and transportation needs of the La Crosse urban community, and strives to improve the quality of life in the city of La Crosse by using comprehensive planning approaches, and applying for project funding.

This series consists of City of La Crosse Planning Dept. inactive files organized by major topics, including a subject file of more miscellaneous topics. The major topic groups are capital improvement program budgets, capital improvement projects, economy/marketing, health, housing, Park & Recreation Dept., transportation, and general subject files. Materials from the La Crosse Area Planning Committee are scattered throughout the series.

The housing series includes Community Development Block Grants, Redevelopment Authority, Harborview downtown redevelopment project, housing rehabilitation, housing surveys and public (low income) housing.

The transportation series is the most voluminous and includes federal and state transportation programs and financial aid. A highways subseries consists of various proposed north-south corridors through the city of La Crosse since 1967. La Crosse Area Transportation Study files (1966-1974) and the TOPICS program (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety in Wisconsin) (1967-1970) are also found here.

• La Crosse (Wis.). City Planning Dept.
• La Crosse Area Planning Committee (Wis.).
• Capital investments--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• City planning--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• Municipal government--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• Public records--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• Public works--Wisconsin--La Crosse

(Series 1)	Series: Capital Improvement Programs Scope and Contents The Capital Improvement Programs series (1952-1982) is comprised of budgets approved by the Common Council not just for Planning Dept. projects, but across all city departments. Also budgets submitted by the La Crosse Area Planning Committee (for the La Crosse Urban Area) are included here.
Box 1 Box 2   Folder 1-4	Budgets, 1952-1982
Box 2   Folder 5	La Crosse Area Planning Committee, 1972-1982
(Series 2)	Series: Capital Improvement Projects Scope and Contents Capital Improvement Projects include street improvements, Harborview redevelopment, Municipal Service Center, Valley View Mall, and flood projects undertaken by the city from 1967-1983.	⇧
Box 2   Folder 6	Clinton Street bridge, 1976-1980
Box 2   Folder 7	Funk Road, 1971-1973
Box 2   Folder 8	Harborview, 1967-1983 Related Materials Housing series: Redevelopment Authority file
Box 2   Folder 9	Industrial Park, 1968
Box 3   Folder 1-2	Lang Drive (State Highway 35), 1972-1981
Box 3   Folder 3-5	Municipal Service Center, 1968-1977
Box 4   Folder 1-3	State Road/Ebner Coulee/Pammel Creek flood control project, 1967-1990
Box 4   Folder 4	Valley View Mall/Dayton-Hudson, 1976-1981
Box 4   Folder 5	West Avenue reconstruction, 1978-1984
(Series 3)	Series: Economy/Marketing Scope and Contents The Economy/Marketing series (1966-1995) includes Downtown La Crosse Business Assoc., economic base studies, employment, “Forward Wisconsin” marketing grant, minority business enterprise, and retail sales.	⇧
Box 5   Folder 1-3	Downtown La Crosse Business Association, 1978-1996
Box 5   Folder 4-5	Economic base studies, 1975-1989
Box 5   Folder 6	Employment, 1973-1983
Box 5   Folder 7	"Forward Wisconsin" grant for regional marketing of industrial park, 1994-1995
Box 6   Folder 1	Minority business enterprise, 1981-1989
Box 6   Folder 2	Retail sales, 1966-1974
(Series 4)	Series: Health Scope and Contents The Health series includes the city Health Dept., Community Care Organization, La Crosse Committee on Aging, La Crosse County Comprehensive Health Planning Organization, and Western Wisconsin Health Planning Organization. These files date from 1967-1980.	⇧
Box 7   Folder 1	City Health Department, 1967-1973
Box 7   Folder 2-3	Community Care Organization, 1974-1980
Box 7   Folder 4	La Crosse Committee on Aging, 1967-1977
Box 7   Folder 5	La Crosse County Comprehensive Health Planning Organization, 1972-1973
Box 7   Folder 6	Western Wisconsin Health Planning Organization, 1972-1975
(Series 5)	Series: Housing Scope and Contents Housing includes Community Development Committee (Community Development Block Grants), Community Housing Resource Board (Fair Housing), housing rehabilitation (not associated with the Block Grants), housing survey, La Crosse Area Planning Committee’s housing studies, 701 planning assistance, public housing (mainly the Schuh-Mullin project), and the Redevelopment Authority. This series dates from 1967-1990.	⇧
Box 8   Folder 1	Community Development Committee (Community Development Block Grant), 1974-1976
Box 8   Folder 2	Community Housing Resource Board (Fair Housing), 1977-1985
Box 8   Folder 3	Housing rehabilitation, 1978-1989
Box 8   Folder 4	Housing survey, 1970-1987
Box 8   Folder 5	La Crosse Area Planning Committee: Housing studies, 1971-1974
Box 8   Folder 6	701 planning assistance, 1972-1980
Box 9   Folder 1	Public housing (low income), 1968-1971 Scope and Contents Mainly the Schuh-Mullin project
Box 9   Folder 2-3	Redevelopment Authority, 1967-1990
(Series 6)	Series: Park and Recreation Department Scope and Contents The Park and Recreation Department series consists of files associated with various parks and park projects, including Bluffview, Copeland, Hixon Forest, Myrick Park, North Side Beach (Black River Beach), Pettibone Island and Weigent Park. Other topics located here include the La Crosse Country Club, LAWCON funding (Land & Water Conservation Act), land ownership transfer of Memorial Field to the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, the Myrick marsh RABBIT trail system, Open Space program, Park & Recreation La Crosse urban area inventory and analysis, and miscellaneous. These files date from 1962-1996.	⇧
Box 10   Folder 1	Bluffview Park (Recreation Aid Program, 28th and Jackson), 1971
Box 10   Folder 2	Copeland Park, 1980-1988
Box 10   Folder 3	Hixon Forest, 1962-1996
Box 10   Folder 4	La Crosse Country Club, 1981-1984
Box 10   Folder 5	Land and Water Conservation Act (LAWCON) funding, 1969-1984
Box 10   Folder 6	Memorial Field to UW-L, 1972-1982
Box 10   Folder 7	Myrick Marsh RABBIT trail system, 1975
Box 10   Folder 8	Myrick Park, 1976
Box 10   Folder 9	North side beach (Black River beach), 1966-1981
Box 10   Folder 10	Open Space program, 1970-1973
Box 10   Folder 11	Park and Recreation La Crosse Urban Area inventory and analysis, 1969-1972
Box 10   Folder 12	Pettibone Island, 1969-1970
Box 10   Folder 13-14	Weigent Park (old Central High School site), 1967-1978
Box 10   Folder 15	Miscellaneous
(Series 7)	Series: Transportation Scope and Contents Transportation is a large topic and includes federal and state transportation programs and financial aid. Highways include the proposed north-south corridors since 1967 under various names: La Crosse freeway (1968-1974), and Bicentennial highway (1975-1981). The most recent proposals (1997-1998) that led to a referendum are not included in this series. La Crosse Area Transportation Study files (1966-1974) are included here and consist of general files, Unified Work Program, and working documents. National Transportation Study files (1971-1974) include general documents for the La Crosse area, a 1971 and 1973 report, and the work program. Finally the TOPICS program (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety in Wisconsin) (1967-1970) includes general and committee materials, intersection projects and a report. The intersections improved were Losey Blvd. & State Road, and West Ave. & Main St.	⇧
Box 11   Folder 1-5	Federal Aid: Urban system, 1971-1994
Box 11   Folder 6	Go Coulee Region, 1983-1984
	Highways
Box 12   Folder 1	Local and arterial, 1986-1987
	Proposed north-south corridors
Box 12   Folder 2	Bicentennial highway, 1975-1981
Box 12   Folder 3	I-90 to Holmen and State Highway 93, 1975-1987 Historical Note Part of this became rerouted US Highway 53
Box 12   Folder 4	La Crosse freeway, 1968-1974
	La Crosse Area Transportation Study
Box 13   Folder 1-4	General files, 1966-1970
Box 13   Folder 5-6	Unified Work Program, 1972-1974
Box 13   Folder 7	Working documents, 1966-1968
	National Transporation Study
Box 14   Folder 1	General documents (La Crosse area), 1972-1974
Box 14   Folder 2-3	Reports, 1971-1973
Box 14   Folder 4	Work program, 1972
	Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety in Wisconsin (TOPICS) Program
Box 14   Folder 5	General and comittee materials, 1967-1974
	Projects
Box 14   Folder 6	Losey Boulevard and State Road, 1969-1975
Box 14   Folder 7	West Avenue and Main Street, 1969-1972
Box 14   Folder 8	Report, 1970
Box 14   Folder 9	WisDot secretary's Select Committee on Mass Transit, 1987
(Series 8)	Series: Subject Files Scope and Contents Finally the general Subject Files include a wide range of topics, such as civil defense and a community shelter plan, zoning and housing codes, Community Improvement Committee (a citizen committee), computers and data processing, consultants, energy, La Crosse Area Planning Commission subcommittees, La Crosse Citizen’s Study Committee on Metropolitan Problems, La Crosse Improvement Corp., landfill (solid waste), Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission, and pollution. These files generally date from 1957-1989.	⇧
Box 15   Folder 1	City hall safety, 1969-1970
Box 15   Folder 2-3	Civil Defense: Community Shelter Plan, 1970-1972
	Codes and ordinances
Box 15   Folder 4	La Crosse area (not city), 1964-1972
Box 15   Folder 5	La Crosse city subdivision zoning and regulations, 1957-1983
	Community Improvement Committee
Box 16   Folder 1	General files, 1967-1970
Box 16   Folder 2	Dramatic Arts subcommittee, 1968-1970
Box 16   Folder 3	Housing subcommittee, 1968
Box 16   Folder 4-6	Workable program, 1964-1972
	Computers
Box 16   Folder 7-10	La Crosse Governmental Cooperative Data Processing Committee, 1973-1981
	La Crosse Land Use Data Bank
Box 17   Folder 1	General files, 1971-1973
Box 17   Folder 2	Report, 1973
	Consultants
Box 17   Folder 3	Candeub, Fleissig & Associates, 1971-1977
Box 17   Folder 4	Donohue & Associates, 1970-1971
	Energy
Box 17   Folder 5	General files, 1980-1985
Box 17   Folder 6	Hydropower/Mitchell Energy Company, 1981
Box 17   Folder 7	Resource recovery/Energy Recovery Inc., 1983
Box 17   Folder 8	La Crosse Area Planning Commission subcommittees, 1974-1975
Box 17   Folder 8A	La Crosse Area Planning Committe minutes, 2003
Box 17   Folder 9	La Crosse Citizens' Study Committee on Metropolitan Problems, 1971-1972
Box 18   Folder 1	La Crosse Improvement Corporation, 1968-1972
Box 18   Folder 2	Landfill (solid waste), 1969-1977
Box 18   Folder 3-5	Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission, 1971-1979
	Pollution
Box 18   Folder 6	Air, 1971-1991
Box 19   Folder 1	Noise, 1971-1989
Box 19   Folder 2	Water, 1970-1986
Box 19   Folder 3	Speeches by City Planner Ron Bracegirdle, 1966-1985
Box 19   Folder 4	Miscellaneous, 1967-1972