Mac Whaley interviews Dr. Scott Olson, president of WSU, and Brian Voerding, managing editor of the Winona Daily News.  Mr. Olson and Mr. Voerding were at Cotter to speak to students as part of a series of community wide discussions leading up to culminating event on April 19.

According to the group’s website, “Engage Winona is a group of people working together with a shared purpose: To learn what a representative cross-section of community members want as a desirable future for Winona.”

The leaders of the movement participated in training at the Blandin Foundation in Grand Rapids, Minn.  The mission of the Blandin Foundation is to strengthen small Minnesota communities and leaders from different fields in Winona are identifying communities needs and dreams in order to work towards building a stronger community.