Andy Berzinski

This 5-year Consolidated Plan for the City of La Crosse assesses community development needs and outlines a strategic plan to address housing and community needs, with a focus on low-and-moderate income residents. Key priorities include improving housing quality and affordability, addressing homelessness, repairing aging infrastructure, increasing access to licensed childcare, supporting businesses for economic opportunity in low-to-moderate income neighborhoods, and alleviating poverty. The plan sets specific goals for home safety and maintenance, housing infrastructure repair, increasing quality and affordable owner-occupied homes, building mixed-income affordable housing, rebuilding public infrastructure, expanding childcare access, supporting local businesses, preventing and ending homelessness, and fostering self-reliance.

The City of La Crosse's Consolidated Plan outlines a five-year strategy to address community development needs, focusing on neighborhood revitalization, affordable housing, child care, and improving the quality of life for low-income families. Key priorities include improving housing quality, increasing affordable rental housing, managing stormwater and flood plain issues, fostering economic development (especially food access and child care), enhancing public infrastructure, alleviating poverty, and developing comprehensive housing and neighborhood plans. The plan emphasizes leveraging resources, collaboration, and targeting investments in specific geographic areas to maximize impact.

The 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan for the City of La Crosse outlines targeted goals, objectives, and strategies for allocating federal funding from HUD's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership programs. The plan focuses on expanding opportunities for low- to moderate-income residents by addressing critical needs in housing, economic growth, and community development. Key strategic pillars include increasing access to and quality of affordable housing, fostering job readiness and economic opportunities, providing public services to enhance self-reliance and alleviate poverty, and addressing urgent community needs. The overarching vision is to create vibrant, healthy neighborhoods and achieve functional zero homelessness by 2029.

The Annual Action Plan for the City of La Crosse outlines the strategic use of HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) resources for 2024. The plan prioritizes neighborhood revitalization, the creation and rehabilitation of affordable housing, and fostering economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income individuals. Key objectives include addressing homelessness, alleviating poverty, and improving housing infrastructure across the city.

The meeting of the Finance and Personnel Committee included discussions on several key items. These included a resolution authorizing the La Crosse historic and cultural museum planning task force to enter into a professional services contract with the UW La Crosse Tourism Research Institute for a feasibility study. Also discussed was a resolution authorizing public improvement and levy and special assessments against benefited property for stormwater conveyance system. Additionally, the committee addressed resolutions concerning concrete alley paving, a temporary construction easement to Exhale energy, hiring a geotechnical consultant for soil stabilization, approving a proposal for professional services for a feasibility study, declaring certain property as surplus, authorizing the police department to accept a Wisconsin Department of Justice grant, approving proposed water rate changes, and authorizing a letter of interest regarding the acquisition of United States Postal Service property.