Corridor Management Plan (CMP)

Roseau County, MN – Brickhouse in Roseau

March 5, 2013; 11:30 – 1:30 PM.

Meeting Notes

In attendance: Brian Ketring,Roseau Co. Hwy Dept.

Jack Swanson, Roseau Co. Commissioner

Troy Schroeder, NWRDC

Introductions

Shortdiscussion on:

Purpose of county steering committee:

To gather information on the intrinsic qualities found within the county.

The county steering committee knows the local attractions and what the area has for attractions.

Theme, Vision, Goalsand Byway Story:

The Roseau group discussed what makes up the WOTDS byway. The county has active florists that promote the Pink Lady Slipper along highway 11, they have volunteer groups that transplant them when they are in the way of construction projects. The group discussed the hockey theme along the byway and thought that would be a great theme for the byway. They mentioned the stanley cup has been to roseau and they have a block of land on HWY 11 that can be utilized for historical information and a statue that’s ties to the byway and the city. Each community along the byway has some type of history with hockey, the Christian Hockey stick, the Memorial Arena, updated and new hockey venues along the byway. The Polaris Event Center, Marvin Windows, Central Boiler, Mattracks, and other prominent industries along the route give an idea of the people who live in Northern MN. The northern lights was was discussed as a significant part of the byway. Attracting the birding community to come visit communities along the byway and bring the checkbook, because everyone wants to stimulate the economy. Introduce the birding community to the Pine to Prairie birding route, and all the birding sites in NW MN.

More Information

WARROAD - BURIAL SITE FOR KA KE GEE SICK; Chippewa leader who lived to about 124 years of age.

HISTORICAL MARKER; Fort St Charles, the western capitol of the French fur trading efforts in North America

ROSEAU - BIRDING/OWL WATCHING SITES; along Highway 310 north of Roseau, and at the Roseau River Wildlife Management Area ... considered perhaps the best sites to view boreal owls in North America

ROSEAU & WARROAD - BIRTHPLACES; of Olympic Hockey Gold Medalists Neal Broten, Roger, Bill and Dave Christian ... and hockey legends like Henry Boucha, Don Ross, Rube Bjorkman, Alan Hangsleben, Earl Anderson, Aaron Broten, Bryan Erickson, etc

ROSEAU - POLARIS INDUSTRIES; birthplace of the snowmobile

ROSEAU - BOB BERGLAND; birthplace and home of the former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

•Maintain or improve the scenic quality of the byway.

•Get funding for hockey statues. MNDOT (Scenic byway, enhancements, SR2S all compete for the same pot of money.) Have district one pay for some projects in D2.

•Promote birding sites like this one.

•Provide for the safety of all visitors through improvements in road infrastructure: turnouts, turning lanes, wayshowing, wide shoulders for bikers and walkers.

•Local communities, businesses and agencies support and promote each other along the byway.

•Market the byway to traditional visitors as well as niche groups (birders, motorcyclists, etc)

•Have visitor information available via a wide-variety of media: maps, brochures, rack cards, interactive webpage, smartphone apps, etc.

Byway Themes

Hockey
Agriculture with a Tractor on the west end Forestry on the east
USA/Canada border…..MOMs Way promotion
Pine Forest to Prairie
Birding Route – part of Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
Wildflowers -