MONROE - The Green County Board of Supervisors commemorated the 100th anniversary of the cooperation between counties and University of Wisconsin-Extension during its meeting Tuesday.
In accepting the honor, department head Mark Mayer said a study on the Cheese Country Trail embodies the Wisconsin Idea "to bring the university out to the people." Cara Carper of the UW-Extension presented information which showed the Cheese Country Trail pulled 12 million tourist dollars into a tri-county area from November 2010 to October 2011. During one peak 2-hour period, 200 people were observed using the trail.
Mayer said Green County's financial support of UW-Extension, which oversees 4-H and other community services throughout the county, has been helpful as state funding has shrunk in recent years.
"The university has been hit really hard," he said. The push from the state is "to do more with less. Pretty soon we'll have to do less with less."
Also at Tuesday evening's meeting:
- The board unanimously approved a $15,000 transfer from the general fund to the Land and Water Conservation Department, an amount the three-member department was originally slated to receive from the state. The county found out in December the state had let its funding lapse, according to department head Todd Jensen. Since $15,000 represents more than 12 percent of his department budget, he asked the county to pick up the slack.
nNoreen Rueckert of Green County Tourism presented the 2012 Visitor Guide, featuring a quilted barn near Juda on the cover. The county printed 52,000 copies of the 72-page guide, fully funded by ads, she said.
- The board recognized the service of four supervisors who are retiring after their terms are up in April: Cathy Cryor Burgweger, Gary Davis, Randall Iverson and Lloyd Lueschow.
- Katjusa Cisar
In accepting the honor, department head Mark Mayer said a study on the Cheese Country Trail embodies the Wisconsin Idea "to bring the university out to the people." Cara Carper of the UW-Extension presented information which showed the Cheese Country Trail pulled 12 million tourist dollars into a tri-county area from November 2010 to October 2011. During one peak 2-hour period, 200 people were observed using the trail.
Mayer said Green County's financial support of UW-Extension, which oversees 4-H and other community services throughout the county, has been helpful as state funding has shrunk in recent years.
"The university has been hit really hard," he said. The push from the state is "to do more with less. Pretty soon we'll have to do less with less."
Also at Tuesday evening's meeting:
- The board unanimously approved a $15,000 transfer from the general fund to the Land and Water Conservation Department, an amount the three-member department was originally slated to receive from the state. The county found out in December the state had let its funding lapse, according to department head Todd Jensen. Since $15,000 represents more than 12 percent of his department budget, he asked the county to pick up the slack.
nNoreen Rueckert of Green County Tourism presented the 2012 Visitor Guide, featuring a quilted barn near Juda on the cover. The county printed 52,000 copies of the 72-page guide, fully funded by ads, she said.
- The board recognized the service of four supervisors who are retiring after their terms are up in April: Cathy Cryor Burgweger, Gary Davis, Randall Iverson and Lloyd Lueschow.
- Katjusa Cisar