City of La Crescent, Minnesota

Brief information concerning La Crescent, Minnesota. La Crescent is part of the La Crosse area.

Job Opening – Part-Time Peace Officer

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The City of La Crescent is accepting applications for the position of limited part-time Peace Officer.  Applicants must be POST licensed or eligible to be licensed, and hold a valid Minnesota Driver’s License or be eligible to obtain a Minnesota Driver’s License prior to beginning employment.  Applications and job description may be obtained at the “Employment” tab of our website or by contacting the City of La Crescent at (507) 895-4414.  Application materials must be received by 5 p.m. Friday, August 4, 2017.

The City of La Crescent is an equal opportunity employer.

LA CRESCENT MOTOR VEHICLE CLOSURE

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The La Crescent Motor Vehicle department will be closed Thursday, July 20 – Monday, July 24 due to a computer system replacement.  The office will reopen at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday July 25th.

THE MOTOR VEHICLE OFFICE WILL ALSO BE CLOSING FOR LUNCH FROM 1:00 – 2:00 DAILY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Prescription Drug Drop-Off Box

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*New!* You may now bring your unused and expired prescription medications to the La Crescent City Hall for proper disposal. The La Crescent Police Department has a drop box located in the hallway. Empty pills into a closed baggie, or leave them in their bottles.

It is common to have prescription drugs in your home that are either no longer needed or have become outdated. These same drugs unfortunately have become the target of theft and misuse, often by people who have access to the residence. Prescription drugs are the number one substance of abuse for teens, and much of that supply is unwittingly coming from the medicine cabinets of their parents, grandparents, and friends. Safety begins by removing these substances from the home and legally and safely turning them over to law enforcement for proper chain of custody and supervised destruction. Thank you for your help in disposing these medications properly so they do not fall into the wrong hands, or contaminate the landfill and water supply.

2017 Hazardous Waste collection sites

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The following sites will provide Hazardous Waste collection for 2017:

Thurs. May 18th at the Houston Recycle Center from 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. (Houston MN)

Thurs. July 6th at the Spring Grove co. Hwy Shop 1:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Tues. August 22nd at the La Crescent Recycle Center 1:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Job Openings

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CITY MAINTENANCE

  • The City of La Crescent is seeking individuals with valid Minnesota driver’s license in good physical condition to do general maintenance of City parks, streets, and other duties on an on-call basis from the beginning of June through the end of August.  Obtain an application at La Crescent City Hall, 315 Main Street or download from this site under the employment tab.

 

PINE CREEK GOLF COURSE

  • Pine Creek Golf Course, La Crescent, will be hiring part-time Kitchen\counter help. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age due to the serving of alcohol.  Employment will run through the end of October.  Applications may be picked up at the La Crescent City Hall, 315 Main Street or downloaded from our website under the employment tab.

Please click on the Employment Tab on our main menu to download an application or you may stop in at City Hall and pick on up.

 

 

 

 

Downtown Development

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Planning for the Downtown of our future: La Crescent

The following ‘boards’ were presented at a Public Meeting on February 22. They represent a draft of ideas for Downtown Development. They are based on the recently completed La Crescent Comprehensive Plan and another Public Meeting in November where we asked questions, conducted a walking tour and learned from our consultants. The final ‘idea boards’ will guide the City Council, Staff and Committees in their work. Action is required to meet the citizens’ requests for more local retail and commercial options and a more ‘attractive’ and ‘active’ downtown. City aggregation of property, generation of policies, seeking out developers for specific projects, crafting our community image….all depend on a common vision, a common goal. The process of idea generation, public input and refining and adopting a vision is essential.

It is also essential that we do not just meet and share our ‘opinions’–an outside experienced professional opinion is required to introduce new ideas, new thinking and the knowledge of what has worked, or failed, in other communities. Jason Valerius and his team with MSA Professional Services from Madison, Wisconsin is guiding our process.

Our work is led by the Planning Commission with the assistance of the Economic Development Committee and the local Chamber of Commerce. The City Council will review and adopt the ideas and concepts and then it will be the direction we are headed. From then forward each of our decisions should be with an end goal in mind. We will not have a different future unless the next decision we make or the next building that is permitted is on the path toward a better future.

These boards are not the specific final outcome. No one can predict the future this precisely. But zoning, regulation, street reconstruction, redevelopment funding can be ‘aimed’ in the direction to support ‘the vision’.

Comments are encouraged as is your participation. If you would like be involved you can send your email address to [email protected] and you will be added to the emailing lists. If you have comments you may send them to [email protected]. You are also encouraged to share your perspective with me as the Chair of the La Crescent Planning Commission and feel invited to attend our meetings and participate and stay informed. 

Some themes are shown on the various board: narrowing the streets to gain more sidewalk for out-of-doors seating; use of ‘reverse’ angle parking; use of multistory mixed use (retail, commercial and housing) buildings; relocation and reconstruction sites for a City Hall/Library/Police/Governmental lease space; Downtown higher density housing; Grocery location; focus on prime redevelopment sites; residential reuse if a future decision was to relocate the Elementary School; and a location for a gathering ‘place’ at the ‘take-off’ of a bike and pedestrian bridge from 1st Street South to cross HWY 14/61.

On April 4th we will be discussing the next draft based on the February meeting. To get an email notice please send your email address. If you are already getting notices you will be informed.

Thank you for reviewing our work to date. On behalf of the many that are part of envisioning a bright future for La Crescent, Don.

Donald Smith / 608.792.9897 / [email protected]

Downtown Development Plan – June 2017

La Crescent Downtown Redevelopment Scenarios

La Crescent Downtown Streetscape Exhibit Boards

Notes from 2-22-17 Public Meeting

Parking Standards

 

 

City of La Crescent

315 Main Street
P. O. BOX 142
La Crescent, MN  55947

(507) 895-2595

Contact the City of La Crescent

(507) 895-8694 fax