Root River Council

Back to the Root: An Urban River Revitalization Plan is a vision for the Root River that was created by the Root River Council based on more than a year’s worth of public input. The plan lays out recommendations to bring a positive focus back to the Root River within the City of Racine. A PDF (1.5mb) of the entire plan can be viewed here. The plan has four main goals:

Create a sense of place
Stimulate economic growth
Allow public access and interaction
Improve Water quality

You can view news articles about the plan at these links:

http://news.racinepost.com/2008/07/river-walk-planned-for-downtown-racine.html

http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2008/07/16/local_news/doc487d5c1a5640b155220414.txt

http://my.journaltimes.com/post/cityofracine/this_post_submitted_by_allison_werner_of_the_river_alliance_.html

Several work groups have formed to begin to implement a few of the recommendations in the plan. You can learn about their activities by going to the event tab or by clicking here.

Root River Council

The Root River Council is a volunteer committee that is working with the River Alliance of Wisconsin to engage the Racine community to develop an Urban Root River Plan that will bring a positive focus back to the Root River.

*Share your comments about the Root River in an e-mail.

For more information contact Allison Werner 608.257.2424 ext. 113 or e-mail.