Mural unveiled at Habitat for Humanity Winona. The mural was created as a collaboration of the Winona Area Kitchen Table, and the Joy Labs.

Winona is making progress on housing, but there’s work left to be done. The Winona Area Kitchen Table encourages Winona to imagine an even more vibrant Winona — with housing options that meet the full range of needs in our community, from college students to working professionals to families to retirees. This is a vision that we can all work together for, and a vision that the Winona Area Kitchen Table is advocating for.

Key takeaways for the city of Winona from the 2024 housing study.

Engage Winona announced today the appointment of Marcia Ratliff as the nonprofit organization’s next executive director. After an extensive search that drew candidates from across the Midwest, Engage Winona’s board of directors appointed Ratliff by unanimous consent.

Engage Winona’s Lived Experience Leaders program and one of their participants, Lisdamys Morera Gonzalez, alongside Engage Winona’s Intern Abbie Pierce and four participants of Engage Winona’s Community Changemaker Lab—Makenzie Olson, Alexandra Meldahl, Madelyn Molohon, and Hailie Cady—launched a survey to understand and address loneliness in the Winona area.