Plainview gets down to work
on growth issues in 2010!
Plainview's Economic Development Authority (EDA) has completed a action-oriented strategic planning process. The EDA will be implementing its 2010 workplan by: 1) exploring housing incentives as a way to increase residential growth; 2) strengthening existing businesses through a "Buy Local" public education campaign and investigating the feasibility of a "Business Incubator" for existing and start-up businesses; 3) assisting the city as it works to increase public awareness of its services; and 4) marketing Plainview's diverse business community to a regional and statewide audience.

If you want more information, have comments or want to be learn more about how you can be part of this effort, contact EDA Coordinator, Judith Jordan at 507-534-2264.

Winter brings abundant recreational opportunities to the Plainview area!
Winter means getting outdoors in the Plainview area.  To learn more about skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, ice fishing and other activities, check out the following recreational areas:

Carley State Park - located four miles south of Plainview on County Road 4. Two miles of intermediate-level trails. Snowshoers are asked to stay off groomed trails.

Whitewater State Park - located three miles from Elba on Hwy. 74. Six miles of easy cross-country ski trails, part of which runs along the river. Snowshoeing anywhere in the park.

Other areas in the Richard J. Dorer Hardwood Forest that surrounds Plainview include the Zumbro Bottoms, Snake Creek and Kruger Management Units. For maps and more information, follow this link.

EDA offers area businesses online marketing options
As a service to the Plainview area business community, the EDA will update business listings with more information. To add more information, links and online brochures, use this Online Business Information form.  Questions?  Please call the Plainview EDA at 534-2229 or e-mail.