Engage Winona is excited to partner with the State of Minnesota on an innovative new project: MN StoryCollective. At its heart, the project is simple but powerful. People across Minnesota are invited to share short, anonymous stories from their own lives. These stories then form a collective resource that helps shape how the state invests in communities through future funding, programs, and policies.

You can share your story today at ourtomorro.ws/engagewinona. This partnership builds on Engage Winona’s ongoing work of valuing lived experiences, creating connections, and centering community voices in shaping our shared future.

August news from Engage Winona!

July 2025 Newsletter - MidYear Check-in at Engage Winona

Engage Winona Celebrates Lived Experience Leaders Graduates!

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.