[Winona Online Democracy]
One of the e-mails I received off line was someone expressing
the opportunities for Winona to be an Export Import
Container Port and tied to Warehousing/ Transportation, Trucking and Manufacturing/Assembly
in a Foreign Trade Zone the City could create. As more and more goods are
produced outside the U.S. the movement of
those goods becomes an increasing opportunity for those involved in
transportation. Any person simply needs to look at the rail cars carrying
containers with foreign marking to see the volume and opportunities created by
being on the river, the least costly mode of distant transportation.
Think of the number of goods now sold thought retail stores,
distributed by Fastenal, UBC, Menards and others that are imported and at some
point containerized. Look at the opportunities for employment and job
growth. While most of us think of bulk commodities when we think about
barges the future of containers moving up the river on barges and being
unloaded or loaded at Winona can be exciting, create
jobs and jobs that pay well.
It will be interesting to observe the battle for river front
uses and in particular to see who support higher paying blue collar jobs to
attract and sustain young families verses the trend to move to lower paying
retail and tourism employment.
Paul Double
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