Favel seeks re-election in Ile-a-La-Crosse

He’s been leading the northern-village of Ile-a-La-Crosse for the past decade, and later this month Duane Favel is seeking another term as mayor.

Born and raised in the northern village, Favel said he helped establish a strong working relationship with residents and organizations. If re-elected, he said he would continue the work he’s already started improving roads, attracting business and growing the community. 

“I’ve always said, as a municipality, we don’t get an operational budget that allows us to do too much other than run the core portions of our community like water, sewer, roads and sanitation,” he said. “We have to lobby hard and develop relationships with organizations, government, industry, and community if we’re going to be able to attract (people and business), and bring finances to the community to move forward with some of the ideas we have.”

In the last decade, Favel is proud of the youth centre built through a partnership with the local school division, a trades program for Grade 12 students and recent graduates, and the group home for people with cognitive disabilities.