About Woodshire Studio
Communications
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Woodshire Studio explores the relationships between land, water, and people in the Great Lakes and Driftless regions through writing, photography, and independent journals. The studio edits for SustainableDriftlessMagazine, amplifies the voices of sustainability for Sustainable-Driftless.org, and publishes Watershed Notes, a regional journal of land, water, and change, along with book reviews, and curated publications focused on landscape, resilience, life, and stewardship.
Julia henley
LEADERSHIP & SUSTAINABILTY
With her commitment to the ongoing promotion and economic development with the region, she launched "Driftless Notes", originally in print format (2013), and then a subscribed online news aggregation.
In 2014, as part of the leadership of Sustainable Driftless, Inc, a non-profit committed to furthering vibrant communities and understanding of the Driftless Region, she edits the Sustainable Driftless Magazine, an online publication with a mission of educational outreach to lead to sustainable development and smart economic growth.
She is now producing a stunning "Coffee Table" book, illustrating the region via the perspective of talented photographers and naturalists.
Learn more at https://Sustainable-Driftless.org, or see https://SustainableDriftlessMag.com
A career long commitment to sustainable solutions means working to achieve a balance between economic growth, historic respect, and environmental protection and development, resulting in "win-win" results in projects for communities, partners, and team members.
WOODSHIRE STUDIO
Woodshire Studio today grew from Julia's long career in design, planning, and community development—work that has always centered on how environments are shaped, how communities evolve, how people react to and grow within their environment, and how places endure.
Julia has developed conceptual architectural plans for many commercial and residential buildings, interiors, and neighborhoods in Southwest Wisconsin and in Michigan througout her career.
She also has served as a community visionary and project manager for main street, small business, and Economic Development & Disaster Recovery--leveraaging public and private investment to create workforce housing, and anchor businesses in rural Wisconsin.
Notables
Plenary Speaker; Alaska Emergency Management & Recovery Conference; Anchorage, AK. April 2014. Considerations of Disaster Recovery: Gays Mills, WI
Nominee, Governor’s Tourism Awards: Rising Star, 2013
Published, Driftless Notes magazine; 2014 / Collaborated on Digital News Aggregation Version 2015-2017
Editor: Sustainable Driftless Magazine www.SustainableDriftlessMag.com
Presenter & Panelist, 2011 Mid-American Economic Development & Site Selector Forum, Dec 6, 2011, Chicago. “Disaster Recovery—How Communities Economically Recover from Natural Disasters”.
Presenter & Panelist, 2012 American Society of Flood Plain Managers, San Antonio, TX, May 23, 2012. “Implementing the National Disaster Recovery Framework in an Increasingly Stormy World.”
Founder: River to Valley Initiatives, 501(c) 3; Facilitated adaptive reuse of a historic building to house over 42 residents.
D.B. Reinhardt ETHICS IN LEADERSHIP at Viterbo University, “Day to Day Ethics Radio Series: A Neighborhood Acts”, (July 15-18, 2006)
Natural Home Magazine, Earth Mover Award, July/August 2004
Onalaska Women of Achievement, 2000
University Of Wisconsin History
Project, The Driftless Watershed Series: 2012—Recording History Guest interview
Founder: Clearwater Farm Foundation, Onalaska, WI 1999, President through 2007. Engaging kids and families to get connected to the land, and care for animals within a fast-growing community.
Disaster Recovery Coordinator & Economic Development Director; Village of Gays Mills, WI 2009-2013