Planning a trip to the Island City with Visit Winona’s Cynthya Porter

Inside Winona

Cynthya Porter knows how to sell Winona. She can rattle off the festivals, the historic downtown sweet spots and the natural landmarks that residents love and visitors are awed by — like how on a clear day at the Garvin Heights outlook, you can see all the way to Alma. Winona was recently named one of the best five small-town destinations in the state by the Star Tribune, and best day trip by Twin Cities-based City Pages. But do those accolades play any role in getting people to move here? We asked Porter, the marketing specialist at Visit Winona, that question and more on this week's episode of Inside Winona. Take a listen to learn a lot, including why she finds our city "surprisingly weird, but incredibly entertaining."