Providing Economic Development, Geographic Information Systems, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Use Planning and Transportation Assistance since 1973
The North Central Wisconsin Regional Entrepreneurship Assessment examines how well the North Central Wisconsin Region is supporting entrepreneurs. The assessment contains a regional profile of the Region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem including business establishment trends, an overview of the five drivers of entrepreneurship and how they impact entrepreneurship throughout the Region, a summary of a survey sent out to local business owners throughout the Region, and recommendations intended to enhance the Region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The objectives of this report are to provide a better understanding of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the North Central Wisconsin Region, and to develop actionable recommendations based on the findings of the assessment. These recommendations will help guide the Region’s efforts towards fostering long-term economic and entrepreneurial development initiatives.
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North Central Wisconsin’s economy depends on entrepreneurs that are able to successfully start and manage companies, and on our ability to support existing businesses as well as attract new businesses. The North Central Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Portal supports entrepreneurs and business owners by providing access to information that can help them thrive.
The Entrepreneurship Portal identifies available funding opportunities for businesses; resources such as trainings, tools, and workshops & events to help support business development; organizations that support entrepreneurs and small businesses throughout the region; and available spaces such as co-working spaces and business incubators throughout North Central Wisconsin.
The Annual Report is prepared to provide interested local, state, and federal officials as well as citizens with an overview of the activities undertaken by the NCWRPC over the last year. The report highlights our five core work areas:
• Economic Development • Geographic Information Systems • Intergovernmental Cooperation • Land Use, and • Transportation
In addition, the report meets the requirements as outlined in Wisconsin Statute 66.0309(8)(b) for annual report preparation. This is our 49th Annual Report. With your continued support, we look forward to another successful year in 2023.
In 2022, the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (NCWRPC) researched and inventoried all industrial parks across its 10-county region and determined total, vacant, and developed acreage of each park. These locations and calculations were verified by local staff when possible. NCWRPC also analyzed air photos from 2000, 2010, and 2020 within the boundary of each identified park to determine the rate at which lots were developed to forecast future acreage demand.
This study was funded by the Economic Development Administration’s Recovery Assistance funding under the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) act. The goal of this project is to inventory industrial space and identify future need in the region. A variety of acreage calculations, maps for marketing purposes, and data to support industrial park-related infrastructure grant applications and planning decisions is provided.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCWRPC was awarded a grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to assist with the economic recovery of the Region. Part of the scope of work for the grant included the development of a Regional Recovery Plan. The Regional Recovery Plan includes both short-term and long-term strategies intended to guide the Region’s economic stabilization and recovery from current and future economic shocks and to help foster a resilient and sustainable North Central Wisconsin.
As the Region continues to recover from the pandemic and build towards a more prosperous future, local communities and organizations can use the North Central Wisconsin Regional Recovery Dashboard to help track the Region’s progress on issues that were identified in the Regional Recovery Plan as crucial to the prosperity of North Central Wisconsin.
Every few years, NCWRPC updates basic demographic and economic development information in the form of County Profiles, which provide a snapshot of current economic trends and opportunities for economic growth. Included is a map of business park locations where acreage is available as well as contacts for various economic development agencies and programs.
The Annual Report is prepared to provide interested local, state, and federal officials as well as citizens with an overview of the activities undertaken by the NCWRPC over the last year. The report highlights our five core work areas:
• Economic Development • Geographic Information Systems • Intergovernmental Cooperation • Land Use, and • Transportation
In addition, the report meets the requirements as outlined in Wisconsin Statute 66.0309(8)(b) for annual report preparation. This is our 48th Annual Report. With your continued support, we look forward to another successful year in 2022.
The purpose of this plan is to analyze various county and tribal response efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify approaches to better address future pandemics. The overarching goal is to better prepare the region for future public health related disruptions.
The North Central Wisconsin Regional Health Pandemic Assessment Plan seeks to analyze county and tribal public health responses to coronavirus within the Region and to create recommendations that would assist counties and tribal entities to better manage health related disruptions in the future. The goals of this assessment include:
Analyzing county and tribal response to the COVID-19 pandemic including
1. Identifying key priority areas
2. Analyzing what did and did not work well and where additional support was needed to maintain best practices
3. Creating recommendations to better deal with future pandemic and health related disruptions
The purpose of this plan is to guide economic stabilization, recovery, and resiliency efforts within the North Central Wisconsin Region in the face of the current pandemic as well as future events that cause economic shocks. The goal of this plan is to develop a set of strategies that will help the Region’s local economies recover from and become more resilient to economic shocks by identifying best-practice strategies that help spur economic stabilization and recovery in the wake of economic shocks and that will help build local economic resilience. Helping local recovery and resiliency efforts will help the regional economy as a whole recover and grow back even stronger than before the disaster struck.
As part of the planning process, five foundational pillars were identified as being crucial for the future prosperity of North Central Wisconsin. These five pillars include: Broadband, Childcare, Housing & Transportation, Workforce & Talent Attraction, and Tourism & Hospitality.
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The Regional Recovery Plan contains the following chapters:
1 – Introduction
2 – Economic Environment
3 – The Disruption
4 – Analysis of Foundational Pillars
5 – Regional Recovery Strategy
Assessment Reports
As part of the Regional Recovery Plan planning process, five Assessment Reports were prepared covering the five foundational pillars identified by the Advisory Committee as being critical for a strong economic recovery and increasing economic resilience within North Central Wisconsin: Broadband, Childcare, Housing & Transportation, Workforce & Talent Attraction, and Tourism & Hospitality.
Each of the Assessment Reports contains the following six sections:
Introduction
Status
Issues
Impact of COVID-19
Benefits of Improving the Status of Each Pillar
Vision
Access to each Assessment Report is available below:
As the Region continues to recover from the pandemic and build towards a more prosperous future, local communities and organizations can use the North Central Wisconsin Regional Recovery Dashboard to help track the Region’s progress on issues that were identified in the Regional Recovery Plan as crucial to the prosperity of North Central Wisconsin.
Every few years, NCWRPC updates basic demographic and economic development information in the form of County Profiles, which provide a snapshot of current economic trends and opportunities for economic growth. Included is a map of business park locations where acreage is available as well as contacts for various economic development agencies and programs.
