Economic Development is a process engaging business professionals, civic leadership and residents to analyze economic issues, capitalize on local opportunities/assets, and implement strategies to increase economic well-being and quality of life.
Economic development can be fostered through a variety of approaches and partnerships:
hyperlinks direct you to our local partners
Downtown Revitalization/Main Street Development;
Economic Development Corporation and Local E.D. Efforts
- Kenosha Area Business Alliance
- Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce
- Introduction to Economic Development for Officials and Students
- Kenosha County Broadband and Downtown Kenosha Public Wifi Broadband
- Farm Transition and Succession Planning
Demographic and Workforce Data-mining:
- Applied Population Lab;
- Local Census Data Onthemap.gov
Entrepreneurship:
- UW-Extension Small Business Development Center, located at UW-Parkside campus
- Economic Gardening and Entrepreneurship
- Agriculture, Local Food and Value-Added Entrepreneurship
Regional Economic Development Partners:
- Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
- Milwaukee-7
- Wisconsin Economic Development Association
- University WI Center for Community Economic Development; An extensive reserve of economic development assessment tools, training resources, data and referrals.
Re-entry Employment Expo 2018
- 2018 Event Recap
- Re-entry Resource Directory
- Re-entry Mythbusters
Want to learn more: The Wisconsin Economic Development Institute in collaboration with UW-Extension and the Wisconsin Economic Development Association created this online resource for a full listing of the breadth of economic development tools and collaborating partners http://cced.ces.uwex.edu/files/2013/02/Resource-Document-Total-12.pdf
