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October's pace will be hectic for Forward Wisconsin.
The first week will include participation in the
Wisconsin Economic
Development Association (WEDA) Fall
Conference in Green Bay on October 3 - 5. Then, it's a
quick turnaround heading
into the Industrial
Asset Management Council conference - a large
real estate executive event - in St. Louis on October 6 -
9.
The third week of October includes the Minnesota
Marketing Mission, which is officially scheduled for
October 16 - 18. As usual, we will be partnering
with several Wisconsin economic development
professionals to conduct appointments with CEOs in
the Twin Cities area. The marketing mission
participants include: Andy Albarado (Rusk County
Development); Dagmar Beckel-Machyckova (City of
Eau Claire); Brian Doudna (Eau Claire Area EDC);
Karna Hanna (Sauk County Development
Corporation); Michael Kloss (WOW Logistics); Jenny
Kuderer (La Crosse Area Development Corporation);
Charlie Walker (Chippewa County EDC); and,
Bill Warner (Pierce County EDC).
The month wraps up with participation in another large
real estate event - the
Corporate Real Estate Network
Global Summit - which runs from runs from October
28 - 31. All in all, a very busy October for us here at
Forward Wisconsin.
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We'd all love to have $418 million extra in our
investment portfolio and that's exactly what the State of
Wisconsin gained in just one year from the state's
non-profit arts industry. The Wisconsin
Arts Board
recently announced the results of the most
comprehensive economic impact study of the
nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted in
the state. The numbers were compiled as part of a
national report entitled Arts & Economic Prosperity III.
The data revealed that Wisconsin's nonprofit arts
industry generates $418,055,786 in economic activity
annually, including 15,103 full-time equivalent jobs;
$276,424,120 in resident household income;
$27,402,880 in local government revenues; and,
$34,437,520 in state government revenues. The
$418,055,786 total includes $247,127,217 in
spending by arts organizations and $170,928,569 in
event-related spending by arts audiences-excluding
the costs of admission. The $170,928,569 in
event-related spending by arts audiences reflects an
average of $22.51 per person in spending for hotels,
restaurants, parking, souvenirs, refreshments, or
other similar costs-with non-local attendees ($48.95)
spending significantly more than local attendees
($17.76).
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Forward Wisconsin's Web Marketing Specialist,
Sharon Seffrood, recently attended the LocationOne
Information System (LOIS) quarterly Advisory Council
meeting in Kansas City. LOIS is the software used to
power the Wisconsin available building, site and
community database, Twenty-two members from
several states were present and they were given the
opportunity to provide new ideas for LOIS and to
receive information on changes that are on the horizon.
LOIS continues to adopt improvements. Earlier this
year, LOIS began Phase 1 of a Google Map Integration
project and Phase 2 of the process was recently
completed. This allows viewers to drill down to a
more detailed level of information about each building
or site. LOIS also recently implemented a Modified
Date feature which displays an out-of-date alert in the
administration screen. A new filter was also added
which allows administrators to hide out-dated listings
from their views of LOIS to ensure that listings are
current.
Currently, LOIS covers all or part of 56 of Wisconsin's
72 counties and has over 2,800 available buildings
and nearly 1,300 sites listed. Wisconsin community
officials, economic development professionals and
real estate people can utilize LOIS at no-cost.
Wisconsin's building and site database is a service
provided by the Wisconsin Department of Commerce
and Forward Wisconsin.
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On September 28, Wisconsin Department of
Commerce Secretary and Forward Wisconsin Board
Member Mary Burke announced that Mickey Judkins
will be providing managerial services to Forward
Wisconsin with oversight from the Forward Wisconsin
Board of Directors. Judkins was named administrator
of Commerce's new Division of International and
Export Services. Her duties will be a combination of
overseeing export services, encouraging foreign direct
investment and providing guidance to Forward
Wisconsin.
Judkins is a successful small business owner and
entrepreneur and she currently serves on the
Wisconsin Development Finance Board. Judkins is
also a past president of the Eau Claire Economic
Development Corporation (ECDC) and served four
years on the ECDC board of directors. She is a
graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
In late August, the Forward Wisconsin Board of
Directors adopted a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) to better coordinate Wisconsin's business
attraction efforts, improve strategic marketing efforts,
and make more effective use of existing resources.
Under the MOU, Forward Wisconsin is keeping its
status as a public-private, non-profit corporation but
will no longer have a president, freeing up more
funding for its marketing program.
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Our three featured partners for the month are
Marshfield Clinic, Wisconsin Public Service
Corporation and Xcel Energy.
The
Marshfield Clinic is the largest private medical
research facility in Wisconsin. It employs over 600
physicians and 4,200 support personnel in 31
Wisconsin communities. The clinic also is home to
the Marshfield Medical Research and Education
Foundation, which is involved in over 700 active
research projects. Reed Hall, the Clinic's Executive
Director, serves on the Forward Wisconsin Board of
Directors.
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation is a
regulated electric and gas utility serving Northeast and
Central Wisconsin and an adjacent portion of Upper
Michigan. For more than a century, Wisconsin Public
Service has been lighting homes and energizing
businesses in northeastern and central Wisconsin
and Upper Michigan. Tom Meinz, Executive Vice
President - External Affairs, serves on the Forward
Wisconsin Board of Directors.
Xcel Energy
is a natural gas and electric utility serving
Minnesota, Western Wisconsin, the Dakotas and
Michigan. The company also provides economic
development services to businesses and
communities within that service territory. Mike
Swenson, Wisconsin President & CEO, serves on the
Forward Wisconsin Board of Directors.
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Thank you for your ongoing support.
 Jan Alf, Director
Forward Wisconsin
Email:
jalf@execpc.com
Phone:
262.691.7873
Website:
http://www.forwardwi.com
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