Buildings and Sites
Wisconsin Receives National Award for Economic Development
17 Jul 2015
Awards and Recognition
Area Development, a leading national publication covering site selection and facility planning, today announced that Wisconsin is a recipient of its 2015 “Silver Shovel Award,” an honor that recognizes excellence in economic development.
“The Badger State is in the midst of a remarkable run up the economic development ladder of visibility,” the magazine said in announcing the award. “Under Governor Scott Walker, Wisconsin has emerged as a model of fiscal progress and new thinking for a former Rust Belt state whose economy had ossified a bit.”
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