Real estate prices have gone through the roof and permitting delays are costing developers and businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars. But, NOT in West Central Wisconsin. Our shovel-ready sites are ready for development, we have an expedited permitting process and we’re less than an hour from the Twin Cities.
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Momentum West is a regional economic development organization serving Barron, Clark, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pierce, Pepin, Polk, Rusk, and St. Croix counties. By providing technical assistance and spearheading talent attraction and development initiatives, Momentum West is drawing attention to West Central Wisconsin and driving regional growth.
The Momentum West region is strategically located near the Twin Cities but with a lower cost of...
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Golden Shovel Ready sites in West Central Wisconsin are ideal for businesses looking for access to the interstate and wanting to be near major midwest cities like Minneapolis, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Omaha, Kansas City and St. Louis. Though all industries succeed here, we find that our shovel-ready manufacturing sites, distribution center sites, food and beverage companies, plastics and medical device manufacturing,...
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When you live in West Central Wisconsin you get to enjoy the outdoors, skip the traffic, send your kids to top-rated schools, spend less on housing, and enjoy numerous and diverse recreational and entertainment venues and options. Wisconsin was voted the 5th Best State for Millennials (WalletHub 2019), #6 Best Place to Live (WalletHub 2019), and our cost of living is just 93.5% of the...
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Eau Claire is in the process of becoming the first county in Wisconsin to be ACT® Work Ready certified. The foundation of a community’s certification is based on individuals at the county level earning an ACT WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Certificate™ (NCRC®) and employers recognizing the NCRC®. The NCRC® is an industry-recognized credential that clearly identifies an individual’s essential workforce skills that are required for...
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Cedar Corp Company Profile
Chippewa Valley Regional Housing Task Force
Division of Energy, Housing and Community Resources
Movin’ Out: Developing Affordable Housing In Wisconsin
WCWRPC Placemaking & Housing Presentation
West CAP Presentation
WHEDA Presentation
Wisconsin’s Workforce Housing Shortage
XCEL ENERGY: Leading the Clean Energy Transition
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You’ve got a great idea, product or service, and you want the world to know about it. You have to look beyond the borders of Wisconsin and the U.S.—exporting needs to be a key part of your plan. Ninety-six percent of the world’s population lives outside of the U.S., so there is tremendous purchasing power to be tapped in emerging economies. That’s why we help...
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ExporTech™ is the only national export assistance program that offers a structured yet customizable, process that guides companies through every aspect of export growth. At the completion of the program, each company will have developed its own international growth plan and accelerated their export sales process.
Category: Inspire Connections, Trade
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The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is the official export credit agency of the United States. EXIM is an independent, self-sustaining Executive Branch agency with a mission of supporting American jobs by facilitating the export of U.S. goods and services.
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For more than 70 years, A Basic Guide to Exporting has given companies the information they need to establish and grow their business in international markets.
Whether you’re new to exporting or just want to learn the latest ideas and techniques, and whether your product is a good or a service, this new 11th Edition—completely rewritten, revised, and updated—will give you the nuts-and-bolts information...
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The Regional Skills Gap Initiative, started by the Eau Claire Area EDC in fall of 2012, brought organizations across the public and private sectors together with the vision of building a stronger regional workforce and increasing high-quality employment opportunities. Through this initiative we will understand how the skills and education of the area’s workforce match up to the staffing needs of regional employers.
Category: Regional Talent Initiative
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Through a grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, the Northwestern Wisconsin Collaborative for STEM has reviewed the overall college and/or career readiness of high school students in 51 school districts within the ten-county region of Momentum West during the 2014-15 school year.
This map series exhibits area-specific aggregated district information including:
Enacted and available curriculum that encompasses the scientific practices, knowledge,...
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The Lower Chippewa Valley in western Wisconsin is primed for growth. Located immediately adjacent to Minneapolis and St. Paul, the region offers a wealth of amenities to companies at a fraction of the cost in one of the Midwest’s fastest growing regions. However, area businesses are not finding the talent they need to fill jobs and grow. While this is a common national problem, west...
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Momentum West, in coordination with partner organizations, offers the Gold Shovel Ready sites certification program. The program assist communities, counties, and private land owners in packaging and marketing development ready land to site selectors and business owners looking to locate in or expand in the Momentum West region. This program is a collaborative effort with WEDC.
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Momentum West, in coordination with partner organizations, offers the Gold Shovel Ready sites certification program. The program assist communities, counties, and private land owners in packaging and marketing development ready land to site selectors and business owners looking to locate in or expand in the Momentum West region. This program is a collaborative effort with WEDC.
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Momentum West, in coordination with partner organizations, offers the Gold Shovel Ready sites certification program. The program assist communities, counties, and private land owners in packaging and marketing development ready land to site selectors and business owners looking to locate in or expand in the Momentum West region. This program is a collaborative effort with WEDC.
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Momentum West, in coordination with partner organizations, offers the Gold Shovel Ready sites certification program. The program assist communities, counties, and private land owners in packaging and marketing development ready land to site selectors and business owners looking to locate in or expand in the Momentum West region. This program is a collaborative effort with WEDC.
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Momentum West, in coordination with partner organizations, offers the Gold Shovel Ready sites certification program. The program assist communities, counties, and private land owners in packaging and marketing development ready land to site selectors and business owners looking to locate in or expand in the Momentum West region. This program is a collaborative effort with WEDC.
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Small Business Development Center
START your business successfully | MANAGE lead and inspire others | GROW your business to the next level
Learn more about our action oriented business programs to help you START & GROW your business along with MANAGING and LEADING others.
No cost confidential consulting to help grow your business. Request an exerience consultant to help develop strategies...
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Ellsworth White Cheddar Cheese Curds taste like no other because they come from 30,000 cows on 450 family farms in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Our farmer/producers are very fussy about quality and it shows in every fresh batch of Cheese Curds they produce.
That is why buyers from all over insist on only Real Ellsworth Cheese Curds. The famous squeaky cheese is available at hundreds...
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CESA #11, located in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, encompasses all or major portions of Barron, Burnett, Dunn, St. Croix, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and Washburn counties as well as portions of Buffalo, Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk and Sawyer Counties. Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs) were created by statute to perform a variety of functions that are educational in nature with a focus on staff and student learning. CESA #11...
Category: Business Resources, Cooperative Education Services Agencies
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WEDA is Wisconsin's Voice for Economic Development. Our statewide association is a 420+ member organization whose primary objective is to increase the effectiveness of individuals involved in the practice of economic development in Wisconsin by encouraging cooperation, exchange of information and promotion of professional skills. With a proactive board and involved membership support, we will continue to advance the professionalism of Wisconsin's economic development efforts.
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Wisconsin has taken great strides to make our state a better place for your business. We’ve created an environment that is truly pro-business and combined it with our great location and highly skilled workforce. It’s the right combination of advantages that make Wisconsin the right place for your business.
Category: Business Center, Regional Resources
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Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs) were created by the state legislature in the mid 1960’s primarily as a response to new special education law. CESA’s mission is contained in this legislation: Wisconsin State Statute 116.01 The organization of school districts in Wisconsin is such that the legislature recognized the need for a service unit between the school district and the state superintendent. The cooperative educational...
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West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (WCWRPC) is a multi-county planning agency created under Wisconsin State Statute 66.0309. It was established in 1971 by executive order of the Governor based upon petition from the counties comprising the region. These counties are: Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Polk, and St. Croix. WCWRPC is statutorily charged with the responsibility of planning for...
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The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is a state agency charged with building and strengthening Wisconsin's workforce in the 21st century and beyond.
The Department's primary responsibilities include providing job services, training and employment assistance to people looking for work, at the same time as it works with employers on finding the necessary workers to fill current job openings.
Under the DWD...
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Success By 6 is a community partnership working to ensure that all children in our region get the same high quality start in life.
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Workforce Resource, Inc. (WRI) is a private non-profit corporation incorporated originally as the West Central Wisconsin Private Industry Council, Inc. in 1983 and has been in continuous operation in the nine county West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Area since its founding. During that time, WRI has successfully managed the region's Job Training Partnership Act, Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act, numerous programs associated with AFDC and...
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Manufacturing Works is a volunteer organization created in 2004 with the purpose of promoting advanced manufacturing as a career option, using the term Gold Collar Careers, throughout northwestern Wisconsin. The name Gold Collar Careers represents a blend of the traditional blue collar and white collar workforce. Gold Collar Careers refers to available careers in manufacturing that are in high demand and provide excellent pay and...
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Business growth comes from three sources:
Increasing existing sales
Bringing new innovative products to market
Exporting
Forward-thinking Wisconsin companies are taking advantage of the explosive growth seen in other parts of the world. Today, 95% of consumers are outside the United States, and small-to-midsize Wisconsin companies are profiting from this global demographic.
Successful companies are tapping into new markets with...
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ExporTech™ is the only national export assistance program that offers a structured yet customizable, process that guides companies through every aspect of export growth. At the completion of the program, each company will have developed its own international growth plan and accelerated their export sales process.
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The UW-Stout Manufacturing Outreach Center* (MOC) is dedicated to uncovering pathways to greater profitability and growth for small to mid-sized manufacturers. Our organization is built on a solid tradition of providing impactful services to help manufacturers succeed in the areas of strategic direction, top-line growth, process improvement and people and culture.
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Access the power of your University with Wisconsin SBDC Network professional business consultants.
Get knowledge, tools and connections that work for you. Identify market opportunities and make informed decisions so you can build wealth.
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The Innovation Foundation of Western Wisconsin (IFWW) exists because we believe the level of support our region provides our entrepreneurs and business innovators will determine our economic future.
Category: Business Resources
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Workforce Resource, Inc. (WRI) is a private non-profit corporation incorporated originally as the West Central Wisconsin Private Industry Council, Inc. in 1983 and has been in continuous operation in the nine county West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Area since its founding. During that time, WRI has successfully managed the region's Job Training Partnership Act, Workforce Investment Act, numerous programs associated with AFDC and TANF, a...
Category: Workforce Development
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In today's world, manufacturing is high-tech and requires a high level of skill. From iPods®, DVDs, video games, and cell phones to cars and healthcare equipment, manufacturing covers a wide area of products and industries. Whether you are interested in computers or video games, like to work on bicycles or engines, or are good at programming your cell phone, you may already have an aptitude...
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