Resource Library

New North Summit 2007

• Streaming video of the entire event (The powerpoint presentation is also available for viewing simultaneously with the video here)
• Keynote Speaker's Presentation 1.7MB
• Main Summit Presentation  4.7 MB
• Podcasts of the Event

New North Attract and Retain Survey Results

New North Economic Development Summit, 2006

• New North Historical, Comparative Economic Analysis by William Fruth
  • Section One  456 KB
    Methodology, Use of Data, Components and History of the Economy
  • Section Two  261 KB
    Level of the Economy
  • Section Three  687 KB
    Comparative Analysis
  • Section Four  73 KB
    Resource Information
• William Fruth's Presentation  147 KB
• Event Presentation  2.5MB
• Event Podcast 1 hour, MP3 format, remote site
• Event theme song 2MB, MP3 format
• Music video 11MB, WMV format

Wisconsin Department of Commerce

• Starting a Business in Wisconsin
  Tools and information tailored to businesses just entering Wisconsin, whether the business be not-for-profit, sole-proprietorship, franchise, corporation, general partnership, limited Liability partnership, or international.  Includes permit information and financing help.
• Wisconsin's Business Climate
  Quick facts about Wisconsin's overall business environment, including highlights of multiple New North cities such as Oshkosh, Appleton, Green Bay, Sheboygan, and Neenah.

Technology

• Wisconsin Technology Council
  The leading catalyst for the creation, development and retention of science and technology-based businesses in Wisconsin.
• UW Wisconsin Technology Network
  The region's leading news source for news, commentary and analysis for technology and life science.
• Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP)
  WMEP provides technical expertise and hands-on implementation assistance to small and midsize manufacturing firms on advanced manufacturing technologies and business practices.
• Advanced Manufacturing Solutions Initiatives 
  The Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) with the involvement from manufacturers around the state has developed "three key strategies" and "six solutions" to address the challenges facing manufacturing today and anticipate what is needed tomorrow.
• The Advanced Manufacturing Project (AMP)  
  The AMP is a research consortium consisting of Center of Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) staff and their colleagues at the Center for Regional Economic Issues at Case Western Reserve University, the University of Chicago, and the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center. The project's goal is to identify the factors that lead companies to adopt "high road" versus "low road" competitive strategies. To that end, AMP looks at firms in the component-manufacturing sector. Heavily concentrated in the Upper Midwest, this sector is widely regarded as critical to the future of U.S. manufacturing as a whole.

Finance

• Got MOO-LA? Resources for Wisconsin Businesses  
  Sixty pages of business assistance resources from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

Workforce

• Information for Employers
  Dozens of links from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development providing information on finding workers, what employers need to know, and general resources for Wisconsin employers.

Education

• State of Wisconsin Educational Resources & Institutions
  Educational agencies and resources and school systems within the state of Wisconsin
  

Quality of Life

• Wisconsin Historical Society

General Sources of Regional & State Information

• Forward Wisconsin
  Forward Wisconsin is a unique public-private state marketing and business recruitment organization whose job is to market outside Wisconsin to attract new businesses, jobs and increased economic activity to the state.
• Wisconsin's WORKnet
  An online, interactive tool from the Department of Workforce Development providing various types of labor market and economic information on the state of Wisconsin.
• Wisconsin Dept of Workforce Development
  The DWD provides access to a variety of workforce and labor information and offers a wide variety of employment programs and services.  The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is the state agency charged with building and strengthening Wisconsin's workforce.
• Wisconsin's Office of Economic Advisors
  The OEA publishes monthly and annual reports that provide an overview of Wisconsin county and state trends including workforce observations, county workforce profiles, workforce development area profiles, and state and regional employment projections. The Office, created as part of Governor Doyle's "Grow Wisconsin" plan, assists economic data users to better understand the relationships between labor markets and other economic and demographic specifics as well as helping users interpret labor force data and focus on the issues and trends influencing employment growth in the State of Wisconsin.
• Northeast Wisconsin Economic Opportunity Study
  New North, Inc. was one of the results of this study, which highlighted the value of regional branding and collaboration.  A printable copy of the published study can be found here.
• Northeast Midwest Institute  
  Northeast-Midwest state economic profiles describing the labor market, economic activity, regional cost of living, government spending, and key demographics; provided by the Northeast-Midwest Institute, a Washington-based, private, non-profit, and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states.