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What's New at WEDI
Survey of Local Economic Development Organizations 2011 Completed jointly by WEDI and UW-Extension, this study replicates one done in 2002-2003. The survey was designed to help describe and quantify the amount of economic development effort at the local level in the state. The survey looked at budgets, funding sources, staffing, salaries, and more. July 2011 (500K) 
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Publications
Defining Economic Development in Wisconsin
- Survey of Local Economic Development Organizations 2011
- A Short History of Economic Development in Wisconsin and the Rise of Professional Economic Development
- Facilitating Entrepreneurial Growth Companies in Wisconsin
- Regional Economic Development Collaboration: Wisconsin's Experience.
- Survey of Local Economic Development Organizations.
- What is Economic Development or Why the Buck ($) Starts Here
Economic Development How-To
- A Guide to Preparing the Economic Development Element of a Comprehensive Plan (Smart Growth)
- Measuring Economic Development Return on Investment (ROI): Wisconsin Models
- Resources for Communities Facing Plant Closings and Employee Layoffs
- Using Labor Market Information to Understand Your Local Economy: A Wisconsin Cookbook
Economic Development Impact Studies
- Evaluation of Forest Products Industry Cluster in Wisconsin and Recommendations for Economic Development Actions
- Laborshed Analysis for Economic Development.
- Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) & Economic Development: Combining Infrastructure Investment & Community Growth Needs.
- The Economic Development Impact of Annexation
- Wisconsin's Insurance Industry
- Wisconsin's Forest Products Industry 2004 Business Climate Status Report
- Wisconsin's Forest Products: A Cut Above
- Wisconsin Land Use Megatrends: Forests.
Economic Development and Early Childhood
WEDI Services
The Wisconsin Economic Development Institute, Inc. (WEDI) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan foundation formed to conduct research and education designed to increase the effectiveness of economic development efforts.
Through comprehensive research and consulting services, WEDI can also provide the public, decision makers and organizations with critical information to enable them to better address and improve economic conditions.
Do you have any major economic information/data or how-to-do economic development needs? If you do, please contact WEDI, maybe we can help.
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