Sun Prairie Represented in Feedback Session on WEDC Strategic Plan (City of Sun Prairie Office of Economic Development)

Sun Prairie Economic Development Director Neil Stechschulte was invited by Wisconsin Department of Commerce Secretary Paul Jadin to participate in 1 of 6 feedback sessions on the strategic plan for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). The WEDC is scheduled to become operational as of July 1, 2011. The meeting was Friday April 1st at Alliant Energy's headquarters in the American Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

Secretary Jadin and Deputy Secretary Mike Klonsinski presented a brief overview of the draft strategic plan. The document included a mission statement, a summary of core values, key performance indicators, four key strategies, and a preliminary organizational chart for the WEDC and its governing board.

Information from all 6 meetings will be collected and used to make final amendments to the draft strategic plan. Additional details on the final strategic plan will be announced and shared at four meetings around the State being hosted by the Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA) on the following dates and locations:

April 19, 2011 - Eau Claire @ Chippewa Valley Technical College - Gateway Campus, Rm 130

April 21, 2011 - Appleton @ Fox Valley Technical College- Bordini Center, Room 103

May 3, 2011 - Wausau @ Northcentral Technical College - Center for Health Sciences, Room 2016

May 4, 2011 - Waukesha @ Country Springs Hotel - Woodfield Room

Each meeting will include an overview of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation by Secretary Paul Jadin and Deputy Secretary Mike Klonsinski, an overview of the Application Process for Financial Requests, a discussion on WEDA Government Relations and Economic Development in the 2011 – 2013 Budget, and Changing the Economic Development Service Delivery Model in Wisconsin.

Please contact the WEDA office with any questions or for registration information at weda@weda.org or 608-255-5666.

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New Concept: The Governor of Wisconsin Actually Showing Up for His Own Conference on Economic Development

At the beginning of what was to be an interesting day of announcements from Governor Walker, he joined us for some opening comments to the last day of the Governor's Conference on Economic Development hosted by the Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA). Other speakers focused on the export opportunities for Wisconsin companies, the role of the federal Economic Development Administration (EDA), the growing role of economic development regions and the targeting of industry clusters, and a sneak peek at the new online building and sites database that will be coordinated Statewide through WEDA. It was nice to see Governor Walker take this event seriously, as compared to the previous administration. As he was off to announce some controversial budget measures afterwards, it was nice to have him take some time to speak to the economic development community in the State.

Photo of the Day: Governor's Conference on Economic Development

Sun Prairie Economic Development Director Neil Stechschulte is attending the Governor's Conference on Economic Development co-hosted by the Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA) on Thursday February 10th and Friday February 11th at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin. Some of the notable speakers from day one of the conference included Department of Commerce Secretary Paul Jadin, Angelos Angelou of Angelou Economics, Department of Workforce Development Secretary Manuel Perez, and Rebecca Ryan of Next Generation Consulting (see photo).