January, 2006

Happy New Year! Our resolutions for 2006 are:

1. To help build networks throughout Wisconsin that result in better and more creative use of the resources that contribute to a vital rural Wisconsin.

2. To provide opportunities for rural community leaders to enhance their skills, learn community-building tools, share resources and information, and celebrate success and innovation.

3. To ensure that rural voices are heard in the creation, deliberation and distribution of resources that affect the quality of life in rural communities.

If you are a person with passion for rural community life, or part of an agency or organization that impacts rural communities, we invite you to join our active network that creates positive solutions to the challenges faced by rural communities. You can sign up online by clicking the link!

Annual Membership Renewal is underway! You can renew your membership 3 ways:

• Check your postal mail from late December for a membership renewal form and mail with a check.
• Go to the Membership page to download a form and mail with a check. Click here.
• Pay online using our secure PayPal service. Click here.

Registration is open!

for the
4th Annual Wisconsin Community Leadership Summit
"Leading the Voyage to the Future"
April 26 & 27, 2006
Paper Valley Radisson Hotel
Appleton, Wisconsin

Click here for a registration form. [PDF file]
Click here to go to the Community Leadership Summit Page for more details.

Charting a Course for WRP's New Future

From October through December, 2005, the Wisconsin Rural Partners, Inc. Board of Directors has been working to set a course for WRP's New Future. This initiative was spurred by the changing rural development policy and funding environment in which we work. As a result, WRP has a new mission statement:

"Wisconsin Rural Partners develops networks, leadership and voice for rural Wisconsin."

Within our new mission statement are three objectives which constitute the framework for our new strategic plan and which will guide our annual work plan. These objectives are leadership development; voice; and network building and support. The next step for the WRP New Future initiative is to establish an updated organizational structure for the Partnership. Stay tuned as this process unfolds in the first quarter of 2006...

Past News

December, 2005 | November, 2005 | October, 2005 |