Wisconsin's Top Rural Development Initiatives for 2001 were awarded in a public ceremony on November 28, 2001 at Stoney Creek Inn & Conference Center, Mosinee/Wausau, Wisconsin.

The following ten initiatives were recognized:

1. Environmental Initiative, Rusk County (shown above)
2. Wisconsin Forest Owner Cooperative and Association Development, Statewide
3. Building Stronger Communities - An Early Childhood Initiative in Barron County
4. Star-Spangled Celebration, Richland Center
5. Main Street Waupaca, Inc.
6. Work Where You Play, Bayfield County
7. Wisconsin's Northwest Heritage Passage, Spooner-based
8. Dairy View Country Store, Sturgeon Bay
9. AgrAbility (Resource Center for Farmers with Disabilities), New Holstein
10. Monroe County Public Safety & Justice Coordinating Committee

For complete descriptions and contact information for the 2000 and 2001 Top Rural Development Initiatives, download our PDF publication [567 kb] by clicking here. See our Archives page for past years.