Conferences, Forums and Workshops

What is Rural? The Impact of Definitions, November, 2005
Growing Wisconsin Entrepreneurs: Beyond Borders, Beyond Buildings,
November, 2005
Entrepreneurial Communities Potluck, April, 2005
Creating the New Rural Economy, October, 2004
Best Practices Mobile Workshop, May, 2001, co-hosted with the Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program. Download a PDF file of the proceedings digest.

Wisconsin Community Leadership Summits

4th Annual (2006): Click here to visit the CLS4 web page.
3rd Annual (2005): Click here to visit the CLS3 web page. | View a photo slide show recap of the entire Summit. [PDF file]
2nd Annual (2004): Click here to visit the CLS2 web page. | View a photo slide show recap of the entire Summit. [PDF file] (14 MB, can take several minutes to load on a dial-up connection).
1st Annual (2003): View the PowerPoint presentation on "Social Capital" by keynote speaker Cornelia Butler Flora. [PPT format, 139 KB, click on logo bottom right to advance slides] | View a photo slide show recap of the entire Summit. [PDF file] (1.5MB, can take several minutes to load on a dial-up connection.)

Top Rural Development Initiatives

Online database of initiatives from 1998-2006.
2006 Awards | 2005 Awards | 2004 Awards | 2003 Awards |
2000-2001 Awards
1999 Yearbook, PDF file, 44 pp, [624 kb]. Click here to download.
1998 Yearbook, PDF file, 64 pp, [495 kb]. Click here to download.

Strategic Alliances

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Rural Education Policy Initiative (2004 - 2006)
Rural Policy Network Forum, January, 2006. Link to site.
Rural Policy Network Forum, January, 2004. Forum Proceedings [Word .doc];
Preliminary report from the State Superintendent [Word .doc];
Superintendent of Public Instruction's Press Release "Burmaster announces initiative to support rural schools," dated 3/18/2004. [PDF file].
Press Release for Rural Policy Network Forum Reunion (June 4, 2004).[PDF file]
Details of Superintendent's Rural Initiatives proposed June 4, 2004. [PDF file].

Community Resource Team (now TeamWorks!) Reports

Cable-Namakagon, December, 2003, [PDF 11 MB] Click here. [Please note that this is a very large file due to some of the graphics included.]
Adams County, September, 2002, [PDF 430 KB] Click here.
Highway 29 Community Partnership, May, 2002 [PDF 438KB] Click here.
Iron County, June, 2001 [PDF 5.5 MB] Click here.
Markesan, November, 2000 [PDF 341 KB] Click here.

Entrepreneurship Initiatives (1998 - 2006)

Link to Entrepreneurship Initiatives web page
Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network: link to web site.

Health Insurance Reform Coalition (1998-2002)

"Improving Wisconsin's Health Insurance Market," A report on the facilitated dialogue sessions of the Wisconsin Coalition for Health Insurance Reform. December, 1999. 25 pp. Download a PDF version here [177 kb].

Rural Capital Study Group (1998-2001)

View a power point presentation of the study group's findings, presented August, 1999. The study group continued to meet through 2001 to work together on the issues presented in the findings.

Past News

December, 2006 | April, 2006 | March, 2006 | February, 2006 | January, 2006 | December, 2005 | November, 2005 | October, 2005 |

Remembering Ron Shaffer

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