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Highway 29 Partnership
Linking You to Life in Central Wisconsin


Yellowstone Trail

      Cadott        Boyd       Stanley       Thorp       Owen - Withee       Curtiss
    exit 91                   exit 97                 exit 101                  exit 108                  exit 122  -  exit 118                     exit 127
   

                       

 


Our Mission Statement

  To enhance the capacity of regional economic development and housing through joint marketing and resource utilization of
participating communities of Boyd, Owen, Withee, Stanley and Thorp.  Cadott and Curtiss later joined the Partnership.


WHAT is Highway 29 Community Partnership:
We are a group of community citizens that look at business, housing and community development opportunities in our region. 
Local involvement plus USDA Rural Development, WHEDA and XCEL Energy all partners in local growth.


PURPOSE of the Highway 29 Community Partnership:
The purpose of our meetings is to share information and encourage participation to promote our region. 
The group started based on the unknown effect on housing with the opening of the prison in Stanley. 
We now have citizens from Cadott, Boyd, Stanley, Thorp, Withee, Owen, and Curtiss meeting monthly to find ways to promote the region.

Our current project is to promote the Yellowstone Trail which will bring more people to our communities and help our businesses. 
John and Alice Ridge from the Yellowstone Trail Association helped us identify the trail from Cadott to Curtiss and shared their expertise of the history of the trail.


SUCCESSES of Highway 29 Community Partnership:
  >>>
Communicating and working together for the past five years.
  >>> A Resource team sponsored by Wisconsin Rural Partners.  This team of 6 professionals spent a week in the five original communities
          interviewing various groups and organizations.  The result was a written report which identified the strengths and weaknesses of each community. 
          This report provided a tool for planning future development.  A copy of this report can be found on the website at http://www.wirural.org/
          Click on TeamWorks! program, Archives, Highway 29 Community Partnership, May, 2002
  >>> Developed a website at partner29.com
  >>> Xcel Energy sponsored a conservation program for the five original communities and did energy audits and energy improvements.
  >>> WHEDA provided Owen and Withee funding for the Paint & Fix-Up program.


WHO should be involved:
  >>>
Anyone who has ideas to better the Highway 29 Communities
  >>> Anyone who has an interest in promoting the Yellowstone Trail
  >>> Anyone with the interest of community history
  >>> Anyone who has expertise in organizing, writing, marketing, event planning
  >>> Anyone with an interest in business or housing development
  >>> Everyone else

Contact local elected officials for next meeting location and date or call Arlene Scalzo or Bryan Antony at 1-800-334-6873.


 

                      The three websites listed below may be useful resources for those interested in the Hwy 29 Partnership.


www.momentumwest.org

Momentum West is a Regional Economic Development Organization composed of ten counties:
Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Rusk, and St. Croix.


A study of Technology, Talent, and Target Industry Assessment has been completed for West Central Wisconsin.  It can be found at:

View Technology Talent and Target Industry Report


 

www.AgriBusinessInnovation.Org

We are a non-profit organization established with the mission of constructing and maintaining an Agribusiness Innovation Center in Central Wisconsin.
CWAIC, Inc. was formed by a diverse group of citizens from Clark County who are united in their passion to make this Innovation Center a reality.


The Agribusiness Innovation Center will be a multi-purpose facility designed to foster education, training, research and development in the areas of agribusiness and biotechnology. The building will incorporate large- and small-group learning environments, public meeting and presentation space, and business incubator space for agricultural entrepreneurs. Our vision is that the building itself will be a learning tool, using sustainable development concepts in the design of the building and surrounding site.

The Innovation Center is a key component in a larger agribusiness complex ideally located in northern Clark County, the heart of Wisconsin.
Its location along four-lane Highway 29 provides easy access to larger metropolitan areas in the state, while still preserving our rural character.

Clark County is already one of the leading agricultural counties in the state.
We are home to plentiful dairy farms, award-winning butter producers, master and artisan cheese makers, cash-cropping
and ag support businesses, greenhouses, tree farms and nurseries, and a major wholesale produce auction facility.
In addition, Central Wisconsin is developing a strong reputation in the bio energy field. Numerous alternative energy entities are located in the region.


 

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