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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. |
