Economic Development for Washington Island

Documents for 9/27/2011 WIEDC Meeting

• Agenda
• Minutes of Previous Meeting
• Initial Draft of Ferry Survey
• Washington Observer Article about Glacierland Study
• Glacierland List of Potential Development Issues
• Glacierland 2010 Pellet Study -- Not Available
• FMI Brands Scalable Pellet Operation
• Glacierland 2010 Washington Island Centralized Heating Plant -- Not Available

Washington Island Studies related to Economic Development

• 1993     Economic Study - Brief Summary
• 1995     Stout University Study of Tourism on Washington Island
• 2007     Zoning Committee Study Relating to Land Use
  • 2007     Zoning Committee Study - Summary
  • 2007     Zoning Committee Study - Analysis of Open Ended Responses
• 2008     Economic Development Committee - Burke Study
• 2011     Island-NWTC Education Needs Study (Retired vs Not Retired)
• 2011     Island-NWTC Education Needs Study (Preferences)
• 2011     Economic Development Committee - Island's Economic Advantages and Disadvantages

Glacierland Corporation $40,000 Grant to Study Washington Island

• 0810 Glacierland Email     Email from Glacierland to Robert Cornell
• Glacierland Original Grant Application     Grant Application
• 08 Draft agenda & documents from Glacierland     Draft of survey, Project outline
• 0822Cornell Peterson Exchange     Email Exchange
• Glacierland Grant Award --- Not available yet

Washington Island Economic Development Committee 

• WIEDC     http://www.washingtonisland-wi.gov/committees/edc.html
• Committee view - Island's Economic Advantages and Disadvantages

Federal Rural Development Program

• Email from Glacierland to Robert Cornell
• Glacierland     http://glacierlandrcd.org/
• The National Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils     http://www.rcdnet.org/
• Rural Development USDA   http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/
• Rural Economic Development Grant Program      http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_redlg.html

Economic Development Organizations

• door county economic development     http://www.doorcountybusiness.com/
• David Ward’s Northstar Economics          http://www.northstareconomics.com/index.html

Business Incubators

• door county incubator http://www.doorcountybusiness.com/news/dcedc-celebrates-incubator-10th-anniversary/
• Green Bay incubator http://www.uwgb.edu/sbdc/html/incubator.htm
• Algoma Certified Kitchen http://www.farmmarketkitchen.com
• Wisconsin Business Incubation Association     http://www.wbiastate.org/
• Incubators in the State of Wisconsin       http://www.wbiastate.org/?110260

Forum Type Projects

• door county summer institute        http://www.mcw.edu/psychiatry/doorcounty2011.htm
• the clearing   http://theclearing.org/2010/index.shtml

Sievers type Projects

• Madeline island school of the arts   http://www.madelineartschool.com/
• lake superior big top chitaqua       http://www.bigtop.org/about/
• vesterheim    http://vesterheim.org/index.php
• north house folk school      http://www.northhouse.org/aboutus/welcome/index.htm
• the clearing   http://theclearing.org/2010/index.shtml
• hands on art school            http://handsonartstudio.com/

Education Projects

• nwtc – learning in retirement http://www.nwtc.edu/ATNWTC/PLACES/STURGEONBAY/LIR/Pages/home.aspx

Economic Data and Demographics

• us census bureau   http://censtats.census.gov/cgi-bin/zbpnaic/zbpsect.pl?Zip=54246

Tourism Promotions

• Washington Island Chamber of Commerce     http://washingtonisland-wi.com/

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