Economic Development

La Crosse County, Wisconsin

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News & Upcoming Events

2009 Collaboration Conference

Solutions for Challenging Trends

This year's conference started with a presentation of various statistics including population, school enrollment, tax rate disparities, concentrations of poverty, and investment in infrastructure, which are starting to show some disturbing trends. Our development pattern indicates that we are encouraging sprawl and leaving our core to deteriorate – which is beginning to have negative impacts on the entire region. We then looked at a variety of potential solutions that could work to reverse these trends. We explored options from leveling out tax rates by cutting back on governmental services, to regional economic development and revenue sharing, to a higher education access program that has proven to have significant economic development implications in other communities.

Please use the links below to review the presentations that were delivered at the conference, read the feedback that was collected from the conference discussion sessions, and read more about the potential solutions that were discussed.

Challenging Trends - Regional Solutions - Slides

Report

Cost Containment - Slides

Regional "Compact" - Slides

For more information on some of the case studies, please use the following links:

Mile High Compact SE Wisconsin Regional Report Montgomery County, OH

Scholarship Program - Slides

To review the W.E. Upjohn Report on La Crosse, please use the following links:

Executive Summary Economic Impact Study

For more information on existing "Promise" programs, please use the following links:

Kalamazoo Promise El Dorado Promise Pittsburgh Promise

Conference Feedback

Forms Flip Charts

If you would like more information on any of these ideas, or if you would like to have any of this information presented to area groups and organizations, please contact Brian Fukuda at 608-785-5792 or fukuda.brian@co.la-crosse.wi.us

2008 Collaboration Conference

Sustainable La Crosse - Energy Conservation

We are excited to welcome Terry Gips as our Keynote Speaker for this year's Collaboration Conference, along with a great panel of local experts in sustainability and energy conservation.

Terry Gips Bio

2007 Collaboration Conference

Housing Solutions in the 7 Rivers Region

Housing Presentation by Jenny Larson (pdf)

Registration Form (pdf)

2006 Collaboration Conference Materials