The Center for Community and Economic Development, University of Wisconsin Extension, creates, applies and transfers multidisciplinary knowledge to help people understand community change and identify opportunities.

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You can reach the Center at:

610 Langdon Street
Room 336
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 265 - 8136
FAX: (608) 263 - 4999
TTY: 1 - 800 - 947 - 3529
Email: cced@uwex.edu

Established in 1990 by Professor Ron Shaffer

• A Home for Everyone Conference, July 27-28, 2011, Stevens Point , WI., UWEX is a partner in the Wisconsin Collaborative for Affordable Housing, which sponsors this annual conference.
• Healthy Hospitals. Healthy Communities. An economic impact study of Wisconsin's hospitals
• Tourism Tools for Community and Business Development , Educational resources for the Tourism Industry Presented at the 2009 Wisconsin Governor’s Conference on Tourism
• Current data (2000-2010) on foreclosure civil cases in Wisconsin - Third Quarter 2010 data is now available - See also: Housing Resources
• View the keynote presentation (PDF 5MB) given by Greg Wise and Matt Kures at the 17th Conference on the Small City and Regional Community
• Read about the Downtown Madison Market Analysis authored by Center Specialists Matt Kures and Bill Ryan in the Wisconsin State Journal.
• Center Specialist Matt Kures was selected by In Business magazine as a member of the 2007 class of “40 Under 40.” This distinguished group of forty top achievers under 40 years of age were selected based on their impacts to their organization and contributions to the greater Madison community.
• Center Specialists routinely update their county-based UW-Extension colleagues on their respective programming and activities. Read the latest CNRED Community and Economic Development Update.
• Familiarize yourself with the new “Community Indicator” focusing on the topic of foreclosures based on the first quarter data 2009 . Authored by Center Specialist Andy Lewis, this series is intended to stimulate thoughtful dialogue about potential issues, opportunities and challenges facing your community.
• Read the article “Black out of the blue light: An analysis of Kmart store closing decisions” written by Center Specialist Matt Kures and Colorado State University’s Martin Shields appearing in the July issue of the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.
• "Building Communities" Educational Series - The Center provides "just in time learning" opportunities via this webinar series.
• Economic Snapshots - A weekly series of economic indicators published in the Wisconsin State Journal.
• Additional External Resources
•  Archive

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