CNRED TOPICS

• Business Resources
• Economic Development and Tourism
• Planning and Development
• Local Government
• Lakes and Rivers
• Organizational Development and NonProfit Resources
• Polk-Burnett Leadership Academy
• Woodlands
• Green Building
• Energy
• Rural Living Resources
• Demographics

Business Resources

• Wisconsin Entrepreneur's Network
• Entrepreneurs Toolkit Resource Link
• Let's Talk Business: Ideas for Expanding retail and Services in Your Community - by Bill Ryan
• UW Extension Small Business Development Center: One on one no cost counseling 1 (800) 940-SBDC (7232)
• Starting a Business? Here's Help: Resources on How To Start a Business (18 pages, 122 KB)
• Application for Business Tax Registration: Wisconsin Business Tax Registration Form (Sellers permit, WI Employer Id, alcohol beverage, tobacco products) (4 pages, 35 KB)
• Instructions For Wisconsin Business Tax Registration (8 pages, 60 KB)
• Application for Employer Identification Number: Federal Employer ID Form SS-4 (2 pages, 28 KB)
• Register Your Business Name With the State of Wisconsin -Not Requried To Register with Burnett County (Form) - pdf file
• Assign/Transfer Your Business Name Form With the State of Wisconsin (form) pdf file
• Sales and Use Forms Wisconsin Department of Revenue
• Department of Commerce Business Resources
• What permits do I need to start my business? Business Wizard Link.
• Wisconsin Loan and Grant Funds
• Veterans Business Resources
• Minority and Women Business Resources

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Economic Development and Tourism

• 2005 Traffic Counts for the rural areas of Burnett County and Villages

• Labor Profile-Burnett County December 2007 -pdf file

• Tourism Assessment and Strategic Plan -Burnett County 2003 -pdf file

• Craftpersons and Artists In Northwest Wisconsin: Putting a Face on a Creative Industry 2006

• Burnett County Tourism Profile-2002-pdf file

• Northwoods Tourism Impact Profile-2002-pdf file

• Economic and Demographic Profile of Wisconsin ATV Users-2003-pdf file

• Northwest Wisconsin Manufacturing Outreach Center - UW Stout

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Planning and Development

• Comprehensive Planning
  • Plannning Elements Guidebooks
  • Official Mapping Fact Sheet- pdf
  • Crafting an Effective Public Participation Plan - pdf file
  • Comprehensive Planning Fundamentals UW Extension Publication
  • Required Elements of a Local Comprehensive Plan UW Extension Publication
  • Key Points about Wisconsin's Comprehensive Planning and Smart Growth Law UW Extension Publication
  • Growning Greener: A Guide to Conservation Subdivisons - a 20 page PDF file from the Natural Lands Trust web site.
  • Town of Grantsburg Comprehensive Plan
  • Town of Blaine Comprehensive Plan
  • Ashland County Wisconsin Comprehensive Plan
    
    
• Links
  • Wisconsin Chapter of the American Planning Association
  • Planning Commissioner's Journal: Planners Web
  • West Wisconsin Land Trust
  • National Lands Trust
  • Gathering Waters Land Trust
  • Cyburbia - The Urban Planning Portal (miscellaneous planning resources)
  • Northwest Regional Planning Commission
  • Land Use Tracker Newsletter - Center for Land Use Education
    • The Land Use Tracker: Top 10 Myths and Facts About Wisconsin’s “Smart Growth” Law

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Local Government

• Adopting Village Powers by Towns-pdf file

• Forming a Town Plan Commission-pdf file

• Create a Plan Commission Model Ordinance (5 and 7 members) with notes -pdf
• Application for Plan Commissioners-word document
• Matrix for evaluating potential plan commissioners-excel file
• Recruiting and Retaining Plan Commissioners - pdf file
• Open Meetings Laws-pdf file

• Intergovernmental Cooperation

• Local Government Center-UWEX

• Web Site Hosting for Towns and Villages by State of Wisconsin Dept. of Administration (Div. of Enterprise Technology)
  • Sample Web Site: Town of Sand Lake - Burnett County, Wisconsin

Lakes and Rivers

• Lakes Education Resources
• Lake Education Publications
• How To Start a Lake Association or Lake District
• What's in Your Tackle Box is Killing Loons! Get The Lead Out!
• Citizen Lake Monitoring Self Help
• DNR Lakes Small Scale Grant Information
• Understanding Lake Data - UWEX publication -pdf
• Water on the Web - Understanding Lake Ecology - pdf

  Burnett County Lake Study Information

  • Burnett County Lake Associations show Knowledge Impact -pdf
  • Lake Study Power Point
  • Community Based Social Marketing - Resources for creating Sustainable Communities
  • Conservation Marketing - Tools and Techniques of Living by the Water - pdf
    
• Lake Associations and Other Links
  • Big Wood Lake Association
  • Johnson Lake Association
  • Birch Island Lake
  • Wisconsin Association of Lakes
  • Washburn County Lakes Association
    
• Lake Lines Newsletter
  • Lake Lines Spring 2009- Volume 14 / Issue One - pdf
  • Lake Lines Fall 2008 - pdf
  • Lake Lines Spring 2008 -pdf
  • Lake Lines Fall 2007 -pdf
  • Lake Lines Spring 2007-pdf
  • Lake Lines Fall 2006
  • Lake Lines Spring 2006
  • Lake Lines Fall 2005
  • Lake Lines Spring 2005
  • Lake Lines Fall 2004
  • Lake Lines Spring 2004
  • Lake Lines Fall 2003
• Lake Lines Spring 2003(4 pages, 240 KB)
• Lake Lines Fall 2002 (12 pages, 346 KB)
• Lake Lines Spring 2002(12 pages, 346 KB)
• Lake Lines Fall 2001(10 pages, 423 KB)
• Lake Lines Spring 2001(8 pages, 317 KB)

• Courtesy Code For Lakes and Rivers (2 pages, 103 KB)
  
• Shoreline Preservation Program (Would you like a Property Tax Credit?)
• UW Extension Lakes Program
  

• "How's the Water? Planning for Recreational Use on Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers" Editors: Robert Korth and Tamara Dudiak To purchase email: uwexlakes@uwsp.edu

  Table of Contents Chapter One: Water Recreation In Wisconsin Chapter Two: Recreational Boating: Research and Facts Chapter Three: Water Recreation and the Law Chapter Four: Playing Together - Managing Conflicts Around Your Lake Chapter Five: Developing a Recreational Use Plan For Your Lake

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Organizational Development and NonProfit Resources

• NonProfit Resource Web Sites
• Community Based Social Marketing
• 139 Ways To Recognize Your Volunteers - pdf file

Polk - Burnett Leadership Academy and Leadership Resources

 

Cultivating a Better Community and Discovering New Horizons

• The Polk-Burnett Leadership Academy offers individuals working and living in Polk and Burnett counties the opportunity to change their lives and lives of those in the area around them.

  In partnership with the University of Wisconsin Extension , participants meet once per month from September through May. Each day-long session will provide the opportunity for personal and professional growth. In the first session, you will learn to expand and perfect your leadership potential and leadership style. You will learn how to work with others and motivate yourself to take on and solve business and community issues.  

  The later sessions will provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse into various communities within the Polk-Burnett area. You will meet and interact with the leaders from the region who will present concrete information about local issues of concern.

  The session locations will rotate between the two counties. The $300 cost of the program will cover books, materials, meals, and program activities. Attendance at each session is expected. Sessions will be held during the work day. Scholarships are available through the Burnett County Develoment Association and UW - Extension. Persons who live or work in Burnett County are eligible for a $150 scholarship.

  As a participant, you will leave these intensive hands-on sessions with a solid understanding of who you are, what issues this region faces, and how you can make a difference on the job and in your community.

Some Past Graduates Include:

Dianne Connor - Town of Jackson, Chairman and Nexen

My time in the 2007 program was very well spent. I learned so much about Town and County Government, Land Use issues, Lakeshore and Waterway Preservation, and Manufacturing in Polk and Burnett Counties. I am amazed at how much of this acquired information I still use on a regular basis. I still keep in touch with many of the students who were in the program with me. This has been a valuable way to network throughout the two counties. Dianne Connor Town Chairperson - Town of Jackson - Burnett County Senior Quality Assurance Technician - Nexen

Dan Peterson - Town of Daniels, Chairman

Bonita Leggitt - City of St. Croix Falls

Brian Beseler, County Board Chariman (Polk County)

Priscilla Bauer, County Board Supervisor ( Burnett County)

Tim Gerber - Community Bank

Gerry Boucher - School House Productions

Shelly Moen - US Bank

Patty Draxler - Family Resource Center

Peggy Moore - Fishbowl Insurance

Colleen Gifford - Polk County Library

Kelly Gross - Farmers Independent Telephone

Karen Krupa - Interfaith Caregivers

Jeff Bush - Insight School

Greg Marsten - WIXE Radio

Marilyn Senderlund

Laura Wardahl Neve - Burnett County Health and Human Services

Mark Miller - Miller Construction

Mary Jo Parnell - Salvation Army

Delene Berger - Farmers Independent Telephone

Susan Sopiwnik - Family Preservation and

Michael Schaar

Karla Burnberg - Burnett County Health and Human Services

Kristi Vossen - Village of Frederic

Joyce Stanchfield - Nexen and Girl Scouts Council of St. Croix Falls

Doug Stubbe - Burnett County Veterans Service Officer

Bob Zank - WPCA Radio

Jeff Thielke - Nexen

 

 

Taking Applications for Group 4: September 2008 - May 2009 Program.

Apply Now !

• Leadership Academy Brochure; Group 4 2008-09; Session Descriptions-pdf

• Application Form: Deadline August 22, 2008- pdf file

• For more information contact: Mike Kornmann at 349-2151 or mike.kornmann@ces.uwex.edu

 

 

Group 3 - 2008 - Polk Burnett Leadership Academy

 

Leadership Links and Resources

• Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program

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Woodlands

• American Tree Farm System
• Wisconsin Woodland Assistance
• Wisconsin Family Forests
  
• Woodland Leadership Institute
  

• Master Woodlands Stewards Program:
  • Photos from the June 2003 Master Woodlands Stewards Program at the Schwan Center in Trego, WI. (3 pages, 772 KB)
    
• U.S. Forest Service Silviculture Hand Book
  
• Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association
  
• Forestry Facts Series
  
• Woodlands of Opportunties and Challenges (16 pages, 322 KB)

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Green Building

• Green Building Resource Guide

• Green Building Resources - Environmental Protection Agency

• Sustainable Architecture and Building

• Rocky Mountain Institute - Building and Land Resources

• Playbook for Green Buildings and Neighborhoods - A resource for local governments

Energy

• Forces Driving Wind Power Development - Pat Walsh- UW Madison/Extension
• Focus on Energy
• Rocky Mountain Institute- Energy Resources
• Midwest Renewable Energy Fair

Rural Living Resources

• Rural Living Guide pdf
• Country Acres pdf
• Care and Maintenace of Residential Septic Systems pdf
• Outdoor Hazards in WI (A guide to noxious insects, plants and wildlife) pdf
• Choosing a Water Treatment Device - pdf
• Do Deeper Wells Mean Better Water - pdf

Demographics

• 2000 Census

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