"Helping Communities Manage Challenges and Opportunities"

CNRED TOPICS AREAS

• Rural Land Use and Sustainable Development
• Community and Economic Development
• Leadership and Organizational Development
• Marketing and Tourism
• Small Business Assistance
• Demographics

• St. Croix River Basin - Please contact John Haack for more information on this topic, e-mail: john.haack.ces.uewx.edu

  FACT Sheets
  UW-Extension Local Government Center FACT Sheets Open Meetings Open Records Town Plan Commission County Government All FACT Sheets

CURRENT ISSUES - All files are Acrobat (pdf files)

• Comprehensive Planning Education
  • Ultimate Land Use Study Tour III, October 15-20, 2008
• Local Elected Officials Newsletter (LEO)
• County Board Size: Reduction and Restructuring
• Polk County Strategic Planning Program
• Polk County Vision - Mission - Direction
  • Community Input Survey
• Compiled final survey results
• Polk County New Vision Statement
• Polk Burnett Leadership Academy
• Inaugural Leadership Academy Graduates - Class of 2006
• Leadership Academy Graduates - Class of 2007
• Leadership Academy Graduates - Class of 2008
• Polk Burnett Leadership Academy Poster
• Polk Burnett Leadership Academy Brochure 2008
• Polk Burnett Leadershp Academy Application
• Keys to Effective Leadership - Some Powerpoint Presentations
  • Polk-Burnett Leadership Program
  • Leadership Styles
  • Local Government Budgets
  • Basic Meeting Principles
  • Conducting Effective Meetings
  • Generational Presentation
  • InterCooperative Government
  • Parliamentary Procedure Presentation
  • Wisconsin Local Government
  • General Board of Directors Responsibilities
• Northwest Wisconsin Regional Inventors' and Entrepreneurs' Club
  • Club Resources
• Gandy Dancer Economic Impact Study
  • Proposal
  • Warm Weather Survey
  • Cold Weather Survey
  • Gandy Dancer Trail Maps
  • Volunteer Role Description
• Renewable Energy
• "Tools of Development" - News Release October 9, 2008
  Renewable Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurs Meeting - The NW Wisconsin Regional Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club invites existing businesses and those who are thinking about starting a business to attend a Renewable Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurs meeting on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 9 am at the St. Croix Casino in Turtle Lake, Wis. - see link.
  

WISLINE PROGRAMS

• Conducting Local Elections
• Current Issues Affecting Local Government Officials
• Local Land Use Planning and Zoning

RELATED LINKS OF INTEREST

• UW - Extension Community, Natural Resource and Economic Development

• UW System Market Research Census 2000 - County ProfilesUW Extension - Business and Economic Development
  • Starting A Business in Polk County
• UW-Extension Local Government Center
• UW-Extension Solid and Hazardous Waste Education

• Census 2000
• Comprehensive Planning Resources
  • Comprehensive Planning Process - 8 Step Checklist
• Informational Tax System Reports
• Intergovernmental Relations
• Polk County Issues
  • Economic Development in Rural Areas
  • Housing Assistance in Polk County - New resource
  • Polk County Economic Profile
  • Polk County Government
  • 2030 Polk County Demographic Projections
  • The University of Wisconsin in Your Community
  • Community, Natural Resouce and Economic Development
  • Five Steps to Building an Economic Development Corporation for Polk County
  • Profiles of County-Wide Economic Development Corporations in Wisconsin
  • Population Growth Projections
  • Polk-Burnett County Demographic
  • Regional Recreation Anaylsis
  • Amery to Dresser State Recreation Trail Master Plan
• US Census Bureau - Polk County
• Additional Resources (CHECK IT OUT!)

STAFF

If you have any questions regarding Community Resource Development in Polk County, please contact:

Robert (Bob) Kazmierski
Polk County - UW Extension
100 Polk County Plaza
Suite 210
Balsam Lake, WI 54810
Phone: 715-485-8600
Fax: 715-485-8601
Email: bob.kazmierski@ces.uwex.edu