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Cranes in Navarino by Jay Moynihan

 

Last updated: 06-19-2009

Jay Moynihan

Shawano County - UW Extension Room 101, Courthouse 311 N Main Street Shawano, WI 54166-2198 Phone: 715-526-6136 Fax: 715-526-4875
Email: jay.moynihan@ces.uwex.edu

Full Report: "Global Climate Change Impact in the United States" (06/16/2009) Written by scientists for local private sector & public sector decision makers.
http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/download-the-report

 

Economic Recovery Resources

The “Go Shawano” Team

Encourages business owners and managers to contact us learn where you may be needing assistance.  Gaining an understanding of your key needs will enable us to connect you to resources that may make all the difference for your business.  Contact information for the “Go Shawano” Team partners is provided below.

Our goal is to work together to try to help save jobs.  While the current crisis did not occur overnight and many solutions may not provide short term relief, in the meantime, we’re all in this together.  And by working together we may be able to engage effective resources that could make all the difference for you.  So please contact us - the “Go Shawano” Team is ready and eager to help.

Who can I contact?

Shawano County                                                UW Extension                                      Shawano Country Chamber of Commerce                  

Frank Pascarella, Admin. Coord.                     Jay Moynihan                                      Nancy Smith, Executive Director

715-526-4641                                                      715-526-6136                                      715-524-2139     

admfrank@co.shawano.wi.us                    jay.moynihan@ces.uwex.edu          nsmith@shawano.com

City of Shawano                                                 Shawano County                                Shawano County Social Services

Lorna Marquardt, Mayor                                  Marshal Giese, Chairman                  Rick Kane, Director

715-526-6152                                                      715-526-9150  X-4917                      715-526-4700

mayor@shawanonet.net                                   mgiese@co.shawano.wi.us                socrick@co.shawano.wi.us

                                                               

City of Shawano                                                 SCEPI                                                    Shawano Municipal Utilities

Jim Stadler, City Admin.                                    Steve Sengstock, Exec. Dir.               Okho Bohm Hagedorn, Gen. Mgr.

715-526-6151                                                      715-526-5839                                      715-526-7721

admin@shawanonet.net                                    scepi@frontiernet.net                         ohagedorn@shawanonet.net

               

Shawano Leader                                                 Shawano Industrial & Economic Development Commission                                                   

Paul Seveska, CEO                                             Dave Kerber, President

715-526-7016                                                      715-526-9400

pseveska@bluelinemediaholdings.com          dkerber@kerberrose.com                  

 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

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Spending Provisions
Committee on Appropriations – Conference Agreement Summary

http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/PressSummary02-13-09.pdf

Recovery Program Matrix (courtesy of Pierce County, Wisconsin Government)
A handy spreadsheet of contact information by program/area.

Courtesy of Pierce County, Wisconsin Government. "Below are the funding categories.  Click on any of the categories to view a brief description of the available programs along with State and Federal contact information."



Education                                       Energy                                       Environment and Water

Health Care                                    Housing                                      Individual and Family Assistance

Miscellaneous                              Public Safety and Justiice       Science/Technology

Tax Relief and Incentives            Transportation                           Workforce

Sustainability relevant ARRA opportunities

Tax Relief
Summary of Provisions From Senate Finance & House Ways and Means Committees

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/arra.pdf

Tax summaries & links:

Tax Cuts for Wisconsin Families
Tax Benefits for Wisconsin Businesses
Federal Tax Credit for Energy Efficiency
Energy Tax Breaks for Business, Utilities and Governments

CCH Tax Summary

The main State of Wisconsin reference:

Wisconsin Office Of Recovery & Reinvestment

http://www.recovery.wisconsin.gov/

Search Page: http://www.recovery.wisconsin.gov/

Directory of Federal Agency Recovery Act sites: http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/agencies


The mission of the UW-Extension Community Resource Development Educator
is to help citizens build better communities
, by:

  • providing learning opportunities related to public issues
  • facilitating citizen participation
  • conducting localized research with community groups
  • accessing outside resources and university information

The benefits of this work for communities include...

  • greater public awareness of current forces affecting communities
  • more informed group and community decision making
  • preservation of community features that citizens value
  • progress toward changes that citizens desire

Who the CRD Educator works with includes...

  • local, county, school and tribal governments
  • planning commissions and plan advisory committees
  • nonprofit, community-based organizations and civic groups
  • businesses and business organizations
  • community development corporations
  • property owners, lake groups and natural resource organizations
  • housing and neighborhood groups

Cranes in Navarino by Jay Moynihan

 


 

Business & Economic Development Education



The Shawano County UW-Extension program partners with the county's development corporations, chambers of commerce, downtown and tourism groups, and other nonprofits to help build their own capacities for making development happen. We support you by conducting research on special topics and providing development related information & education.


In addition, contact us about:

Facilitation of and education about strategic planning. The whole process, and if desired "scenario planning" facilitation.

Education for management & staff regarding:

Introduction to Sustainability.
The Natural Step.
Rapid Climate Change Strategy & Energy Planning for Business. Available at your organization's office in Shawano County.
Life Cycle Analysis.
Industrial Ecology.

Coming.............. Data sources for examining the economy of Shawano County.........................

UW Extension Sustainable Communities Capacity Center

UW Extension Center for Community & Economic Development

Global Trends 2025
http://www.dni.gov/nic/PDF_2025/2025_Global_Trends_Final_Report.pdf
Every four years the National Intelligence Council &CIA publishs a forcast report. This is the 11/2008 one.

Full Report: "Global Climate Change Impact in the United States" (06/16/2009)
Written by scientists for local private sector & public sector decision makers.
http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/download-the-report


County Governance Education

  • Governance Issues

  • Outcome Based Budgeting and Management

Introduction
co-pbm-pbb-deptheads-07262007-jsm-07242007-mod10262008 (Powerpoint)

Performance Based Management and Budgeting Introduction by Alan Probst, Local Government Specialist
http://lgc.uwex.edu//Finance/FM7PerformMeas.ppt (Powerpoint).

Extension Local Government Center Financial Management Series
http://lgc.uwex.edu//Finance/FinMgmt.html (Powerpoint)

  • Facilities Planning

Debt Management
http://lgc.uwex.edu//Finance/FM5Debt.ppt (Powerpoint)

Introduction to Capital Planning
http://lgc.uwex.edu//Finance/FM6Capital.ppt (Powerpoint)

  • Comprehensive Planning, landuse.

Contact us about: Facilitation of and education about strategic planning. The whole process, and if desired "scenario planning" facilitation.

Workshops & Training regarding:

Introduction to Sustainability.
The Natural Step.
Rapid Climate Change Strategy & Energy Planning for local government.

UW Extension Sustainable Communities Capacity Center

UW Extension Local Government Center

Worth Reading:


Global Trends 2025

http://www.dni.gov/nic/PDF_2025/2025_Global_Trends_Final_Report.pdf
Every four years the National Intelligence Council &CIA publishs a forcast report. This is the 11/2008 one.



Organizational Development

  • Facilitation
  • Facilitation of and education about strategic planning. The whole process, and if desired "scenario planning" facilitation.
  • Research

UW Extension Sustainable Communities Capacity Center

The Free Management Library

General Reference: Martindale's Reference Center


Near Highway 29, rain. By Jay Moynihan


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

Jay Moynihan
Shawano County - UW Extension
Room 101, Courthouse
311 N Main Street
Shawano, WI 54166-2198
Phone: 715-526-6136
Fax: 715-526-4875
Email: jay.moynihan@ces.uwex.edu