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Wrapping up a record year for Wisconsin investments
Smart investing means ensuring Wisconsin is a place where businesses want to locate and grow—and where families want to live, work, and raise their families.
WEDC creates new position to advance Tribal economic development
David Fleming Sr. will be the first point of contact for WEDC in its relationships with administrators, grant writers, and other leaders within the state’s Tribes.
Wisconsin shines as a foreign direct investment destination
Our state’s proactive approach in fostering business growth and providing support underscores why Wisconsin is an exceptional place to invest and thrive.
Main Street businesses celebrate makeovers
This year’s winners include an Ellsworth purveyor of aromatherapy and wellness products, a Three Lakes taproom serving locally produced craft beers, and a martial arts studio in Mayville.
Changes to Wisconsin’s Business Development Tax Credit Program take effect
The program now offers incentives for workforce housing and child care; the program was also adjusted in ways that make it available to smaller companies and recognize the value of capital investment separately from job growth
Turning cow manure into home heat
Biogas systems like this digester allow farmers to capture the methane gas from cow manure and use that gas as a renewable energy source. Industrial Revenue Bond [...]
Food entrepreneurs cook up success in community kitchens
These shared kitchens help bridge a gap for people seeking to start a business selling food, making smaller ventures possible without the expense of investing in a commercial kitchen solely dedicated to one business.
Wisconsin’s biopharmaceutical manufacturing sector is poised for growth
At Catalent's Madison location, the company manufactures biologically active pharmaceutical ingredients in its small- and large-scale bioreactors, serving pharmaceutical companies of all sizes. A biohealth hidden gem [...]
WEDC launches new website
WEDC has refreshed its primary website with bold new messaging and a visitor-focused structure that helps users find the content that best serve their needs.
The Wisconsin Idea continues to guide our state’s future
By Missy Hughes WEDC Secretary and CEO Two major developments this spring demonstrate that the Wisconsin Idea—the belief that business, educational, and state leaders should work together to find [...]
Certified In Wisconsin Program now open for new applications
The Certified In Wisconsin Program—which designates commercial development sites as being shovel-ready, making them attractive to developers and valuable to communities—will accept new applications through May 31, 2024. “The [...]
From financial stability to professional fulfillment
WEDC-funded career development initiative helps refugees move into higher-skilled jobs—and helps bridge labor gap in the process.