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Located on Lake Superior and featuring impressive stands of timber, Northern Wisconsin is a nature-lover’s dream. It’s also home to the University of Wisconsin-Superior—and to a forestry industry that serves as a model of sustainability and innovation. With Duluth, Minnesota—a commerce and shipping hub with several universities and a population of 86,000—just 15 minutes away, your business will have everything it needs to succeed.

• 325 miles of Lake Superior shoreline
• Home to four world-class research centers with ties to UW-Superior

Located along the Mississippi River, Northwest Wisconsin features spectacular scenic beauty. At the same time, it’s less than an hour from Minneapolis and is home to several small and midsize cities as well as three campuses of the Universities of Wisconsin. With an outstanding talent pool and big-city amenities—all in close proximity to nature—it's hard to beat the quality of life here.

• Home to 3 UW campuses: Eau Claire, River Falls, and Menominee
• #5 Most Livable Small City – Eau Claire Source: Smart Asset, 2021

Located along the bluffs of the Mississippi River and featuring the lush Kickapoo River Valley, West Central Wisconsin features breathtaking scenery. At the same time, it’s a hotbed of talent, with a top-rated campus of the Universities of Wisconsin in La Crosse and a nationally ranked technical college with seven locations throughout the region. It’s no wonder several companies have chosen to make this area their home base.

• #1 Public University in Wisconsin with <25K Students - UW-La Crosse U.S. News & World Report, 2024
• Top 100 Best Places to Live in America - La Crosse Livability, 2020

Southwest Wisconsin, with its rolling vistas and fertile landscapes, is an epicenter for artisanal food and beverage manufacturers and farm-to-fork entrepreneurs. It only follows that it’s also become a mecca for foodies, who come to indulge in culinary expertise—including world-renowned cheese.

• Longest Running Food Festival in the Midwest – Monroe Cheese Days
• Wisconsin’s Second Largest Engineering Program – UW-Platteville

Welcome to the Northwoods, as the locals like to call it. This breathtaking region is swathed in evergreen forest and dotted with inland lakes. A true love of nature inspires this region—from the sustainable stewardship and innovation of its thriving forestry industry to the entrepreneurs who welcome tourists to bask in the beauty and sport.

• The Largest Freshwater Lake Chain in the World – Eagle River
• Home of the World Championship Snowmobile Derby – Eagle River

Central Wisconsin, with its rolling landscapes, marshy expanses, rich soil, and abundance of water has a dual personality. All at once, it’s a fun and relaxing getaway for tourists and a hardworking agricultural region of Wisconsin. To put it another way, it’s the Water Park Capital of the World® AND the world’s largest cranberry producer rolled into one. You can imagine the vibrant and varied experiences this region has to offer.

• Leading producer of ginseng in the U.S.
• #2 Tourist Destination in Wisconsin – Wisconsin Dells

South Central Wisconsin is home to the state’s capital, Madison, as well as its flagship university campus, UW-Madison. This infuses this region with highly educated top talent and big thinking. It’s no wonder Madison was recently identified as the third-fastest-growing startup community in the U.S. and one of CBRE’s 25 top tech talent markets in the country.

• 5th Most Educated City in America – Madison (WalletHub, 2023)
• Top 8 Little Cities That Think Big – Madison (AFAR, 2022)

East Central Wisconsin offers the best of both worlds—safe, vibrant cities with top-tier colleges and universities, award-winning health care, and an active performing arts scene encircled by countless freshwater lakes, stunning scenery, and the massive beauty of Lake Michigan. There’s a reason this region of Wisconsin constantly tops national lists of best places to live, have a family, and find peace of mind. It truly has it all.

• Several Fortune 500 and 1000 companies
• #1 Best Place to Live in the U.S. – Green Bay, WI U.S. News and World Report, 2023

Southeast Wisconsin is located on the western shores of Lake Michigan, giving it direct access to 20% of the world’s fresh water. Steeped in manufacturing heritage and brimming with startup culture and innovation, the region produces some of the world’s top new technologies—not only in water but in advanced manufacturing, biohealth, and energy, power, and controls as well.

• Milwaukee ranked #3 Best Big City in the U.S. (Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards, 2023)
• UW-Milwaukee is an R1 Level Research University (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education)