Thank you for attending the 2023 WEDA Governor’s Conference on Economic Development! Your participation helped make the event a huge success!
Please find below key presentations from the conference (CLICK HERE to view the Conference Agenda):
- Looking Forward – Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
- Historic Tax Credits: Boosting Preservation, Community Revitalization and Economic Impact for Wisconsin
- Put Wisconsin’s Airports to Work and Watch Our Economy Soar
- Are You Ready for Life-Experienced Entrepreneurs?
- Community Transformation Despite Limited Resources
- Covering All the Bases: Attraction, Retention & Education
- Steps to Generating New, Diverse Housing in Small Communities
- Redevelopment Obstacles: “You’ll Never Guess What Happened…”
- The Business Case for Public Investment in Early Childhood Education
- Developing a Data-Informed Regional Talent Attraction Strategy
We look forward to seeing you at the 2024 Governor’s Conference on Economic Development.
Thank You Conference Sponsors:
- Baker Tilly
- Alliant Energy
- Spectrum
- FIRE
- US Bank
- CG Schmidt
- Vierbicher
- Wisconsin Center for Employee Ownership
- Eppstein Uhen Architects
2023 Conference Planning Team:
- Becky Albert, Wisconsin Indian Business Alliance
- Calli Berg, Milwaukee County
- Brad Elmer, Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors
- Rebecca Gries, M7
- Melissa Hunt, Vierbicher
- David Kircher, Phoenix Financial Advisors
- Tracy Luber, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
- Natanael Martinez, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
- Seyoum Mengesha, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
- Amber Miller, AARP Wisconsin
- Jolena Presti, Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors
- Erica Steele, Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority
- Beth Weirick, Downtown Milwaukee
- Heather Wessling-Grosz, Kenosha Area Business Association