WEDA MEMBERSHIP
Member Impact Stories
I just wanted to reach out and say thank you again for assisting me with the scholarship opportunity in May for the Wisconsin Economic Development Basics course.
Taking the course significantly bolstered my application for the position of Director of Economic Development for Greater Dunn County hired through UW-Stout- a position that I was recently offered and accepted!
I look forward to working with WEDA in this capacity in the future, but mostly just wanted to say thank you again!
Adam Accola
Director of Economic Development at Greater Dunn County
What are our members saying?
Thinking about becoming a member of WEDA? Read what our current members say about the value their WEDA membership provides them.
We find that the sponsorship opportunity is very valuable and it is about the relationship building. So having the time to talk to one another and connect at a social and business level has been really beneficial to us.
Simmi Urbanek
Director of Marketing
Greenfire Management Services
Another great conference this year! I really enjoyed the presentation on the economy, with talking about how we envision the year playing out. Which is something that I think we’re all thinking about and dealing with, so those are things that are really impacting our industry and impactful to talk about.
Travis Peterson
Director of Public Works
City of Sheboygan
Pretty much everyone here my staff works with on a daily basis, whether working on loans or grants or tax credits etcetera so that’s a big one. But secondly, we get updates on what our state is doing, essentially a game plan of the next 6-12 months. Working on ideas for the future with the kinds of people you work with everyday.
Tim Weber
Senior Economic Development Director
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
The Wednesday WEDA Academy at the conference was fantastic, I would very much urge if you’re a WEDA member to come. And if you’re not a WEDA member to become a member, come early and do the Academy. The energizing your future panel was something that we all need to be thinking a lot more about. So I was super grateful that WEDA Academy put that on. And it was free for members!
Sadie Howell
President/CEO
Envision Greater Fond du Lac
It was great to meet other economic development professionals from around the state at the WEDA Conference! I have not met a lot of these people so I was super excited! We were here during the conference to talk about the WI technical assistance referral tool and other new features, here we got to meet entities from both markets. It was super exciting, and definitely found a benefit being here.
Marjorie Rucker
Executive Director at The Business Council, Inc.
I like all the networking, the sessions are very informative, and when being part of the economic community this is where you learn all the new trends.
Patrick Schloss
Economic Development Executive Director
This conference like all other WEDA gov conferences, and the Fall Best Practices Conference, it is the opportunity to see and network with our community partners across our service territory, we very rarely get the opportunity to see them all in one place. To interact with them while getting content and having good conversation is one of the best benefits that could be offered
Coleman Peiffer, AICP
Senior Manager Community and Economic Development
What did I like best about the Basic Economic Development Course?
I’m waiting for part two! I liked the interaction, appreciated the opportunity to get to know folks and reconnect with others. That was huge for me. Learned a lot, it was a lot of fun.
Sylester Hamilton
Program Manager at The Business Council, Inc.
My favorite thing about this year’s Governor’s Conference was networking with other economic development professionals throughout the state and getting to know what challenges and opportunities we share.
Jess Wildes
Assistant City Administrator
City of West Bend
