WEDA Academy Update – Kathy Heady, Academy Manager

The WEDA Academy kicked off it’s 2023 programming on February 1 with the comprehensive program, Real Estate Project Analysis: Historic Building Redevelopment to Greenfield Development. The program was held at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, just prior to the Governor’s Conference on Economic Development. A big thank you to course instructors – Kristen Fish-Peterson, CEcD, Principal & CEO, Redevelopment Resources; Todd Hutchison, Founder and Owner, Wisconsin Redevelopment, LLC; Stewart M. Wangard, CEO, Chairman and Founder, Wangard Partners, Inc. and Wangard Advisors, LLC; and Ann Pieper Eisenbrown, Founder and CEO, Pieper Properties, Inc. who shared their wealth of knowledge on this topic with course participants.  As a reminder to those who attended, please visit the course materials link for presentation slides, exercise answers and an updated spreadsheet.

On the afternoon of April 12, the Academy will be hosting a webinar: Stretching Your Community Marketing Dollars.  The program will include topics such as marketing plan development and focus, partnering, using social media, webpage optimization, and funding sources.  CLICK HERE for a full program description.

The Academy is planning three additional programs for 2023: two webinars – An Economic Developer’s Guide to Municipal Engineering Terms on August 9 and Industrial & Business Park Development on November 8;  and a comprehensive program – Tax Increment Financing  on September 27 just prior to the WEDA Best Practices Conference in Wausau, WI. I hope that you will be able to join us for one or more of these exciting and affordable educational opportunities. As a reminder, be sure to look for approved credits/points for continuing education/recertification on the course registration information.

Please reach out to me at kheady@weda.org if you have any program ideas, topic suggestions or if you are interested in serving as an instructor.