Small Community Forum
Date:
November 3, 2022, 8:30pm – November 4, 2022, 1:00am
Location:
The Club
3 W Bayfield St, Washburn, WI 54891, USA
Over half of Wisconsin’s cities andvillages are communities of fewer than 2,500 residents. Despite their largenumber, these small communities represent a wide variety of geographic andeconomic areas within the state. Because of their small size, thesemunicipalities have unique issues and needs that are often very different fromthose of larger communities.
The eleventh annual series of SmallCommunity Forums will be held in four locations in October and November, to allowresidents in these communities to come together, address common issues,network, share best practices, and identify strategies to address sharedconcerns. Representatives from many state and regional resource partners willbe on hand to connect with attendees and provide guidance on specific concernsintroduced during the sessions.
These convenings are about sharingideas, learning, and networking concerning the health and future of ruralWisconsin. People interested in small town and rural Wisconsin are invited toattend, including those involved in quality-of-life issues, business,government, education, the nonprofit sector, civic and community development.
Hosted by local organization andagency partners, and these statewide organizations:
Create Wisconsin
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
UW-Madison, Division of Extension
USDA Rural Development Wisconsin
Wisconsin Downtown Action Council
WEDC Office of Rural Prosperity
WEDC Wisconsin Main Street Program
Wisconsin Rural Partners.
Dates/locations:
Orfordville (Rock County) – Friday, October 28
Location: Village Hall, 303 E. Beloit Street
Local host: Village of Orfordville
Rosholt (Portage County) – Tuesday, November 1
Location: Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative, 10401 Lystul Rd.
Local host: Rosholt Area Business Association
Washburn (Bayfield County) – Thursday, November 3
Location: The Club, 3 W Bayfield St.
Local host: Washburn Chamber of Commerce
Reedsville (Manitowoc County) – Tuesday, November 15
Location: Village Hall, 217 Menasha Street
Partner: Village of Reedsville
Forums agenda (subject to change):
● 7:30 am – registrations/coffee androlls
● 8 am – welcome and introductions
● 8:45 am – Local Case Studies:Stories and examples of the good work going on in the community
● 10 am – Wisconsin by the Numbers:presentation on data
● 10:45 am – Roundtable Discussions
● 11:45 am - wrap up
● 12 noon – lunch with resourceleaders
All Forums start at 8 am(registration and breakfast open at 7:30 am) and end with lunch at 12 noon.
Register online at https://createwisconsin.org/small-comm-forums
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