Resource Directory

Rural Economic Development

RESOURCES AND GRANTS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES

Whether you’re an individual, a business or a community organization, you can use the directory below to search a vast library of resources, tools and services. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), its economic development partners and other organizations around the state offer a range of resources on all aspects of economic well-being, from childcare and education to businesses and housing. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Reach out to us directly, we want to help.

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  • Dairyland Power Project Facilitation

    Dairyland Power Cooperative

    Business, Energy, Housing, Start-Up & Entrepreneur

    Dairyland Cooperative's Energy Management Team can assemble a project team to help bring projects to fruition by focusing on its business, residential, and agricultural customers.

  • DHS Assessment of Chemical Exposure Toolkit

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    Health & Mental Health, Other, Sustainability, Workforce

    The ACE Toolkit contains surveys, consent forms, training materials, and databases that can be easily customized for use in an assessment after a chemical incident.

  • DHS Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program

    Department of Homeland Security

    Other, Sustainability

    The Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grant program funds sustainable cost-effective measures designed to reduce the risk to individuals and property from future natural hazards.

  • Direct Farm Operating Microloans

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Broadband & Internet

    Direct Farm Ownership Microloans are meant to make a down payment on a farm; build, repair, or improve buildings; fund soil and water conservation projects; be used as a down payment farm ownership loan; and be used in joint financing.

  • Direct Farm Ownership Microloans

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Broadband & Internet

    Direct Farm Ownership Microloans are meant to make a down payment on a farm; build, repair, or improve buildings; fund soil and water conservation projects; be used as a down payment farm ownership loan; and be used in joint financing.

  • Disabled-Veteran Owned Business (DVB) Program

    Wisconsin Department of Administration

    Business, Start-Up & Entrepreneur, Veterans

    The DVB Program certifies businesses that are at least 51% owned, controlled, and actively managed by an identified service-disabled veteran and serve a useful business function.

  • Disaster Supplemental Funding

    U.S. Department of Commerce

    Other

    This program helps communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of non-construction and construction project to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued.

  • Diverse Business Development Program

    Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

    Business, Workforce

    The goal of the Diverse Business Development (DBD) Program is to support existing, new and expanding minority-, woman-, LGBT- and veteran-owned businesses in the state of Wisconsin.

  • Division of Food and Recreational Licensing

    Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)

    Arts & Culture, Business, Parks & Outdoor Recreation

    Licensing Specialists help potential operators of food, lodging, or recreational businesses understand which license is required for their business, and steps to take in obtaining that license.

  • DOI National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program

    U.S. Department of the Interior

    Sustainability

    The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program supports long-term wetland conservation by awarding up to $1 million for wetland conservation projects.

  • DOI North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Grants: US Small Grants Program

    U.S. Department of the Interior

    Sustainability

    The Small Grants Program is a competitive, matching grants program that supports public-private partnerships carrying out projects in the United States that further the goals of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.

  • E-Cycle Wisconsin Collection Grant Program

    Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

    Sustainability

    To provide more electronics recycling opportunities in underserved areas of the state, grants under this program must be used for hosting an electronics collection site or event or series of collection sites or events.