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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  • Community Education: Learning for a Lifetime

    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

    Education & Schools

    Provides opportunities for local citizens and the community, school, agencies and institutions to become active partners in addressing education and community concerns.

  • Community Grant Program

    Foundation for Rural Service

    Broadband & Internet, Sustainability

    These grants are designed to provide support to a variety of local efforts to build and sustain a high quality of life in rural America.

  • Community Placemaking & Community Design Charrette

    Community Design Team of Wisconsin

    The Design Wisconsin Team process uses a “tried-and-true” method known in planning and design circles as a “charrette”. Simply defined, a charrette is a period of intense, fast-paced planning and design.

  • Community Power Accelerator

    U.S. Department of Energy

    Business, Energy, Sustainability, Workforce

    The Community Power Accelerator connects developers, investors, philanthropists, and community-based organizations to create an ecosystem of partners that work together to get more equity-focused community solar projects financed and deployed.

  • Comprehensive Systems Integration for Adolescent and Young Adult Health

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    Education & Schools, Health & Mental Health

    The CSI-AYAH program is meant to increase the capacity of states, territories and tribal organizations to integrate systems of care, including health, school, and community systems, to promote adolescent and young adult (youth) health and well-being.

  • Connect 2050

    Wisconsin Department of Transportation

    Transportation

    Connect 2050 is a vision plan, setting an overall direction for our transportation system and establishing goals and objectives based on transportation-related issues and trends, and comments.

  • Connect Communities Program

    Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

    Connect Communities supplements the Main Street program by expanding services to more downtowns across the state. Connect Communities provides training and networking for communities or organizations working on revitalization.

  • Connecting Highway Aids

    Wisconsin Department of Transportation

    Transportation

    Connecting Highway Aids (CHA) assist municipalities with costs associated with increased traffic and maintenance on roads that connect segments of the state highway system.

  • Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

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

    CREP is a resource to help agricultural landowners meet their conservation goals, particularly those who till or graze land along rivers and streams, by paying to install filter strips.

  • Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Emergency Haying and Grazing

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Business

    This program contracts with agricultural producers so that environmentally sensitive agricultural land is not farmed or ranched, but instead used for conservation benefits.

  • Consumer Protection

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

    Business, Other

    We provide outreach and education, assistance for consumers and general information on ways to protect your identity.

  • Cornell Small Farms Program Online Courses

    Cornell Small Farms Program

    Business, Start-Up & Entrepreneur

    The Cornell Small Farms Program offers a suite of more than 30 online courses, primarily taught by Cornell Cooperative Extension educators, to help farmers improve their technical and business skills.