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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  • County Forest Road Aids

    Wisconsin Department of Transportation

    Forestry & Paper, Transportation

    County Forest Road Aids help defray county costs for the improvement and maintenance of public roads within county forests.

  • County Forest Sustainable Grant

    Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

    Forestry & Paper, Sustainability

    County Forest Sustainable Grants are used for special, short term or unanticipated projects that promote sustainable forestry.

  • COVID-19 2022 Child Care Listserv Message Archive

    Wisconsin Department of Children and Families

    Child Care

    Collection of all emails sent through the Child Care Listserv during the COVID-19 emergency

  • Creation and Presentation Grant Program

    Wisconsin Arts Board

    Arts & Culture

    ​​​​​​Creation and Presentation Program (CPP) grants provide artistic program and operational support to established nonprofit arts organizations whose primary mission is to create or present ongoing arts programming that makes a significant local, regional, or statewide impact on the cultural life of Wisconsin, and that furthers the Arts Board’s community development and arts education goals.

  • Creative Communities Grants Program

    Wisconsin Arts Board

    Arts & Culture

    The Creative Communities (CC) grants program encourages arts education and community arts development in Wisconsin. It provides support for projects that further the Arts Board’s goals in the following three areas: Arts Education, Folk and Traditional Arts, and Local Arts. Through direct financial support of specific art​s projects, the Arts Board sustains the vitality of Wisconsin culturally, educationally and economically

  • Critical Assistance Program

    Department of Administration, ​Division of Energy, Housing and Community Resources

    Housing

    Critical Assistance funds may be used for the following homeless prevention activities. Payments are made directly to landlords, mortgage holders, local units of government (property tax payments) or utilities.

  • Dairy processor grant

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

    The emphasis of this grant program is to foster innovation, improve profitability, and sustain the long-term viability of Wisconsin’s dairy processing facilities.

  • 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.