1. Who Wins to Drive Your Local Economy?
WEDA 2016CommunityEconomicDevelopmentAwards Winners
September 14, 2016
FOR RELEASE AFTER 8PM CST
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(Madison, Wi.) The Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA) is pleased to share the 2016 CEDA
winners from around the state. The event was held at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin this evening.
The awards program was developed by WEDA and its partners to recognize best practices and economic development-focused
groups around the state which are making their community or region a better place to live, work and play!
Winners of the 2016 Community and Economic Development Awards in six categories were:
Economic Driver – Large Business, American Family Insurance, Madison
Economic Driver – Small Business, Amerequip, Kiel
Business Retention and Expansion, Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats, Wittenberg
Redevelopment & Reuse , City of West Allis
Public Private Partnership, City of Eau Claire, UW – Eau Claire and Haymarket Concepts, LLC
Human Capital, Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation
Economic Development Initiative – Finalists, Powell Poage Hamilton Neighborhood Revitalization Project,
LaCrosse
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS or log onto our website: www.WEDA.org.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA) is the driving force behind a
strongpushforeconomicdevelopmentinWisconsin. WEDAhasinitssightstoimprove
effectiveness of individuals involved in the practice of economic development in Wisconsin. It
supports this mission by encouraging cooperation between individuals, private sector industy
and government agencies; exchanging information between those entities; and promoting
professional skills in our communities. WEDA boasts a membership of more than 4-hundred
individuals statewide
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