This study from Partnership for Sustainable Communities examines how brownfields projects in Milwaukee, WI can be transformed into opportunities for urban redevelopment. The North End and Park East Corridor projects are examples of how to leverage other public funds from the city and state through the use of RLF, TIF, and EPA grants.

State Rural Development Councils (SRDCs) are organizations representing all levels of government, community, regional nonprofit organizations, and the private sector. The SRDCs can implement best practices, obtain technical assistance, determine funding sources, and assist local leaders with community development. This 2015 annual report highlights the impact that several SRDCs have had on rural citizens.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, the City of Madison, Madison School District, and other taxing entities approved a new tax incremental financing district that will support three big redevelopment projects valued at $130.7 million on the West Side of Capitol Square.

The USDA reports that Wisconsin is among the top five states for Federal local food investments as part of USDA's StrikeForce Initiative for Rural Growth and Opportunity, which coordinates USDA assistance in the nation's most economically challenged rural areas.

Frontier Communications Corp. now has financial backing from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide residents in its coverage area with speedy and affordable broadband service. According to American City & County, Frontier accepted $283 million from the FCC's annual Connect America Fund (CAF) to expand services to underserved residents in Wisconsin and other states to ensure access to modernized communications.

September 30, 2015
Join CDFA in partnership with WEDC and WEDA, this September 30, 2015 for the first Wisconsin Roundtable Conference as we focus on "Unlocking Development Finance in the Badger State." This one-day event will feature economic development finance experts and leaders from around the state discussing innovative development finance tools and projects, emerging resources and approaches, and how these methods can catalyze investment in the Wisconsin economy.

CDFA and the Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA) are pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership to advance the CDFA Wisconsin Financing Roundtable. WEDA now joins the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) as a supporter and official partner of the CDFA Wisconsin Financing Roundtable.

CDFA is pleased to announce the release of the Annual Volume Cap Report: An Analysis of 2014 Private Activity Bond & Volume Cap Trends. The report provides complete data of the use of volume cap and the issuance of cap-subject private activity bonds nationwide and is featured in The Bond Buyer. Read the Annual Volume Cap Report and explore CDFA's interactive and searchable National Volume Cap Map.

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