Economic Development Feature 
New North develops broadband internet pilot program with Brown Co.
New North News Release
NEW NORTH, December 21, 2020 – New North Inc., the regional economic development corporation serving the 18 counties of Northeast Wisconsin, has developed a pilot program with Brown County with the ultimate goal of increasing broadband internet speeds across the entire region. Brown County rolled out a website late last week, which provides individuals, organizations and companies the ability to learn what their current internet speeds are, while also helping Brown County to pursue better infrastructure in underserved areas.

New North has been working with the Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Access, established this past July by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. As part of this work, the need for crowd-sourced data maps was identified. New North worked with GEO Spatial Engineering & Optimization to launch a platform for counties within the New North region.

Because of the vast amount of broadband work that had been undertaken by Achieve Brown County, Brown County was identified as the first county within the 18-county region to....
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Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
WEDC Shares Mental Health Guidelines
As we all look toward the holiday break and taking some time to slow down, the WEDC wanted to share a set of new guidelines that are quite timely for this time of year. In their continued collaboration with DHS, the WEDC developed both employer and employee mental health guidelines and have them posted here.

For employees: https://wedc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mental-Health-Guidelines-Workers.pdf

For employers: https://wedc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mental-Health-Guidelines-Employers.pdf

Attract Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
New North debuts workforce-related tools
Insight On Business
New North Inc. has created a pair of dynamic, workforce-related tools — the New North Talent Hub and the New North IntelTracker — to help workers and employers in the region.

Both are up and running and ready to assist current and prospective members of the workforce, employers in the region, area educators, industry associations and economic development organizations, says Barb LaMue, president and CEO of New North Inc.

“We know that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy — nationwide, in Wisconsin, in the New North region and at the local level — is unprecedented,” she says. “We also know that jobs in some areas may never come back.”

The New North Talent Hub is designed to meet the region’s need for reskilling and retraining of a large portion of the workforce, facilitating moves into....
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Promote the Regional Brand
UWO ranks within top 100 public nursing schools in the nation, third in state
UWO News
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh College of Nursing (CON) has been recognized as one of the top 100 public nursing schools in the nation for 2020 by Nursing Schools Almanac. Of more than 3,000 institutions that were included in the study, only 6% made it to the list.

UW Oshkosh came in at number 56 nationwide for top public nursing schools. For top nursing schools among public and private schools, UWO came in at 18 in the Great Lakes region and No. 3 in Wisconsin. The schools were evaluated based on each institution’s academic prestige and perceived value, the breadth and depth of....
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