northwoods economic summit new north update october 6, 2009 bill ward, new northstar solutions, llc...
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Northwoods Economic SummitNew North UpdateOctober 6, 2009
Bill Ward, NEW Northstar Solutions, LLC
thenewnorth.com
The New North
18 Counties
1.2 Million People
2nd Largest Economic Region in the State
New North - Who• A consortium of business, economic
development, chambers of commerce, workforce development, civic, non-profit, and education leaders in 18 counties of Northeast Wisconsin who work together to promote and expand economic development of the region
• Supported by more than 120 investors since its beginning in 2004
Working Together - a Core
Value: Collaboration
“Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”
- Vince Lombardi
…2004 2009….Capacity building…..via collaboration
NEWERA, NEWREP, NEWCC, WFDB(s), Planning Commission, etc.
Private Industry Leaders
Northeast Wisconsin Economic Opportunity Study (October, 04)
Branding Effort (December, 05)
Design and build collaborative regional organization: New North, Inc.
StaffingFacilities, etc
Organize task groups around six initiatives
Defined work
R&D
Web
Select markets
Task group coord.
New North Shared Vision…
To be recognized as nationallyand globally competitive forjob growth while maintaininga superior quality of life.
New North Manufacturing jobs
• Source: WI Department of Workforce Development / Bureau of Workforce Information, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Metric New North
Wisconsin U.S
Manufacturing jobs 2007
23.8% 18.0% 10.3%
Total job growth, all sectors (2002-2007)
4.0% 3.3% 5.6%
Manufacturing job growth (2002-2007)
-4.4% -5.1% -9.1%
Strategic Priorities Update
• Business Development:• Implement Targeted Growth Opportunities• Support Entrepreneurial Climate And Small Business
• Talent:• Elevate Educational Attainment• Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
• Leverage Regional Brand as uniquely competitive
• Sustainability focused on the regional economy (new strategy)
Wind Power “Wins”Tower Tech (Manitowoc) added 100 jobs
Wausaukee Composites (Wausaukee and Cuba City) added 100 jobs
Merit Gear (Antigo) invests $22million dollars to expand
Badger Transport (Clintonville) transports towers and turbines
Lakeshore Technical College (Cleveland) has 25 new students enrolled in its Wind Energy TechnologyProgram
Support Entrepreneurial and Small Business Climate
Entrepreneur/Small Business Technical Assistance Resources
Entrepreneurship
Talent: Percent with education or training beyond high school (2000
census)
32 – 35 Percent
36 – 45 Percent
46 – 55 Percent
56% and greater
Wisconsin = 50.5%
United States = 51.8%
Source: Census 2000, SF3, PCT-25 per WI DWD report
Talent: Percent with Bachelor’s degree and more (2000 census)
10 – 15 Percent
15 – 20 Percent
20 – 25 Percent
Greater than 25%
Wisconsin = 22.4%
United States = 24.4%
Source: Census 2000, SF3, PCT-25 per WI DWD report
Talent: Education• 5th in the nation in Occupational (AA)
degrees (Technical Colleges)• Improve other education achievement
gaps – 4 year colleges– New College collaboratives for Engineering degree
programs UW Stout, UW GB, NWTC; also UW Platteville & UW Fox Valley
– Manufacturers Alliance– 21st Century Skill sets– Wis Careers
Talent: Attract, Develop, Retain Diverse Talent
• Attract/Retain– Marketing strategies development– Systems to assist trailing spouse/partners/others– Include diverse input for strengths of New North
• Develop– Improved online resource information for careers in
New North
• Diversity Support– Speakers Bureau– Linking of Affinity Groups– Recognition of Employers & transfer
of learnings
Sustainability• New Strategy Area for 2009• Promoting triple bottom line:
“People, Profits, Planet”
• Start regional Green Jobs Initiative
Focused on Collaboration
• Upper Menominee River Regional Alliance
• Niagara Mill site• Activities• Current status
How this applies• Workforce Development efforts (MI and WI)• Educational Attainment
– Work with NWTC to position the Niagra mill site re-training for re-use prospecting activities
• Entrepreneurial support systems– Niagara/Iron Mountain specific
• Targeting/Cluster development– Feedstock study by Resource Analytics– Work with Newpage/Sanabe/others– Reuse planning..Ayers and Associates report– Prospect work
• Sustaining assets, economy, new work, new opportunities• Branded as a demonstration of collaborative effort to a common set
of objectives.
Regional & sub regional initiatives
• New North’s strategic initiatives work at an 18 county regional landscape
• They also work at a sub-regional landscape like UMRRA
• They work at a specific economic development site at a very local level such as Niagara/Iron-Mountain.
Congratulations• The work is not complete, but it
has come a long way.