The corporations' marketing plan focuses its resources on ten target industries. Relationship with the Department of Commerce, Forward Wisconsin gains its primary strength from its unique status as a public-private partnership, its ability to draw upon the resources of both the public and private sectors, and its capacity to coordinate these efforts. The Corporation's success in implementing its mission statement depends in large part upon its close working relationship with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. 49 other economic development organizations joined the marketing project. A total of 10,500 were printed.
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In an effort to examine changes in local labor market conditions in Lafayette County, the University of Wisconsin-Madison conducted surveys of employers in Lafayette County in the winter of 1998. The purpose of the study was to assess the existing and anticipated supply of and demand for labor in and around Lafayette County. Lafayette Development initiated and coordinated this project. Positive attributes are being used to market Lafayette County as the best place to do business. Strategic planning is designed to assist an entity to make the best use of its resources in order to respond effectively to change, to take full advantage of its opportunities, and to avert threats to its existence.