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Regional economic development group seeks $5,000-per-county support for site-readiness study
Summary
Senergy asked the committee to forward a request that would pool county contributions to fund a Site Selector Group industry and site-readiness evaluation; committee voted to forward the request to the full county board.
Senergy asked the Marathon County Economic Development Committee on Oct. 2, 2025, to forward a request asking each county partner to contribute $5,000 toward a $125,000–$130,000 industry-targeting and site-readiness evaluation by Site Selector Group, a national site-selection firm.
The study will analyze which industries best fit Central Wisconsin and will include boots-on-the-ground assessments for five to six properties across the region that the consultants will grade and provide steps to make “passable” development sites, Angel Laidlaw, CEO of Senergy, told the committee. “We’ll choose 5 to 6 properties within the region that will actually have boots on the ground site selectors, giving them a real pass or fail grade,” Laidlaw said.
The nut graf: committee members said it would help…
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