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Regional economic development group highlights talent-recruitment website, developer tours and research into a housing fund
Summary
Synergy (central Wisconsin regional economic development) described talent attraction work, developer tours that led to two projects, and research into a regional housing fund to help capital-stack local projects.
Angel Laidlaw of Synergy told the committee that the regional economic development organization is promoting talent attraction and supporting business recruitment with a new website (centraltosuccess.com), marketing toolkits, developer tours and advocacy work in Madison.
Nut graf: Synergy said its actions aim to address local employer demand for skilled workers and developers’ repeated comments that capital-stacking and higher local development costs — from shipping materials and lower local rents — make projects economically challenging. Angel Laidlaw…
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