1. Northwoods Economic Summit New North Update October 6, 2009 Bill Ward, NEW Northstar Solutions, LLC thenewnorth.com

2. The New North 18 Counties 1.2 Million People 2 nd Largest Economic Region in the State

3. 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

4. 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

5. …20042009 ….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. Staffing Facilities, etc Organize task groups around six initiatives Defined work R&D Web Select markets Task group coord.

6. New North Shared Vision… To be recognized as nationally and globally competitive for job growth while maintaining a superior quality of life.

7. 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 MetricNew North WisconsinU.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%

8. 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)

9. Wind Power “Wins” Tower Tech (Manitowoc) added 100 jobs Wausaukee Composites (Wausaukee and Cuba City) added 100 jobs Merit Gear (Antigo) invests $22 million dollars to expand Badger Transport (Clintonville) transports towers and turbines Lakeshore Technical College (Cleveland) has 25 new students enrolled in its Wind Energy Technology Program

10. Support Entrepreneurial and Small Business Climate Entrepreneur/Small Business Technical Assistance Resources

11. Entrepreneurship

12. Talent: Percent with education or training beyond high school (2000 census) Wisconsin = 50.5% United States = 51.8% Source: Census 2000, SF3, PCT-25 per WI DWD report

13. Talent: Percent with Bachelor’s degree and more (2000 census) Wisconsin = 22.4% United States = 24.4% Source: Census 2000, SF3, PCT-25 per WI DWD report

14. Talent: Education 5 th 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 –21 st Century Skill sets –Wis Careers

15. 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

16. Sustainability New Strategy Area for 2009 Promoting triple bottom line: “People, Profits, Planet” Start regional Green Jobs Initiative

17. Focused on Collaboration Upper Menominee River Regional Alliance Niagara Mill site Activities Current status

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. Congratulations The work is not complete, but it has come a long way.