The report offers recommendations in the areas of children, healthcare, housing, neighborhood services, transportation and more. [Click Poverty in Brown County to read the whole article.]
Written by Noel Halvorsen, Randall Lawton and Others
More than 10% of the Brown County population was known to live in poverty at this time – and the problem was growing. The focus of this study was to discover what efforts best help those in poverty to become self sufficient. [Click Poverty in Brown County (2007) to read the full paper.]
This paper focuses on a public-policy storm already beginning (in 2005) to shred the area’s social, economic and governmental fabric. Issues included rising taxes, economic segregation, a strain on the natural environment and others. [Click Wisconsin and the Perfect Policy Storm (2005) to read the full paper.]
This is Phase III of an ongoing study that recognizes the interrelationship of workforce development and economic development. This phase aims at developing economic development strategies for 17 counties in northeast Wisconsin. [Click Northeast Wisconsin (NEW) Economic Opportunity Study (2004) to read the full study.]
Written by Paul Demuth, Nan Nelson, Noel Halvorsen and Others
Social capital is the stock of social trust, norms and networks, formal and informal, that allow us to know and trust one another and solve common problems. In a changing community, new forces might strain a community’s ability to work collectively for the greater good. We set out to learn about current social capital in our community. [Click Understanding Social Capital and How it Works in Our Community (2002) to read the full paper.]