ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Activity Report: Month Ending March, 2014
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND (EDRLF)
 Total Balance Available to Loan
$527,225
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
 Total Balance Available to Loan
$201,342
Retention and Expansion Activities
--Distributed six (6) EDRLF/PIF/CDF loan packets
--Continue to work with two businesses on their expansion projects
--Continue to work with one business on business reorganization
--Continuing to follow up with businesses who have received loan packets and requests
Tourism Development
--Tourism Website: 1305 visits, 2,549 page views with 57.92% new visitors for Month of March: Top 3 referral sites:
travelwisconsin.com; co.langlade.wi.us; snowtracks
Main Keywords Searched:
1) Langlade County Snowmobile Trails 2) Langlade County Trail Report 3) Langlade County
-- App Downloads: 39 downloads in March, 2014
--Recreation Information Requests: 41 Recreation Requests in March, 2014 from website up 29 request from 4/2013
--Sales Tax: $89,321.16
--Distributed: 2110 2014 Recreation Maps from the Economic Development Corporation Office since November, 2013
--Facebook: 7,485 “Likes”
--Participated with North central Wisconsin ITBEC and the Wisconsin Department of Tourism at the Milwaukee Sport Show
Distributed 625 Langlade County Recreation Maps/ 375 Visitors Guides
-- Northcentralwisconsin.com: This is the portal website from ITBEC and we received 176 visits to Langlade County Page
in the month of March
--Participated with City of Antigo & Langlade County Chamber at the Amron Health Fair and the Antigo Sport Show
Distributed 210 recreation maps and 105 Visitors Guides
--Presented the mission of the Langlade County Marketing Task Force to Langlade County Forestry Committee, The
Antigo/Langlade County Chamber Board of Directors and to Langlade County Economic Development Corporation
Board of Directors; we will present in April to the City of Antigo Park And Recreation Committee
Business Development
--Economic Development Corporation Business Website: 330 Visits; with 70% new visitors for month of March
2014; Main Keywords Searched: 1) Langlade Economic Development 2) Antigo Industrial Park
3) Langlade County Profile
--Attended WEDA Board Meeting (Wisconsin Economic Development Association)
--Attended an Advance Wisconsin Manufacturing Seminar hosted by NTC
--Attended a SBA workshop through Wisconsin Business Development
--Attended a Historic Tax Credit Webinar
--Participated in a roundtable discussion with The Remington Foundation regarding Comp Plans for future Langlade
County projects
--Attended the Northwood’s Rail Transit Commission Board Meeting
--Attended the Northwood’s Research Summit
--Continue to work with an Intergovernmental Group made up of the City of Antigo, Langlade County, Antigo/White Lake/
Elcho School District, Northcentral Technical College and Langlade County Economic Development Corporation
--Continue to work with Grow North Counties on the possible resurrection of past programs as well as other
Recommendations to aide in development in our more rural counties
--Established a Incubator Innovation Center AD Hoc Committee
--Closed out the City of Antigo Brownfield Grant for Anytime Fitness Building
--Continuing to work with Redevelopment Resources on a Langlade County Industry Cluster Analysis
--Continuing to work with the City of Antigo and Langlade County on redevelopment of vacant buildings
--Continuing to work with Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), Department of Administration (DOA)
And Housing Urban Development (HUD) on the future of the Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund
--Following up with past due loan payments, payment review letters, and monitoring of insurances and UCC filings