The Northern District is faced with the task of identifying needs and related delivery systems for business development educational programming. This ongoing process includes considering a range of approaches and resource configurations and being open to the related opportunities that may arise from doing things in new, different, and, ideally, more effective ways.

The following individuals were responsible for compiling a report addressing these issues:

• Brian Gauthier, CNRED Educator, Lac du Flambeau
• Jerry Hembd, CNRED State Specialist, UW-Superior
• Dan Kuzlik, CNRED Educator, Oneida County
• Julianne Raymond, Director, SBDC at UW-Superior
• Paul Werner, CNRED Educator, Forest County
• Greg Wise, CNRED State Specialist, CCED, UW-Extension

Links to this report:

• Reinvesting in the North final report
• Appendix A: Use Assessment of Area Business Agent Program Offerings
• Appendix B: Assessment of CNRED Educator Willingness to Teach Workshops
• Appendix C: Information Technology Options
• Appendix D: Northern District Responses to Issues, Trends, and Research Needs in Northern Wisconsin
• Appendix E: Chart Notes from State Specialist Meeting
• Appendix F: Bayfield County Sample Matrix