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UW Colleges and UW-Extension: Preserving Pathways: A Neighborhood Conversation Series
 Over the past 50 years, much of the country's population-and especially the Midwest-has been shifting further away from rural areas, opting for urban and suburban settings instead. This trend causes a negative ripple effect across communities and industries. As the population declines, local businesses face a reduced available workforce, funding for school districts decreases, fewer classes are offered to students, and access to quality healthcare grows restrictive.
To address these critical issues and help provide innovative solutions, UW Colleges and UW-Extension are partnering with Northern Wisconsin communities, organizations and government agencies to host Preserving Pathways: A Neighborhood Conversation Series. The series of three roundtables-held May 30, May 31 and June 1-will focus on the topics of education, healthcare and the economy.
To learn more and register for Preserving Pathways: A Neighborhood Conversation Series, click here.
Watch a video here of WCA Executive Director Mark D. O'Connell discussing the value of UW Colleges and UW-Extension in Northern Wisconsin.
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Watch: WCA Sits Down with Enbridge Energy
 The Wisconsin Counties Association recently sat down with representatives from Enbridge Energy, an energy infrastructure company, to learn more about their role in Wisconsin.
From energy transportation to renewal energies, watch the interview with Enbridge Operations Director Trent Wetmore and Senior Manager Paul Meneghini and Michelle Thompson with WCA.
See the Enbridge Energy/WCA video here.
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Attend: von Briesen & Roper's Government Law Group Second Annual Public Officials Conference
 von Briesen & Roper's Government Law Group will be hosting their Second Annual Public Officials Conference in Madison on
May 30. The Conference provides fast-hitting information on a multitude of topics that all government officials, newly elected or seasoned, need to know to be successful.
This year's topics include public records, open meetings, labor/bargaining law update, construction law/bidding issues, conflicts of interest, wage and hour issues, employment law and pending state legislation. Cost is $10 and dinner is included.
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Register Today for WCA Annual Conference!
 The WCA Annual Conference will be held September 24-26, 2017 at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells.
Registration and room blocks are now open. To learn more, click here.
To see the 2017 WCA Annual Conference tentative agenda, click here.
For questions about the 2017 WCA Annual Conference, please contact Marketing and Events Manager Cheryl Fleck at 866.404.2700 or via email.
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Know Your County Peers: Waukesha County Board Chair Paul Decker
County officials have fascinating backgrounds and stories to share. In that vein, WCA is excited to feature a new "Know Your County Peers" section that will run here in
WCA eNews.
To be featured in an upcoming issue,
simply click here to fill out the quick questionnaire about you, upload a picture if you have one and hit "submit." For questions contact Michelle Thompson
via email or call 866.404.2700.
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Latest nEXT Generation Project Updates
The nEXT Generation Project is mapping the future of Cooperative Extension, a division of University of Wisconsin-Extension and an essential educational resource for the people of Wisconsin. The goals of the project are to:
- Shape the future of the Cooperative Extension division, while staying true to Cooperative Extension's Purpose, Values and Vision.
- Build a new organization and infrastructure for Cooperative Extension that is relevant, flexible and digital.
- Adress the $3.6 million structural budget deficit that compromises the current structure of educational delivery across Cooperative Extension.
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WCA Associate Members
 The role and relationship of government with the private sector has changed in recent years. The creation of the WCA Associate Member Program is one more way WCA is reaching out to bring together the public and private sectors.
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"The Insiders" Take a Look at the Transpo Funding End Game
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Stay Updated on Weekly Budget
Activities with
WCA Capitol Watch; Sign Up for Monday Budget Webinars!
WCA Capitol Watch is a weekly update for members during the legislative session and features legislative news, bill drafts and co-sponsorship letters, recently introduced legislation and other relevant information.
See the May 15, 2017 issue here.
Budget Webinars
Every Monday morning at 9 a.m. during the state budget, WCA Government Affairs staff holds weekly budget briefing webinars. Sign up for the webinars here.
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PDPW and UW Discovery Farms Offering Water Tours
The Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) and UW Discovery Farms are again this year providing Water Tours in two locations in Wisconsin.
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WCA Services, Inc. & SGTS INC Form Strategic Alliance
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