Implement Targeted Growth Opportunities

Hello all :) Hope you had a great weekend! Ready for some more hints? Today we'll focus on the Implement Targeted Growth Opportunities category.

Where do you think we can grow as a region? What are our strengths? What resources do we possess that we are, or should be, taking advantage of?

New North, Inc., as an organization promoting the region, has pondered this question. As a result of this pondering, New North has identified a short list of "clusters" that if focuses on. On this list are:

• Wind energy - Did you know there are over 8,000 parts that go into making a turbine? Wow, right?! Well, in our region, there are many manufacturing businesses that have the ability to make many of those little parts. Our goal is to connect these companies in order to help bring about local growth in this industry, creating jobs and a renewable energy source.
  
• Modernized agriculture - Well what do you expect? We're in Wisconsin! Cows, milk, cheese, you know the drill.
• Advanced manufacturing
• Cellulosic ethanol - This involves taking any number of biomass sources (trees, corn, etc.) and turning them into ethanol for energy. As we lose some of our strength in the pulp and paper industry, this is a new effort to use our forestry resources.
  

Capturing any of these "clusters" would be great photos. But feel free to think about other industries where our region is excelling or has the potential to excel. Can you capture our area's growth in a picture? Oh yes, you can!