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Written by Paul Demuth, Randall Lawton, Judy Nagel and Others Having found chilling similarities between poverty and alcohol abuse, BACC convened a task force that included leaders with specialized knowledge of substance abuse and current methods to combat it. This report meant to launch the process to change the current situation. [Click Alcohol Abuse in […]

Written by David Littig, Dave Wegge, Harry Maier, Jenna Heinrichs Between 2007 and 2010, unmet transportation demands soared to the top of community needs. This group surveyed 1300+ low-income residents to compile this study. [Click Transportation Needs of Low-Income Residents to read executive summary.]

Written by Nan Nelson, Phil Hauck and Others The purpose of this project was to determine what agencies are doing now to assimilate immigrants into mainstream culture for maximum contribution to our civic process. [Click Immigration in Brown County Study (2009) to read full article.]

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) […]

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. […]