The mission of the Sawyer County Development Corporation (SCDC) is to encourage and promote economic development that will integrate, maintain and enhance the integrity of Sawyer County's natural resources.
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HAYWARD, WI – The Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Tribal Governing Board has committed $75,300 to provide match funding to Sawyer County Development Corporation (SCDC) and re-launch the organization at a new Sawyer County location. The LCO commitment is the most substantial of any local Sawyer County funding source in the 16-year history of the economic development organization.
SCDC has successfully recruited five new employers to Sawyer County since 2007. These new employers have hired more than 120 Sawyer County residents, adding more than $4 million to the Sawyer County economy each year. SCDC’s primary economic development activities involve recruiting new businesses and job creation.
SCDC Executive Director Scott Allen left SCDC in August. The organization faced further financial issues as the Sawyer County Board of Supervisors cut funding to SCDC by 64 percent over the last two years, and the preliminary county budget shows no county funding for SCDC in 2012. SCDC needed the county funding as a match to gain the release of $74,500 in federal USDA RBEG grant funding that was set to begin in September. Without a county funding commitment for 2012, SCDC had no choice but to cutback operations in October and the remaining employee, a Program Manager, was laid off. Upon learning the county eliminated funding to SCDC from its 2012 preliminary budget, the LCO tribe stepped forward and began discussions with SCDC to help the organization continue its operations.
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The SCDC provides expertise to potential entrepreneurs and existing business entities including financial consultation and funding opportunities, business development services and planning, assistance with business expansions and relocations.
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Sawyer County Development Corporation
SCDC is an equal opportunity employer
