WEDC report evaluates COVID-19 impact on Wisconsin’s economy and how the state can move forward

Months after lawmakers — and even the state’s top economic development strategist — thought it would be waning, COVID-19 still threatens Wisconsin, as its economy struggles to recover.

Industries are “reeling” and so are other sectors of the state that are critical to its long-term success: education, child care and health care. As grim as all that might sound, though, it has also given Wisconsin a chance to focus on important priorities, according to Missy Hughes, CEO and Secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).

“We have challenges in our economy that are longstanding,” Secretary Hughes told a group of legislators and staff last week. “This is an opportunity to say, ‘OK, how are we going to fix that? How are we going to move forward?’”

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Ken Notes: I will again suggest we threw trillions of dollars at a problem BEFORE we new the extent of the damage. When Covid passes we will see the real damage and have little if anything left to offer. WEDC has taken a leadership role here and I believe has the best understanding but the feds are leading the economic charge and they are clueless.