Milwaukee 7 Economic Asset & Opportunity Analysis

Milwaukee 7, launched in September 2005, was formed to create a regional, cooperative economic development platform for the seven counties of southeastern Wisconsin: Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha and Washington.

Working with Milwaukee 7, Vandewalle & Associates analyzed the region's indigenous economic, human, and physical assets. They then overlaid economic and technology futures with existing assets to determine key opportunities. This analysis relied on acquiring existing data, past work, and ideas, and providing professional synthesis in a comprehensive way while investigating emerging technologies within the region's major corporations. Connecting the dots, uncovering unknown opportunities, and mobilizing key players and resources around catalytic projects were key parts of this work.

The outcome of this project was a comprehensive asset inventory and economic opportunity analysis of the Milwaukee 7 Region that built upon the large body of previous work and tapped deeply into region's existing structure and regional brain trust. The analysis first focused on the region's position in the global and national context, concentrating on the shared assets of the region as a whole. Following this broad view a more refined analysis was completed, zooming in on the special assets and opportunities specific to the seven-county region.