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Incourage eNews: October 2016

Wed. Oct 19, 2016

Incourage eNews is a monthly email providing readers an update on a variety of Incourage related news, current work and impact in our community. Please share and invite your friends to contact us ([email protected] or 715.423.3863) to be added to the distribution. In this issue:

  • What is Incourage?
  • Resident Profile: Hannah & Gracie Wendels
  • Impact papers
  • Incourage featured nationally
  • Additional updates

What is Incourage?
Established by Virginia Brazeau in 1994, Incourage was visionary and innovative from the start. It was designed to be an organization that would serve and reflect the interests of not just one wealthy family or one corporation. It was designed to be created by the people, for the people. It was incorporated as a “permanent charitable organization with a long-term perspective” to“meet the changing needs of our community”.

There has been no greater change for our community than globalization, automation, and downsizing of the paper industry; the backbone of our economy for over a century.

“Meeting this changing need” – to rebuild and diversify an economy – is not easy work. This is long-term, generational change. It requires new thinking, flexibility, persistence, innovation, collaboration, and a sense of shared destiny among the people, businesses, and organizations that call this place home.

So then, “What is Incourage?”

Incourage is a community economic development organization. But not just any community developer…Read CEO Kelly Ryan’s blog to learn more.
Resident Profile:
Hannah & Gracie Wendels
“Don’t give up on your hometown!” This is the outlook of Kellner residents, sisters and community volunteers Hannah and Gracie Wendels. Learn more about your neighbors
here!
A report to the community
Incourage plays a unique, valuable and vital role in our community – and we are invested in realizing a community that works well for all. Click here to read about our organizational impact in the areas of Economic Growth, Downtown Development, Youth, and Arts & Culture.
Incourage featured nationally
Read the Chronicle of Philanthropy article sharing the story of south Wood County and the Tribune Building Project here.

Additional Updates
WIPPS meeting October 24
Council on Foundations Form 990 & Foundation Fundamentals presentations
Incourage receives APA award for Tribune Building workMore about Incourage
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© October 19, 2016
Established in rural Wisconsin in 1994 to serve the changing needs of the south Wood County area, Incourage has become a nationally-recognized leader in place-based philanthropy and community development. Guided by values of equity, opportunity, and shared stewardship, Incourage envisions a community that works well for all people. One physical manifestation of this vision is the redevelopment of the Tribune building, which demonstrates Incourage’s resident-centered approach to growing a strong and inclusive local economy. To learn more, visit incouragecf.org.

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  • About Incourage

    Established in rural Wisconsin in 1994 to serve the changing needs of the south Wood County area, Incourage has become a nationally-recognized leader in place-based philanthropy and community development. Guided by values of equity, opportunity, and shared stewardship, Incourage envisions a community that works well for all people. One physical manifestation of this vision is the redevelopment of the Tribune building, which demonstrates Incourage’s user-centered approach to growing a strong and inclusive local economy.