Agriculture

Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance, Wisconsin
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Address: PO Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708
Amount: $2,233,000
Description: Funding would help the State continue to manage and contain the problem of Chronic Wasting Disease among farmed and free-ranging white-tailed deer, facilitating the movement towards microchipping and the application of official identification among farmed herds, tissue collection, testing and surveillance, carcass disposal and other activities to control the disease among free-ranging herds.

Cranberry Research
Recipient: USDA-ARS
Address: Jamie L. Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20250
Amount: $3,800,000
Description: Funding will support acqusition, construction and renovation of ARS facilities in Wisconsin and Massachusetts.

Dairy Business Initiative, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Address: 2811 Agriculture Drive, PO Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: Funding would be used to help expand specialty cheese and dairy product sales, providing expertise in cheesemaking procedures, product development and innovation, technical assistance related to facilities and equipment and European-style and artisan cheesemaking.

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, Wisconsin
Recipient: NRCS-USDA
Address: 8030 Excelsior Drive, Suite 200, Madison, WI 53717
Amount: $950,000
Description: Funding would help support cooperative agreements with the Wisconsin Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative to promote profitability and conservation through technical assistance, education and research to expand the use of grazing-based livestock production in Wisconsin.

Johne's Disease control
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Address: 2811 Agriculture Drive, PO Box 8911, Madison, WI 53718
Amount: $1,000,000
Description: Funding will support State strategies to control Johne's Disease, a debilitating disease in cattle similar to Crohn's disease in humans, including operation of the nation's only online veterinary certification program, on-farm consultation providing evaluation and development of herd management plans, and disease containment.

National Dairy Foods Safety Regulatory Training Center
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Address: 2811 Agriculture Drive, PO Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708
Amount: $1,000,000
Description: Funding will help establish a world-class training institute for dairy foods safety regulators to better equip state dairy inspectors to ensure the safety of dairy products.

National Meat Safety Training Center
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Address: 2811 Agriculture Drive, PO Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708
Amount: $1,000,000
Description: Funding will help establish a world-class training institute for meat safety regulators, providing standardized, multi-modal training to equip state meat inspectors and ensure the safety of meat products.

Pilot Technology Transfer, WI
Recipient: University of Wisconsin-Stout
Address: PO Box 790, Menomonie, WI 54751
Amount: $250,000
Description: To help the Northwest Manufacturing Outreach Center/UW Stout technology transfer program continue to enhance the ability of small manufacturing businesses to make use of changes in technology in order to improve efficiency.

Potato Pest Management, WI
Recipient: University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Address: 1450 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Amount: $300,000
Description: Funding will help promote the development and adoption of biointensive integrated pest management practices to reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides, enhance habitat quality, develop marketplace incentives for ecologically-produced potatoes and maintain economically viable farming operations in the fragile central sands region of Northern Wisconsin.

University of Wisconsin-Extension Northern Aquaculture Demonstation Facility
Recipient: UW-Extension
Address: 432 North Lake St., Madison, WI 53706
Amount: $500,000
Description: Funding supports an extension education and outreach program located on the Red Cliff Lake Superior Chippewa Indian Reservation and administered by the UW-Stevens Point which seeks to address the needs of fish farms and hatcheries in Wisconsin and other northern states where cold climates create unique challenges and opportunities.

University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point- Institute for Sustainable Technologies
Recipient: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Address: 2100 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481
Amount: $700,000
Description: The funding will enable WIST, a center for technical innovation and economic development in sustainable technologies to provide state-of-the-art education and research through a multidisciplinary approach encompassing biorefining, biofuels, waste engineering, forestry, business and economics, chemistry and biology, and communications.

Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Monitoring and Management, Wisconsin
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Address: 2811 Agriculture Drive, PO Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708
Amount: $550,000
Description: Funding will be used to support fish health analysts and inspectors to ensure compliance with VHS testing and data analysis to monitor and ensure the health of the vital Great Lakes fishery

Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Address: 2811 Agriculture Drive, PO Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: Funding will assist in the continued development of Wisconsin's premises registration and animal identification and tracing program to help combat Chronic Wasting Disease, Bovine Tuberculosis, H1N1, Avian Influenza and other animal diseases. Specifically, it will enable DATCP to continue its contract with the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium and assist farmers with technical assistance, electronic tagging, development of related software and hardware, construction of necessary infrastructure at dealers, markets and slaughter facilities, and development of GIS applications to integrate premisesand animal movement data.


Commerce, Justice and Science

Anti-Truancy Initiative
Recipient: Barron County Restorative Justice Inc.
Address: 2850 College Drive, Rice Lake, WI 54868
Amount: $834,390
Description: Working within six Wisconsin school districts, (Barron, Cameron, Chetek, Cumberland, Rice Lake, and Turtle Lake), the Anti-Truancy Initiative identifies early truant behavior and builds a coordinated response plan with parents, teachers, and law enforcement officials specially trained to address truant students.

Children's Service Society
Recipient: Child Advocacy Center of North Central Wisconsin (CAC-NOW)
Address: 520 N. 28th Ave., Suite 110, Wausau, WI 54403
Amount: $155,000
Description: Funds will be used to enhance coordination between CAC staff with local law enforcement and child protective services, purchase equipment so that on-site medical evaluations can be done, and install a security system for the safety of those who seek services and refuge at the facility.

Emergency Communications System
Recipient: Taylor County Sheriff's Department
Address: 224 S. Second Street, Medford, WI 54451
Amount: $2,900,000
Description: The funds would be used to bring Taylor County Emergency Services into compliance with federal narrow banding and interoperability requirements by enhancing an outdated emergency communications system that provides coverage for all parts of rural Taylor County as well as improving communications with neighboring counties.

Law Enforcement Visual Intelligence
Recipient: Rusk County Sheriff's Department
Address: 311 Miner Avenue, East, Suite L100, Ladysmith, WI 54848
Amount: $1,332,000
Description: These funds would allow four counties in northeastern Wisconsin (Rusk, Sawyer, Barron, and Polk) to implement an interoperable law enforcement visual intelligence system that provides oblique, aerial imaging so that the counties will have a common visual imagery tool to jointly manage emergencies and will be able to view and analyze any house, building, intersection, or any feature in the region to improve first responder and civilian safety in search, raid, seizure planning, and concurrent tactical planning.

North East Wisconsin Public Safety Communication (NEWCOM) Regional Radio System Narrowbanding
Recipient: North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Address: 210 McClellan Street, Suite 210, Wausau, WI 54403
Amount: $800,000
Description: These funds would use be used to assist with sixteen county regional North Central Wisconsin Public Safety Communication (NEWCOM) Group. To comply with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) narrowband mandate, funds would improve the radio communication systems in 16 counties of the NEWCOM region. The project would range from programming of radios, pagers, to putting up towers, install additional radio, microwave equipment to meet the need of the narrowbanding mandates.

Public Safety Communications System Upgrade
Recipient: Burnett County, Wisconsin
Address: 7410 County Road K, Siren, WI 54872
Amount: $1,000,000
Description: To ensure that high level performance, response, and reliability for critical public safety services in Burnett County can be relied upon, a comprehensive communications system upgrade would be implemented to replace the current, dilapidated equipment so that there is both interoperability and compliance to all FCC mandates.

Road to Opportunity Project
Recipient: Wisconsin Alliance for Children and Families
Address: 11700 West Lake Park Road, Milwaukee, WI 53224
Amount: $750,000
Description: Funding would be used to help low income people access legal assistance to help them overcome obstacles to employment.

Wisconsin Height Modernization Program
Recipient: State of Wisconsin
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Madison, WI, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $2,550,000
Description: The program allows for improved surveys for planning, design and construction of highways.

Wisconsin State Patrol Mobile Data and In-Car Digital Video Project
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $2,200,000
Description: Purchase and installation of digital in-car video systems for Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of State Patrol fleet for approximately 355 patrol vehicles.

Ashland Harbor, WI
Recipient: US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District
Address: 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48231
Amount: $150,000
Description: Funding would assist the City of Ashland to conduct a Section 107 investigation into the development and construction of a breakwater. Breakwater construction is necessary in order to clean up a Superfund site in Ashland Harbor and to protect and redevelop the harbor.

Comprehensive Water Quality Study Big Eau Pleine and Wisconsin River
Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Address: 190 5th Street, East, Suite 401, St. Paul, WI 55101
Amount: $270,000
Description: Would assist with a comprehensive Water Quality Study that will examining impacts of phosphorus and other pollutants on the Big Eau Pleine and the Wisconsin River. The study will be used to develop a model of remediation, for the Big Eau Pleine and the Wisconsin River, as well as other water bodies across Wisconsin with similar water quality problems.

Northern Wisconsin Environmental Assistance, WI
Recipient: US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District
Address: 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48231
Amount: $5,000,000
Description: Would provide assistance to communities in Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas and Iron Counties by helping to finance necessary improvements to water related infrastructure such as repairing, expanding and upgrading water related infrastructure, including wells, sewer systems, dams and wastewater treatment facilities.

St. Croix River Relocation of Endangered Mussels, MN & WI
Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Address: 190 5th Street East, Suite 401, St. Paul, MN 55101
Amount: $350,000
Description: Would continue an ongoing Army Corps feasibility study to determine how to best manage the spread of zebra mussels, an invasive species that causes millions of dollars of damage to water intake pipes and may present a health hazard by increasing human and wildlife exposure to organic pollutants such as PCBs. Studies have shown that zebra mussels can accumulate the pollutants in their tissues in concentrations 300,000 times greater than in the environment. This invasive species also threatens two endangered native mussel species on the St. Croix River and starves native fish populations in infested lakes and rivers.The study would also determine whether or not endagered native mussels should be relocated.

Financial Services

Chippewa County, WI Revolving Loan Fund
Recipient: Chippewa County, WI
Address: 711 N. Bridge St., Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Amount: $1,500,000
Description: Funding will enable Chippewa County to create a Small Business Revolving Loan Fund to make low interest loans to new small businesses, leveraging private investment, promoting economic growth, an expanded tax base and job creation.

Chippewa Falls, Downtown Revolving Loan Fund
Recipient: City of Chippewa Falls
Address: 30 W. Central St., Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: Funds will finance a revolving loan fund that will provide low interest loans to downtown businesses and property owners in the city of Chippewa Falls for new construction and building renovations, resulting in business expansion, job creation private investment and increased property values.

West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Green Technology Fund
Recipient: West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Address: 800 Wisconsin Street, Mail Box 9, Eau Claire, WI 54703
Amount: $1,050,000
Description: Funding will enable the West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission to create and capitalize a Green Technology Revolving Loan Fund to provide low-interest loans to businesses that develop and manufacture green technology products, leveraging private investment and creating jobs.

Wisconsin Rural Enterprise Fund
Recipient: Northwest Regional Planning Commission
Address: 1400 South River Street, Spooner, WI 54801
Amount: $650,000
Description: Funding will enable NWRPC to assist technology-based startup companies and promote long-term, high-skill, high wage job creation through equity investment.


Homeland Security

Aspen FACE Phase II
Recipient: USFS Northern Research Station
Address: 5985 Highway K, Rhinelander, WI 54501
Amount: $1,100,000
Description: Aspen FACE Phase II (also known as the Northern Forest Ecosystem Experiment) will provide new and unique scientific findings needed by forests managers about the impacts of climate change on regenerating forests.

Birchwood Well Construction and Water Main Improvements
Recipient: Village of Birchwood
Address: 101 North Main Street, P.O. Box 6, Birchwood, WI 54817
Amount: $1,155,000
Description: Would assist with installation of a second municipal well and make comprehensive improvements to the water distribution system to benefit the health and safety of the residents and businesses within the Village of Birchwood.

Chippewa Flowage
Recipient: The US Forest Service
Address: 2610 University Ave, Suite 300, St. Paul, MN 55114
Amount: $4,500,000
Description: Would allow the state of Wisconsin to complete prior investments in conservation easements to protect public recreation and water quality of the Chippewa Flowage, one of the wildest lakes in Wisconsin.

Downtown Antigo Utility Revitalization Project
Recipient: City of Antigo
Address: 700 Edison Street, Antigo, WI 54409
Amount: $1,600,000
Description: Would assist with reconstruction of failing utility and street facilities in the downtown area of Antigo to enhance the economic viability of the downtown area and benefit the residents and commercial sector of the City.

Elcho Water System Improvements
Recipient: Elcho Sanitary District No. 1
Address: W10672 Bluebird Lane, P.O. Box 134, Elcho, WI 54428
Amount: $900,000
Description: Would assist with water main construction, water well supply testing, new hydrants and constructing a new elevated storage tank to improve safety & increase water pressure to benefit the residents and businesses of the Elcho Sanitary District.

Industrial Park Well - Construction and Watermain Loop
Recipient: City of Spooner
Address: 515 N Summit Street, Spooner, WI 54801
Amount: $522,500
Description: Would assist with the contruction of a new well and watermains to benefit the residents and businesses of the City of Spooner.

Ladysmith Lift Station(s) Reconstruction and Replacement
Recipient: City of Ladysmith
Address: 120 Miner Avenue West, Ladysmith, WI 54848
Amount: $1,116,159
Description: Would assist with significant upgrades to seven lift stations and replace or reconstruct four more in order to ensure the health and safety of the residents, businesses, and public works employees of the City of Ladysmith.

Ladysmith Wells 2 & 3 Contaminant Removal
Recipient: City of Ladysmith
Address: 120 Miner Avenue W, Ladysmith, WI 54848
Amount: $632,500
Description: Would assist in the construction of a water treatment facility for removal of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) from existing wells to benefit the health of residents and businesses in the City of Ladysmith.

Minong Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) Upgrades & Infrastructure Relocation
Recipient: Village of Minong
Address: 123 Fifth Avenue, Minong, WI 54859
Amount: $1,980,000
Description: Would assist with upgrades to the village's waste water treatment plant and relocate certain infrastructure to assist in the expansion efforts of a local industry.

North Country National Scenic Trail Construction
Recipient: The State of Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources
Address: 101 S. Webster St, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $400,000
Description: Would assist with development funding for trail construction along the North Country National Scenic Trail (NCT). The funding would be used to construct 12 miles of the approximately 90 miles of NCT yet to be built in Wisconsin, and 26 sections of boardwalk for the trail between Spring Creek and Mail Road in Iron County and one bridge.

North Country National Scenic Trail Land Acquisition
Recipient: The State of Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources
Address: 101 South Webster Street, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $750,000
Description: LWCF funding would be matched with $750,000 in state Stewardship resources for land acquisition to acquire acreage to develop 3 miles of trail from eight identified, willing sellers. Project will complete a segment of trail between Iron County forest and Copper Falls State Park.

Northwest Wisconsin Groundwater Study
Recipient: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS), University of Wisconsin Extension
Address: 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705
Amount: $1,067,880
Description: Would assist with generation of critical geologic and hydrogeologic information for local communities in Northwestern Wisconsin.

Owen Agribusiness Park Infrastructure Improvements
Recipient: City of Owen
Address: 219 North Pine Street, Owen, WI 54460
Amount: $3,000,000
Description: Would assist with utility improvements in the East Side Commercial Park and Owen Agribusiness Park to benefit the residents and businesses in the City of Owen.

Rudolph Wastewater Treatment Project/Connection to Wisconsin Rapids
Recipient: Village of Rudolph
Address: 1580 Main Street, Rudolph, WI 54475
Amount: $1,300,000
Description: Would assist with the construction of a wastewater collection system and connect the system to the City of Wisconsin Rapids' treatment facility.

St. Croix NSR Land Protection Plan Update
Recipient: St. Croix River Association (SCRA)
Address: 401 N. Hamilton, St Croix Falls, WI 54024
Amount: $400,000
Description: Would assist with updating the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway’s Land Protection Plan to benefit the local community, support tourism and to protect the water quality of the Riverway.

St. Croix Wild and Scenic Riverway
Recipient: Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL)
Address: 125 S Webster, Room 200, Madison, WI 53708
Amount: $286,000
Description: The US Park Service would purchase three tracts totaling 146 acres that are currently owned by the State BCPL within the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway (Polk and Burnett Counties) and the Namekagon Wild & Scenic Riverway (Washburn County), to reduce fragmentation and to enhance recreation and tourism.

Village of Bruce Future Street Reconstruction
Recipient: Village of Bruce
Address: 100 W. River Ave., P.O. Box 238, Bruce, WI 54819
Amount: $577,000
Description: Would assist with the replacement of outdated water and sewer lines to benefit the residents and businesses of the Village of Bruce.

Village of Cadott Wastewater Treatment Facility
Recipient: Village of Cadott
Address: 110 E Central Street, Cadott, WI 54727
Amount: $3,359,455
Description: Would assist with the replacement of a deteriorated wastewater treatment plant with a new facility to provide capacity to accommodate future residential and industrial growth in and around the Village of Cadott.

Village of Unity Potable Water System
Recipient: Village of Unity
Address: 204 West Clark Street, Unity, WI 54488
Amount: $2,475,000
Description: Would assist with the installation of a community-wide public water system to ensure the health and safety of the community. The project includes a distribution system, two wells, a water treatment facility to remove iron, manganese and radon from the raw well water and construct an elevated water tank.

Wisconsin Wild Waterways
Recipient: US Forest Service - Chequamegon -Nicolet NF
Address: 500 Hanson Lake Road, Rhinelander, WI 54501
Amount: $400,000
Description: Would provide funding for land acquisition from willing sellers within the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, providing recreational opportunities for tourists and residents.

Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS)

Advanced Placement Institute
Recipient: Cooperative Educational Service Agency #9
Address: 304 Kaphaem Road, PO Box 449, Tomahawk, WI 54487
Amount: $675,000
Description: Would increase critical mentoring support and access to high quality online AP courses for students in rural Wisconsin. AP teachers will be trained to provide a sustainable district program using an innovative blended delivery model.

Advanced Technology Engineering Program
Recipient: Northcentral Technical College
Address: 1000 West Campus Drive, Wausau, WI 54401
Amount: $990,000
Description: Would assist in providing advanced technology equipment for students participating in certain engineering programs at NTC campuses located in Wausau and Phillips. The ability to maintain a viable workforce with training and condentials is a large concern for businesses and community leaders, leading to a collaboration with NTC to increase the economic vitality of Northern Wisconsin through supporting eduction in manufacturing specializations. Education is vital to this collaboration and must step up to meet the workforce needs of this region in order to supply its businesses with middle-level skilled workers, allowing companies to not just survive but actively compete in the marketplace and grow to create a stronger economic base.

After-school Consortium
Recipient: Cooperative Educational Service Agency #12
Address: 618 Beaser Avenue, Ashland, WI 54806
Amount: $750,000
Description: Provides for an after-school consortium in northern Wisconsin that would enable schools to enhance student achievement through after-school activities. This would build on research that has shown that when students have an alternative place to go after school where they can study and be supervised by an adult, not only are they less likely to get into trouble, but they also have a better education experience.

After-school Programs
Recipient: Cooperative Educational Service Agency #10
Address: 725 West Park Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Amount: $750,000
Description: Provides for an after-school consortium in northern Wisconsin that would enable schools to enhance student achievement through after-school activities. This would build on research that has shown that when students have an alternative place to go after school where they can study and be supervised by an adult, not only are they less likely to get into trouble, but they also have a better education experience.

After-school Programs
Recipient: Cooperative Educational Services Agency #11
Address: 225 Osterman Drive, Turtle Lake, WI 54889
Amount: $750,000
Description: Provides for an after-school consortium in northern Wisconsin that would enable schools to enhance student achievement through after-school activities. This would build on research that has shown that when students have an alternative place to go after school where they can study and be supervised by an adult, not only are they less likely to get into trouble, but they also have a better education experience.

Comprehensive Dental Outreach Program
Recipient: Marquette University
Address: 1616 West Wells Street, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53233
Amount: $900,000
Description: These funds would be used by Marquette University to send dental students and faculty to underserved areas, including the Stevens Point area and the Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls area, to provide oral health. According to a Report by the Surgeon General, we face a silent epidemic of dental and oral disease which restricts activities in school, work and home, and often diminishes quality of life. Within Wisconsin in the State fiscal year 2007, only 23.5% of our Medicaid population whith dental benefits were able to access dental care.

Familty Health Center of Marshfield, Inc.
Recipient: Family Health Center of Marshfield, Inc.
Address: 1515 Saint Joseph Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449
Amount: $5,000,000
Description: According to a Report of the Surgeon General, we face a silent epedemic of dental and oral health disease which restricts activities in school, work and home, and often diminishes quality of life. Within Wisconsin in 2007, only 23.5% of our Medicaid population with dental benefits were able to access dental care. These funds would be used for construction, equipment, and services to provide better access to dental care in north central Wisconsin providing a model for improving care throughout the country. This effort may also provide a national model for how to better integrate medicine and dentistry in meeting the needs of underserved populations.

Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua Educational Activities
Recipient: Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
Address: 101 W. Bayfield Street, P.O. Box 455, Washburn, WI 54891
Amount: $500,000
Description: Would assist with the creation, commissioning, touring, and presentation of new educational shows; the purchase of new equipment to be used at their tent venue and on tour and the digitizing and archiving of slides and photographs.

Project Learn Program
Recipient: Boys & Girls Club of Portage County
Address: 1007 Ellis Street, PO Box 171, Stevens Point, WI 54481
Amount: $300,000
Description: Would provide funding for the Project Learn Program which engages youth, with an emphasis on those youth who need it most, in after-school learning while encouraging success, instilling in youth life-long learning, and preventing truant behavior.

Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) Collaboration Project
Recipient: Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Address: 122 W. Washington Ave., Suite 700, Madison, WI 53703
Amount: $750,000
Description: The funds requested will be utilized by the WAICU Collaboration Project to improve collaborative technology amongst member universities to not only improve the quality of services to students, faculty, and staff but to also control costs across the board.

Workforce Central Rural Demonstration
Recipient: Community Foundation of South Wood County
Address: 478 East Grand Avenue, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
Amount: $250,000
Description: Would assist in providing job training and career support for the manufacturing workforce to enter new careers to meet the needs of a changing economy. Funds would also be used to replicate the program in South, Northeast and Upper Midwest regions of the United States.

YWCA Wausau GIRLS Initiative for At-Risk Youth
Recipient: YWCA Wausau
Address: 613 Fifth Street, Wausau, WI 54403
Amount: $750,000
Description: The funds would be used to assist the YWCA Wausau GIRLS Initiative which is aimed at helping at-risk, middle-school girls gain volunteer experience and develop leadership skills.

Legislative Branch

No Projects Requested


Military Construction, VA

Military Construction-Field Maintenance Shop, Wausau, WI
Recipient: Dept of Military Affairs, Wisconsin Army National Guard
Address: 2400 Wright Street, Madison, WI 53708
Amount: $12,931,000
Description: This project will construct a new 26,650 SF Field Maintenance Shop consisting of two general purpose work bays, two special purpose work bays, plus administrative, personnel, work areas and supporting facilities. A new, more efficient shop will have an immediate impact on military equipment readiness. Well maintained equipment will contribute to the supported units' ability to accomplish their war and peacetime missions. A larger maintenance shop will provide additional weekend training opportunities for supported unit soldiers in vehicle maintenance career fields. Having adequate facilities to work on equipment indoors during Wisconsin's winter months will improve our mechanics' job proficiency, thereby improving unit readiness.



State, Foreign Operations

No Projects Requested


Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD)

Bad River Tribal Youth Center
Recipient: Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Address: 72682 Maple Lane, Ashland, WI 54861
Amount: $2,500,000
Description: Funding will enable the tribe to replace the existing Community Center which was built in the 1960s but, due to poor design and construction, is ravaged with mold and poses a serious health threat to users of the tribe's headstart program, daycare center and other youth activities which all take place in the community center.

Central Wisconsin Airport Terminal Improvements
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $12,700,000
Description: Funding will assist in undertaking phase 1 of a 3-phase project to renovate the existing terminal between 2011-2013 to meet the growing demands for air service in central Wisconsin and maintain economic growth and development in the region.

Chippewa County Railroad Rehabilitation
Recipient: Chippewa County
Address: 711 North Bridge Street, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Amount: $3,500,000
Description: Funding will pay for track improvements to improve freight service for businesses in northern and northwest Wisconsin, including restoring the load-bearing capacity of the Chippewa River Bridge to match industry standards.

Chippewa Falls Downtown Reconstruction
Recipient: City of Chippewa Falls
Address: 30 West Central Street, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Amount: $730,000
Description: Funds will assist with reconstruction of local streets to allow for the construction of a new office building which is a central element to the Downtown Riverfront Plan, a catalyst for numerous private sector investments ensuring Chippewa Falls downtown will remain an economically strong and vital business district.

Chippewa Valley Technical College Energy Education Center
Recipient: Chippewa Valley Technical College
Address: 620 West Clairmont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54701
Amount: $4,736,000
Description: The goal of the center is to educate and prepare a workforce in west central Wisconsin for emerging renewable energy occupations, creating jobs for new and displaced workers while helping lead the nation in increasing the supply of renewable energy and reducing our reliance on foreign oil.

City of Wausau Brownfield Development -- Census Tract 1
Recipient: City of Wausau
Address: 407 Grant Street, Wausau, WI 54403
Amount: $4,415,000
Description: Funding will assist the city of Wausau in leveraging private funding to continue redevelopment of the central city by acquiring vacated, blighted and contaminated properties to create a marketable 17-acre site along the Wisconsin River for non-industrial development, urban greenspace and new mixed use development including businesses, jobs and residencies.

Environmental Analysis and Preliminary Engineering Study for the Madison to Twin Cities Rail Corridor
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $36,000,000
Description: The project is needed to complete the required environmental analyses associated with track improvements necessary for high speed passenger rail service between Madison and the Twin Cities.

Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute
Recipient: Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute
Address: 1023 University Drive, 291 Marshall, W. Alworth Hall, Duluth, MN 55812
Amount: $1,000,000
Description: Funding will enable GLMRI, a Congressionally authorized project, to continue to develop and improve economically and environmentally sustainable maritime commerce on the Great Lakes through applied research at institutions throughout the region, including Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, New York, Minnesota and Wisconsin. GLMRI was designated by George Bush’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) as one of eight National Maritime Enhancement Institutes in June 2005. Its work is overseen by an advisory board that includes MARAD, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard and the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Great Lakes ports and shippers.

Heart of Wisconsin Community Incubator
Recipient: Heart of Wisconsin Community Incubator
Address: 1120 Lincoln Street, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
Amount: $3,000,000
Description: Funding will help develop a business incubator and innovation center to help new business startups and expansions, promoting economic development and job creation.

Highway 53 Safety Improvements
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Description: Funding will be used for operational safety studies, final design and/or construction of intersection operational and safety improvements for USH 53 between Rice Lake and Superior, Wisconsin.

Highway 77, Burnett County
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $8,500,000
Description: The project will provide employment opportunities in design and construction, it will improve economic opportunities in the area, it addresses safety issues and improves bicycle/pedestrian facilities.

Lake Superior Rim Project, Impact 7
Recipient: Impact 7
Address: 147 Lake Almena Drive, Almena, WI 54805
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: This comprehensive project is linked by 12 separate but synergistic projects, each of which is underway and in varying degrees of completion with funding filling a key need for each element.

Merrill Municipal Airport
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: The funding will help increase safety by adding a parallel taxiway, acquiring needed property and clearing obstructions in the runway approaches and it will help economic growth with airport terminal development.

Mid-State Technical College Renewable Energy Education Center
Recipient: Mid-State Technical College
Address: 500 32nd Street, North, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
Amount: $4,500,000
Description: Funding will help pay for construction of a Sustainable/Renewable Energy Training Center to support MSTC's leading-edge renewable energy programs aligned with the demand for skilled technicians who design, manufacture, install, operate and maintain renewable energy systems.

Rail Line Improvement -- Chippewa and Barron Counties, Wisconsin
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Ave, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $9,075,680
Description: The funding will help provide businesses in the region with efficient, competitive access to markets that can only be reached by rail. The line is in the process of being purchased by the State of Wisconsin and local governments in order to preserve service and the track must be upgraded to provide a viable alternative mode of transportation

Reconstruction of County Trunk Highway H, Douglas County, WI
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $6,000,000
Description: Tourism is vital to the success of the economy of Douglas County and County H provides access to the State Forest, connects Highways 2 and 13, provides a direct link to the southern shore of Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. The narrow asphalt pavement is rated as "failed", has potholes and failed pavement edges, and presents a growing safety hazard to as many as 500,000 annual visitors.

Reconstruction of Highway 10 between Marshfield and Stevens Point, WI
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $10,000,000
Description: This project is part of a multiyear improvement to expand Highway 10 to a 4-lane divided highway, providing employment opportunities, economic benefits, improving safety for highway users, bicycles and pedestrians.

Reconstruction of Highway 51 in the Town of Mercer, Wisconsin
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $4,000,000
Description: The project provides important safety improvements to a major route through the Town of Mercer, providing employment opportunities, economic development and improved bicycle/pedestrian facilities.

Road Reconstruction in the Town of Casey, Wisconsin
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $1,800,000
Description: Funding will help improve the Town of Casey road system which is vital to retaining an expanding industry, retaining and creating jobs in the community, and improving safety.

Sawyer County Airport
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $2,800,000
Description: Funding is for the first phase of a multi-phase project to improve aviation safety for business travellers, medical transport and others with installation of an Instrument Landing System. This involves significant infrastructure improvements including clearing of runway approaches, the construction of a parallel runway, relocation of a road, and wetland mitigation.

State Highway 13, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $3,000,000
Description: The project will provide employment opportunities in design and construction, improve economic development opportunities in the area and address safety issues by improving the roadway and bicycle/pedestrian facilities in and around the Village of Spencer.

Stevens Point, WI., Urban Environmental Remediation and Redevelopment
Recipient: City of Stevens Point, WI
Address: 1515 Strongs Avenue, Stevens Point, WI 54481
Amount: $750,000
Description: Funds will help cleanup and development of blighted and environmentally-contaminated properties, helping rejuvenate downtown creating 80 new jobs, more than $3 million in annual income and 130 housing units.

Taylor County Airport, WI
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Amount: $800,000
Description: Funding for land reimbursement is the next phase in a multi-year effort to provide a strengthened 6,500 foot runway, parallel taxiway and all-weather navigation system to help retain area jobs, promote local business, and provide important transportation alternatives for tourism, medical and other activities.

Wisconsin Highway 53 Chetek
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Address: 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 132B, Madison, WI 53707
Description: Funding for transportation system improvements in Chetek, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Health and Emergency Services Training Center
Recipient: Wisconsin Indianhead Technical Center
Address: 505 Pine Ridge Drive, Shell Lake, WI 54871
Amount: $2,400,000
Description: Construction of a 39,000 square foot Health and Emergency Services Training Center at the Rice Lake campus to expand training opportunities for nurses, nurse assistants, medical assistants, occupational therapy assistants, paramedics, EMT and other health professionals.