ARPA SPECIFIC RESOURCES

1.) How to calculate Loss Revenue

2.) How to calculate Loss Revenue; U.S. Treasury, page 51

3.) How did the Feds come up with 4.1% as the number to use in the formula?

4.) Guidance from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue for ARPA

INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION & RESOURCES

1. Could ARPA dollars be used on improving communications among law enforcement agencies?

2. Have there been conversations/entities looking at options to put in renewable energy in infrastructure?

3. Using American Rescue Plan Act Funds for Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure

4. Are communities exploring connections between open access broadband infrastructure in connection with road infrastructure efforts? Council on Foreign Relations, Robert Knake, Senior Fellow

BROADBAND INFORMATION & RESOURCES

1. Could broadband be treated as a public utility? Contact the WI PSC.

2. The Governor's Task Force Report on Broadband

3. Broadband Internet and the Wisconsin Economy; Report from University of Wisconsin, Extension

4. Broadband in Rural Wisconsin: Identifying Gaps, Highlighting Successes - Forward Analytics

EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION INFORMATION

1. Information on early childhood care, development and education

2. The Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth - Brookings

3. Invest in Early Childhood Development: Reduce Deficits, Strengthen the Economy - The Heckman Equation

HOUSING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

1. What resources are available to investigate solving affordable housing?

2. Study Finds Severe Workforce Housing Shortage Across Wisconsin, WRA 2019 Workforce Housing Report: Falling Behind

3. University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty, Kurt Paulsen, Professor , Housing, Land Use and Municipal Finance

4. Homelessness: University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty 

WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

1. New Workforce Recruitment & Retention Options

2. Getting the Job Done - CWI

3. Workforce Challenges and Opportunities: What the Demographics Tell Us

4. BeBold 4 Workforce Recruitment and Retention Action Accelerator Overview

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

1. The New Geography of Jobs by Enrico Moretti

2. The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida