Are there business economic development loans through the State of Wisconsin?
Brown County partners with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce in providing business economic development loans using the Community Development Block Grant for Economic Development (CDBG-ED) program which was designed to assist businesses that will invest private funds and create jobs as they expand or relocate to Wisconsin. Commerce awards the funds to a community, which then loans the funds to a business. When the business repays the loan, the community may retain the funds to capitalize a local revolving loan fund. This fund can then be utilized to finance additional economic development projects within the community.