Posted: April 7, 2014
Source: LaCrosse Tribune.com
The Coulee Region could save millions of dollars a year in energy costs, create more than a hundred jobs and slash carbon dioxide emissions by creating a market for wood pellet fuel, according to a new study.
Commissioned by the Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission, the study grew out of meetings in the Kickapoo River Valley after the floods of 2007 and 2008, where discussions focused on how to create a more resilient economy, said Greg Flogstad, director of the planning commission.
The area is dependent primarily on agriculture and tourism, but lacks a third “leg” for the stool.
“There wasn’t much being done with forest wood products,” Flogstad said.
Funded by $52,000 in grants from the federal Department of Commerce and the Wisconsin Department of Administration, the report is designed to outline a model of economic development
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