La Crosse County, Wisconsin

Economic Assistance

La Crosse County will assist in any way possible to help you find a development package that meets the needs of your company.  If you have a project that needs assistance, please contact County staff listed on the bottom of this page.  Below is a list of assistance programs that may be available.  We also encourage you to look at the "Useful Links" page for links to State and Federal Agencies that may have other forms of assistance available.

Revolving Loan Funds

Business lending is another economic development activity we are involved in.  Business loans are through revolving loan funds (RLFs) made possible through Federal grants from the Economic Development Administration and the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. All RLF business loans are in conjunction with bank financing and have favorable terms and conditions that allow a business expansion to proceed that under most other conditions would not. The loans are awarded to businesses based on the number of jobs created or retained and other economic development criteria. The revolving loan funds are designed to foster entrepreneurialism and provide the Region’s residents with a better opportunity to live the American dream of starting their own business.

Business Tax Credits

Another form of business financial assistance we provide is administrating and providing technical assistance for the Western Wisconsin Technology Zone.  We assist in determining business eligibility and providing technical assistance to businesses in preparing applications for this program. Tax credits totaling $5 million have been allocated to counties in the Western Wisconsin Technology Zone.  The MRRPC played an instrumental role in developing the applications that led to the designation of this business tax credit zone that was established for the purpose of stimulating high technology in La Crosse County and State of Wisconsin.