The Impact of Young Professionals

Thursday, April 13th at 10 a.m., Route 51 looks at the economic, social, and cultural importance of young professionals to smaller, rural communities. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and NEWaukee, a social architecture firm, have spent the last few years collaborating with young professional groups across the state to brand Wisconsin as a work-place destination for Millennials.

Glen Moberg will moderate a discussion with Nick O’Brien, Community Engagement Specialist with MCDEVCO, Marathon County’s economic development firm; Kayla Rombalski, Director of Talent and Development with the Portage County Business Council and Jon Byom, VP of Engineering with Renaissance Learning of Wisconsin Rapids. Both O’Brien and Rombalski are coordinating YPWeek, a week-long statewide initiative of community engagement programming. Byom will speak to Renaissance Learning’s experience as a large employer of young professionals in North Central Wisconsin.

YPWeek Wisconsin began as a way to provide a week-long series of events that focus on discovery, adventure, and meaningful conversation and has grown into a statewide initiative with 25 participating communities including Wausau, Stevens Point, Wisconsin Rapids, Marshfield, and Price County April 22-29.