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Melissa Hughes: “Broadband, housing and workforce. Those were the three…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Newsmakers: Melissa Hughes - CEO, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

Published | Video Starts at 11:36

With an idea, the spark for the future? Let me tell you the three things that I saw and heard throughout the state, whether I was in an urban area or a rural area. Broadband, housing and workforce. Those were the three themes that I saw and heard again and again. Did that surprise you? Those three, that it was so focused on those three was a little surprising. It was broadband, what? Housing. Housing and workforce. And workforce, yeah. (11:36–11:43)

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Asserts that broadband, housing, and workforce are recurring themes in economic discussions across the state.

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