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Asset Mapping and Needs Analysis

This project informs the larger economic diversification strategy for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

The Need

Improving individual and family well-being requires communities, neighborhoods, and their residents to be involved as contributors to their own and their community’s well-being. Collectively, they were asked,  “What can we do with what we already have to get what we need?”

Highlights

  • Menominee Tribal Enterprises (MTE) provides wood products for manufactures, brokers and exporters.
  • The tribe sustainably manages the Menominee Forest to maximize diversity and optimize growth and sawlog quality of the forest timber resource.
  • Native artists are an economic and cultural asset to the community.
  • The Menominee Clans Story and the tribe’s website shares a brief history of the tribe, landscapes and landmarks, language lessons, historical documents and an interactive history.
  • Wolf River Development is working to diversify the economy, and the ongoing economic diversification study is also uncovering ways for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin to grow its economic base.

Impact

Drugs, alcohol abuse, and crime are at the top of the concerns of people in the community, followed by adequate housing and blighted properties.  Recommendations included:

  • Neighborhood Watch Programs and Improving Environmental Design
  • Substance Abuse Support Services, Hotline and Reporting Systems, and Mental Health Services

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Asset Mapping and Needs Analysis