WISCONSIN INNOVATION INDEX

Central Wisconsin Community Action Council (CWCAC) strives to lift people out of poverty and into a better quality of life. We are a private not-for-profit corporation established in 1966 under the Economic Opportunity Act as part of President Johnson’s War on Poverty.  CWCAC operates a variety of state and federal programs to assist low-income families in becoming self-sufficient and to help our communities grow and prosper.

The Chippewa Valley Innovation Center (CVIC) was formed in 1986 in response to a growing need within the Chippewa Valley for low cost, appropriately sized space for businesses in the early stages of development. Today, the facility continues to serve as an incubation center for manufacturing and service related businesses who are in the transitional stages of going from a new business to an established business. Leases are set up in one-year increments, with each year’s cost increasing to assist the business in being prepared to pay market value rents when the 3-year incubation period is over.

The City of Two Rivers owns two business incubators. These business incubators can assist businesses looking to start up, expand, or relocate to our community. The incubator offers affordable, yet negotiable, space for lease for industrial businesses.

Located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, CRBC is a full service mixed-use incubator for new and emerging entrepreneurial companies. We offer member businesses affordable space, support tools, resources and guidance to strengthen their business success and graduation into the community.