Dane County has to look beyond its borders as it plans for the next half-century of growth and service to Wisconsin, according to one of the state’s leading economists.
Terry Ludeman, chief of the Office of Economic Advisors in the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, said the Madison area is one of about 100 dynamic metropolitan communities in America and needs to think beyond county lines as the 21st century progresses.
….Madison has the right kind of stuff, he said, including a good quality of life, a major university, a highly educated population and an infrastructure to make the community grow, not just via highways but by moving knowledge around through an advanced communications system like the Internet.