PROBLEMS AND OBSTACLES - ARBOR VITAE, BOULDER JUNCTION, LAC DU FLAMBEAU, MANITOWISH WATERS, MINOQUA, WOODRUFF: The six communities have the initiative and willingness to help but do not have the time, knowledge or experience needed to attend out of town meetings or to implement the benchmarks and they lack adequate resources to provide any type of financial assistance. They are disenchanted with the fact that we were lead to believe that there would be tax incentives for existing business owners and those wishing to locate in their respective communities. To this date any tax incentives for Round II EC designees are still not included in IRS Publication 954.

SOLUTIONS - ARBOR VITAE, BOULDER JUNCTION, LAC DU FLAMBEAU, MANITOWISH WATERS, MINOQUA, WOODRUFF: Do whatever is needed to include tax incentives for Round II ECs.

BEST PRACTICES - ARBOR VITAE, BOULDER JUNCTION, LAC DU FLAMBEAU, MANITOWISH WATERS, MINOQUA, WOODRUFF: Have not yet been able to determine what our best practices are.

PLANS/PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE FOR ARBOR VITAE, BOULDER JUNCTION, LAC DU FLAMBEAU, MANITOWISH WATERS, MINOQUA, WOODRUFF: Our major goal is to fund feasibility studies to determine the best possible site for business development/water and sewer systems and to secure funding for an affordable elder housing complex.