Site Selection Magazine: 7 Things I Learned in Wisconsin

(May 8, 2025) – National Football League teams use annual preseason minicamp workouts to acclimate rookies and refresh veteran players.

The state of Wisconsin basically did the same thing for one journalist and 15 site selectors from around the country when the NEW North and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. hosted us for a familiarization tour built around the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay.

The learning and networking we experienced from April 23 to 25 were eye-opening, rewarding and fun. While it would take a bound volume the size of an NFL playbook to reveal everything I learned during my visit to Northeast Wisconsin, join me in the huddle and I’ll share seven lessons gleaned from the not-so-frozen tundra.

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