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w w w . i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m M a r c h 2 0 14 • I nsIgh t | 15 global new north formed as the implementation tool to an effort that was started by the east Central regional Planning Commission. during the recession, they contacted a number of the counties about some money that was available from the U.s. economic development administration. e eda was looking to help communities that had suffered significant losses of employment during the recession. about eight counties qualified, and waupaca County was one of them. I had been working with newreP (northeast wisconsin regional economic Partnership) and we had done a trade mission to mexico in 2009 with six companies out of northeast wisconsin, and it was quite successful. I believe somewhere around $1 million in sales resulted from the effort of those companies going there. I was looking for ways to get our companies involved with international business. we were able to talk the eda into expanding to the entire new north region. new north executive director Jerry murphy and I had discussions in the past about putting together some sort of strategy for the entire region for exporting and international business. e bay lake regional Planning Commission David iel on global new north U P F R O N T face time P H O T O G R A P H B Y B O B c A s H M A N / I M A G E s T U D I O s , F O R I N s I G H T David iel, executive director of Waupaca County Economic Development Corporation and co-chairman of the Global New North Stakeholder Committee, says regional companies have prime opportunities to grow through exporting. He sat down with Insight Associate Editor Nikki Kallio to talk about Global New North and an upcoming trade mission to South America. [continued ] »