1991 |
 (August) The Local Government Center is formally created as a two-Divisional unit (i.e., Continuing Education and Cooperative Extension).
Joining in making the announcement about the opening of the new Local Government Center were, left to right, Rick Stadelman, Wisconsin Towns Association; Dan Thompson, League of Wisconsin
Municipalities; UW-Extension Chancellor Patrick G. Boyle; UWEX Cooperative Extension Dean Ayse Somersan; and Mark Rogacki, Wisconsin Counties Association.
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1992 |
(January) The Local Government Center begins operating under the leadership of Co-Directors Ed Schten (Continuing Education Extension) and Ken Nelson (Cooperative Extension) along with Associate Director, Dave Hinds. |
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 Associate Director Dave Hinds develops a new logo for the Center.
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1993 |
Co-Director Ed Schten retires and Continuing Education Extension withdraws its funding for the Local Government Center. |
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Dave Hinds becomes Director of the Local Government Center, and Cooperative Extension (under the leadership of then Dean Ayse Somersan) assumes full financial support for the Center. |
1994 |
 (September) Jim Schneider joins the Center as a Growth Management Coordinator.
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1996 |
(September) Kate Lawton joins the Center as a Local Government Specialist. |
1999 |
(January) Carol White joins the Center as a Program Assistant. |
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(January) Specialist Chuck Law replaces Dave Hinds as Center Director. |
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Local Government Center receives UW-Extension's "Educational Impact on the Web Award." |
2001 |
 Larry Larmer joins the Center as an Outreach Specialist after retiring from UW-Extension's Division of Continuing Studies.
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2002 |
(May) Tenley Meyer joins the Center as a Program Assistant. |
2003 |
(May) Dan Hill joins the Center as a Local Government Specialist. |
2005 |
 Center Director Chuck Law accepts the responsibility of co-Directing UW-Extension's Center for Community and Economic Development with Specialist Gary Green from the Department of Rural Sociology.
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(July) Al Probst joins the Local Government Center as a Local Government Specialist. |
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(July) Anne Kimber joins the Local Government Center as a Program Assistant. |
2007 |
(April) Al Probst initiates the performance measurement project. |
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 (November) Kate Lawton successfully removes the prefix "associate" to her formal Lecturer title.
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2008 |
Wisconsin Elections Division staff designate selected sessions of the Center's "Conducting Local Elections" WisLine programs as an option for re-certification training for chief elections inspectors. |
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(May) The Center's County Officials Workshops held in seven locations across the state attract more than 200 county officials from 49 Wisconsin counties. This was the most highly attended county officials workshop in many years. |
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(July) Center Director Chuck Law steps down as Co-Director of UW-Extension's Center for Community and Economic Development. |
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 (July) Jim Schneider retires from the Center after almost 14 years of employment with UW-Extension.
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 (August) Al Probst promoted to senior lecturer.
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 (November) Philip Freeburg joins the Center as the Local Government Law Educator.
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 (October) The Center receives the "Friend in County Government" award from the Wisconsin Counties Association.
Left to right: WCA Executive Director Mark O'Connell, LGC specialist Alan Probst, LGC co-founder Ken Nelson, CNRED Program Director Tom Blewett, LGC co-founder Ed Schten, LGC specialist Kate Lawton, LGC Director Chuck Law, WCA President Dennis O'Loughlin, Cooperative Extension Dean Rick Klemme, LGC specialist Dan Hill.
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(October) The Center-supported Wisconsin Barn Preservation Program receives a "Scenic Beauty" award from Citizens for Scenic Wisconsin. |
2009 |
(January) Jim Schneider re-joins the Center as an Outreach Specialist after retiring. |
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(April) Office Operations Associate, Anne Kimber, accepts a position with UW-Madison's Materials Distribution Services (HDS). |
