Southwest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission

Southwest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (doing business as Swwrpc), a non-profit regional planning organization based in Platteville, Wisconsin, acts as a recipient of federal grants focused on regional economic development, workforce planning, and infrastructure feasibility analysis. Swwrpc does not hold prime federal contracts and does not compete under set-asides; the organization operates as a grant recipient for civilian economic development agencies and as a sub-recipient of transportation and water-quality planning grants from state departments that flow federal funds downstream.

Swwrpc's capability footprint centers on economic development technical assistance, regional strategy development, feasibility studies, and revolving loan fund administration across a five-county region in southwestern Wisconsin (Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, and Richland counties). The organization's primary grant work flows from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA), which accounts for 21 of 28 total awards (75% of the portfolio by count). Recent representative EDA grants include a $213,551 Local Technical Assistance award (July 2026, through June 2028) to study and develop economic development recommendations for the City of Lancaster, including analysis of local economic assets and industrial land suitability; a project grant (July 2024, through June 2027) to develop and implement a comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS) across the five-county region; a $320,000 Economic Adjustment Assistance grant (April 2022) supporting recovery and resiliency planning for the Village of Cassville following coal-fired power plant closures and COVID-19 layoffs; and a $1,000,000 Economic Adjustment Assistance project grant (March 2022) capitalizing a revolving loan fund for small business lending across the region. Secondary grant funding comes from the Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services (2 awards) and the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2 awards). Swwrpc also receives sub-grant awards from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (water quality management planning) and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (transportation planning and FHWA SPR-funded regional planning coordination).

Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $6.8 million, with activity showing modest recent volume (one to three awards annually across 2021–2026). Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The organization has not appeared in federal contract procurement since 2007 and does not maintain a presence on GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs.