For the past two years, LGI has been collecting case studies of cooperative and collaborative initiatives in Wisconsin. This report is the first publication of our collection. The collection of case studies is an on‐going effort. As such, some of the case study write‐ups are not as complete as we would like and some of the contacts may be out of date. Also, there are many successful efforts across the State that escaped our attention. We would love to hear about these as well as any corrections or suggestions for future editions – please let us know by sending an email to info@localgovinstitute.org.