The UW-Madison Extension Institute of Community Development provides educational programming to assist leaders, communities and organizations realize their fullest potential.

Joseph Miller has been with Extension Iron County since September 2023. Prior to joining the team, he served as the Director of the Hurley Public Library, where he connected with an incredibly welcoming community and learned to apply his love of research and passion for public service to his work. Prior to serving at HPL, Joseph worked as a substitute teacher, Census enumerator, electronics purchaser, project manager, software quality assurance manager, video game journalist, and bartender/amateur psychiatrist. He is also a Marine Corps veteran.

Joseph’s work is focused in three areas of economic development: Entrepreneurship, Community Placemaking, and Digital Equity.

Learn more about what Extension does and what Joseph is up to by following the links below.

Local Partners

• Iron County Development Zone Council
• Gogebic Range Health Foundation

Iron County Demographics and Information

• US Census Bureau – Iron County
• County Rankings and Roadmaps – Iron County
• Socioeconomic Profiles – Iron County

Good Reads

• Iron County Outdoor Recreation Plan 2021-2025
• Iron County Land & Water Resource Management Plan 2021-2030
• State of Rural Wisconsin – 2018
• Governors Blue Ribbon Report – 2020

Community and Economic Development

• UW-Madison Extension Center for Community and Economic Development
• UW-Superior Wisconsin Small Business Development Center

Local Government

• UW-Madison Extension Local Government Center

Comprehensive Planning

• Center for Land Use Education
• Community Food Systems

Leadership Development

• UW-Madison Extension Organizational Leadership Development
• Leadership Wisconsin

Natural Resources

• UW-Madison Extension Natural Resources

The Extension Iron County office is located on Ojibwe land.  Visit the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission website for more information about Ojibwe natural resource management within treaty-ceded territories (i.e., areas where Ojibwe tribes reserve their rights to hunt, fish and gather).