In an effort to attract more businesses to the Madison Region, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation certified two area business parks as development-ready, the organization announced today.

The classification means that the Fitchburg Technology Campus-Phase II and the DeForest Business Park have the size, availability of utility and transportation infrastructure, physical and technical condition, environmental assessments, quality of labor force and support by local communities needed by businesses to accelerate growth.

“One of the keys to attracting new businesses to Wisconsin, or encouraging existing firms to choose the state as the site for significant expansion,” Reed Hall, interim secretary and CEO of WEDC, said in a statement, “is the ready availability of developable properties.”

Learn more on the Fitchburg certification (PDF) and the DeForest certification (PDF).