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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Fond du Lac's 2023 will include three hospital projects, but no Meijer yet
FOND DU LAC REPORTER
FOND DU LAC – Several Fond du Lac businesses and organizations are gearing up for a 2023 full of experiences.
Last year, Fond du Lac leaders leaned into an ever-growing focus on making Fond du Lac an inviting place to both visit and live, resulting in local entrepreneurs and national brands alike finding the area a viable place to put down business roots.
As for 2023, residents and guests alike should watch out for more engagement from Envision Greater Fond du Lac, more businesses and events in downtown Fond du Lac and new developments — including the construction of two new hospitals....
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Promoting the Regional Brand
Nine New North firms among finalists for Manufacturer of the Year
INSIGHT PUBLICATIONS
MADISON – Nine companies based in the New North region are among the 26 Wisconsin manufacturers selected as finalists for the 34th Annual Manufacturer of the Year Awards.
Wisconsin’s 9,000 manufacturing companies employ nearly a half million people. Manufacturers produce $68 billion in economic output for the state each year. The finalists represent the diversity and power of Wisconsin’s manufacturing industry and highlight the high-wage, family-supporting careers within the sector....
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Promoting the Regional Brand
More than $420,000 in grants awarded to Wisconsin veteran organizations
WLUK
More than a dozen organizations that help Wisconsin veterans and their families across the state will receive grants, including two in Northeast Wisconsin.
Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) announced $424,970 in grants to 13 nonprofit organizations Thursday.
Both Fox Valley Technical College and Lakeland University will receive entrepreneurship grants....
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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
Waupun council hears requests for ARPA funding: Many needs identified for limited resource
WISCNEWS
WAUPUN – While Waupun’s allocation of $1.17 million in COVID relief funds may be large, needs are far greater.
The Waupun Common Council heard from individuals and community groups about how those funds, allocated by the federal American Rescue Plan Act, could be spent on Tuesday night at City Hall. About a dozen people appeared, some to observe and some to request money for specific causes.
“It’s like answering the question, ‘What would you do if you won a million dollars, except there are a whole lot of things that you can’t use it for,’” Waupun City Administrator/Director of Economic Development Kathy Schlieve said in August....
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Promoting the Regional Brand
Fox Cities Chamber changes its PULSE Young Professionals (YP) membership to free; announces new corporate YP certification program
FOX CITIES CHAMBER
FOX CITIES -- With a new year comes some exciting new changes for the Fox Cities Chamber’s PULSE Young Professionals. The Chamber has announced that membership in its YP program is now free. Additionally, they have launched a corporate “Champion of Young Professionals” program.
“PULSE is free in ’23!” said Jodie Federwitz, director of PULSE. “We will no longer be charging a membership fee for our PULSE Young Professionals group. In doing this we hope to remove any barriers that may have prevented someone from joining PULSE, so all YPs in the Fox Cities can benefit from the program.” PULSE, a program of the Chamber, is designed for those who live and/or work in the Fox Cities and are age 40 and under (or young at heart)...
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Brown County to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. by revisiting the mountaintop
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
GREEN BAY - The day before he was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his ground-breaking sermon "I've Been to the Mountaintop" at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3, 1968.
His speech scaled humanity's own Everest, stretching from Ancient Egypt to Birmingham, Alabama, conferring with figures from Plato to Lincoln, underscoring social movements from the Emancipation Proclamation to the Memphis sanitation strike, the protest that brought him back to Tennessee. In the speech, King expressed his intentions to live a long, prosperous life. He looked ahead from the mountaintop with an eye aimed at the second half of the 20th century....
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Promoting the Regional Brand
Packers award five $50,000 Social Justice Grants to nonprofit groups
WLUK
GREEN BAY -- The Green Bay Packers announced today that the organization is donating five Social Justice Grants of $50,000 each, totaling $250,000, to several nonprofits as part of the team's ongoing pledge to support social justice and racial equality in Wisconsin communities.
"We're honored to award these Social Justice Grants to nonprofit organizations that are working to effect meaningful change," said Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy. "We are proud to provide our support to organizations that have been identified by our players as worthy organizations who are working each day to empower youth, create economic opportunity and provide resources to those in need."...
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Encourage Educational Attainment
From Africa to Appleton to Lambeau: Akim Atibu's educational journey is one busy path
FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE
NEW NORTH -- As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Life is a journey, not a destination.”
Fox Valley Technical College student Akim Atibu has already had quite an amazing journey and he’s not done yet. Born in the Congo and raised in Uganda, Akim came to Appleton through the assistance of World Relief, an organization that helps refugees settle in the United States.
While living with his brother, Akim was introduced to Fox Valley Technical College where his first step was to complete the English Language Learning program...
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