Subject: 02.03.23 New North Newsletter

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Special Event
Björklunden seminars offer opportunities to learn amid beauty of Door County
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

Registration is now open for the summer and fall 2023 seminars held at Björklunden, Lawrence University’s pristine Door County retreat. Björklunden seminars provide an opportunity to learn while enjoying the beauty of the 441-acre estate along the Lake Michigan shoreline, just south of Baileys Harbor.

Open to the public and led by Lawrence faculty, alumni, or friends, the adult-education seminars span a wide array of topics from politics to history, literature to the arts and sciences...

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Promoting the Regional Brand
Tundraland Home Improvements: Gave teen the gift of music through Mile of Music scholarship
WISBUSINESS

KAUKAUNA -- Tundraland Home Improvements, a LEAF Home company specializing in baths, walk-in showers and decks, made a 16-year-old’s dream of playing the drums come to life by gifting a local student with the Tundraland Mile of Music scholarship on Wednesday, February 1 at Heid Music at 4 p.m., located at 308 E. College Ave. in Appleton.

Audrey Lingnofski of Menasha, says music runs through her veins and she has been trying to get her parents to buy her a drum set for the past three years. She played clarinet in middle school and has been a dancer all her life, but Lingnofski said the drums are her true passion. She fell in love with drums on a family vacation where she toured the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and got to test out a drum simulator...

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Economic Development Feature
Oshkosh Corp. selling part of McNeilus concrete truck business, combines segments
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL

Specialty truck manufacturer Oshkosh Corp. has agreed to sell its London Machinery Inc. subsidiary and part of its McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Inc. business to a privately held industrial holding company in Chicago...

Support an Entrepreneurial Climate
TitletownTech invests in Tusk Logistics
WLUK

ASHWAUBENON -- TitletownTech says its latest investment is in a Chicago-based logistics company.

Tusk Logistics publicly launched at the supply chain and logistics conference Manifest, and announced its $1.6 million pre-seed funding round, led by Forum Ventures with participation from TitletownTech and Fulfillment IQ. The company plans to focus funds on product development and grow the Tusk team...

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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
$1 million in COVID relief funds available to Brown County nonprofits
WLUK

GREEN BAY -- Nonprofit organizations can apply to receive part of $1 million in COVID-19 relief funds Brown County is planning to allocate.

The money comes from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.

Organizations must serve Brown County businesses or residents...

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Economic Development Feature
Four Northeast Wisconsin harbor projects receive state funding
WLUK

Four Northeast Wisconsin harbor projects are receiving state funding.

Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced grants totaling $5.3 million Thursday for seven harbor maintenance and improvement projects to promote waterborne freight and economic development.

“Strong multimodal transportation infrastructure positions Wisconsin's businesses to succeed in a global economy,” WisDOT Secretary Craig Thompson said. “We are committed to improving our ability to move freight, and our harbors are a critical part of this strategy...

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Economic Development Feature
Wisconsin's draft 2050 rail plan includes lots of new service for Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL

As efforts continue to expand Milwaukee’s Amtrak connections to Madison, the Twin Cities and Chicago, the possibility of creating new commuter rail connections to its neighboring communities remains unfunded...

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Leadership in the New North
Lawrence University appoints Dr. Anna Ponder to lead Alumni, Development and Communications
FOX CITIES CHAMBER

Dr. Anna Ponder, an executive leader in philanthropy and higher education, will join Lawrence University’s executive team as Vice President for Alumni, Development, and Communications. Dr. Ponder, who served most recently as Vice Chancellor for Advancement at the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB), begins her new role February 6, 2023.

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Encourage Educational Attainment
Students from across the nation arrive at Lambeau Field for signature robotics event
WFRV

GREEN BAY -- More than 350 high school students and mentors from all across the United States came to compete in a VEX Robotics Competition at the Lambeau Field Atrium.

Students from California, Illinois, South Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, Montana, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Texas, and Wisconsin, as well as one team from Santander, Columbia, all came together to square off head-to-head...

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Promoting the Regional Brand
Let your imagination take flight in the Neville Public Museum's newest exhibit
WLUK

GREEN BAY -- A traveling, interactive science exhibit produced by NASA and Boeing is calling a Green Bay museum home for the next three months.

Above and Beyond will open at the Neville Public Museum Saturday.

The 3,000-square-foot exhibition offers an unprecedented interactive demonstration of advances in aviation and aerospace, from the first powered flights to the newest innovations on Earth and in space...

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The Above and Beyond traveling interactive science exhibit is calling the Neville Public Museum home for the next three months. WLUK/Fox 11 story above.
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