Promote the Regional Brand
Give Big Green Bay raises a record of more than $2 million for area organizations
NBC 26
GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — There has never been a more important time to give back as well over two million dollars were raised for area organizations during Give Big Green Bay. “To be able to shine such a bright light on it in these 24 hours, I think it’s another affirmation of what a terrific town we live in”, said Dennis Buehler, the President and CEO of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation. As nonprofits continue to be the backbone of our communities, for many these dollars are something they’re truly depended on...
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
'Huge win': Coal piles move, GLC Minerals expansion advance as Brown County approves Pulliam purchase
Green Bay Press Gazette
GREEN BAY - Brown County now controls the land needed to expand port operations and, potentially, relocate the coal piles off prime riverfront real estate near downtown Green Bay.
The county's Board of Supervisors on Wednesday unanimously agreed to buy 43.75 acres of the Pulliam Power Plant property from Wisconsin Public Service Corp. for $2.7 million.
'This is a huge, huge win," County Board Chairman Pat Buckley said after the vote. "Kudos to (county staff) getting this done. Hopefully they’ll be getting those coal piles moved from downtown."
The board also approved a letter of intent to sell almost 10 acres of the portion of the Pulliam...
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NWTC becomes nationally recognized as leader college
NBC 26
The Northeast Wisconsin Technical College has been nationally recognized for having pursued and met challenging student success goals this past year. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) was nationally recognized among its colleagues at the DREAM 2021 virtual conference. Achieving the Dream (ATD) awarded NWTC Leader College of Distinction, the highest designation offered to institutions in the ATD Network....
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Support an Entrepreneurial Climate and Small Business
Growing a Business in Wisconsin After the Military
Spectrum News 1
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. — The frozen field just north of Green Bay may not look like it now, but it’s wetland.
That’s what it will remain thanks to the work of Ben LaCount and his business partners with Evergreen Consultants, a business specializing in wetland delineation and environmental assessments.
LaCount is an Army veteran who traded his tools surveying artillery emplacements about 20 years ago for civilian surveying, and eventually, environmental work.
“I love my job. It’s helping people, so that’s the satisfaction I get,” he said about his career. “If somebody comes to you, it’s typically going to be a problem they need assistance determining, ’What can I do on this property?’ So we help them through that whole process.”
LaCount bolstered his entrepreneurial skill set early last year through a three-month long program at Fox Valley Technical College. It’s focused on helping veteran-owned businesses...
Read More 4> Attract Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Sharay's Ghana Style Peanut Brittle brings a taste of West Africa to Northeast Wisconsin
NBC 26
APPLETON (NBC26) — Yaw Asare was born in Germany, spent most of his childhood living in Ghana, then came to the United States when he was 18 years old. After graduating from Lawrence University, he fell in love with Appleton and never left.
A couple years ago, Asare asked his mother back in Ghana how to make peanut brittle, and it turned out he would only need four ingredients: peanuts, salt, sugar and water. Originally, he just wanted to make the brittle for himself; as a child, he grew up eating it as a snack...
Read More 5> Economic Development Feature
The Farmory in Green Bay is helping to increase yellow perch supply in Wisconsin
We are Green Bay
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The lack of yellow perch in the Great Lakes system has led to the need for some in our area to get creative in order to replenish the supply.
Claire Thompson is the Executive Director of the Farmory and they are working to replenish the numbers of this Wisconsin favorite fish.
"The Farmory is an urban aquaculture, aquaponics farm and fish hatchery located right here in downtown Green Bay,” said Thompson.
The Farmory raises the Green Bay strain of yellow perch in captivity because they need help to thrive as young fish.
“We decided we want to focus on yellow perch because there’s not a lot of perch farming going on in Wisconsin...
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