Economic Development Feature
Ryder Cup will help promote Wisconsin's surging golf industry
Milwaukee Business Journal
A few months before the mega professional golf event was to take place in 2020, organizers of the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler announced the event would be postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The event has been rescheduled for Sept. 21-26.
Officials with Kohler Co., which owns and operates Whistling Straits in Kohler, along with several other golf courses, and PGA of America previously said they were expecting 50,000 attendees per day..
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Economic Development Feature
Hospitality industry looks to brighter 2021
Insight Publications
The hospitality industry had its “worse year on record” in 2020, but optimism is growing for a much better 2021, a Kohler Co. executive said during this week’s St. Norbert College State of the Economy event.
Christine Loose, a St. Norbert alum and vice president of lodging and wellness for Kohler, gave a special presentation focused on the hospitality industry following a broader look at the economy as part of the annual event. Looking back at 2020, she said occupancy declined industry-wide 33.3 percent year-over-year and the industry had more than 1 billion unsold room nights.
“The industry isn’t expected to show any profit” for 2020, said Loose, who oversees four hotels — Lodge Kohler in Green Bay, the American Club and the Inn on Woodlake in Kohler, and the Old Course Hotel St. Andrews in Scotland. She said each property had its individual struggles, such as Lodge Kohler seeing a drop in occupancy due to a lack of fans at most Packers home games...
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Celebrating Black History Month: NWTC Chief Officer of Diversity and Inclusion inspires students
NBC 26
GREEN BAY (NBC26) — From dropping out of high school his senior year, to becoming Northeast Wisconsin Technical College’s Chief Officer for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Mohammed Bey inspires students, colleagues and community members of all backgrounds. “Be the light," he said. "It’s so easy to go the opposite way, and it’s so doggone hard to be the light and to believe that you have the ability and the skills to impact people....
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Manitowoc Chamber unveils Awards of Distinction winners, and more news | Biz update
Herald Times Reporter
The Chamber of Manitowoc County hosted its Awards of Distinction Feb. 9 at the Capitol Civic Centre and via livestream on Facebook and YouTube. A recording of the event is available on The Chamber’s Facebook page and YouTube Channel.
More than 70 businesses, organizations and individuals were nominated for their contributions to the community in 2020. The following were announced as winners during the event...
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As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, Thompson sets goal of 75% of courses in person on UW campuses in fall
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin System interim President Tommy Thompson told campus chancellors to aim to have at least 75% of their courses in person next fall, with the hope that COVID-19 vaccines will allow a return to some normalcy.
"I'm looking forward to getting people vaccinated, getting back to school and getting back to normal," Thompson told members of the media Thursday.
The goal includes a combination of fully in-person courses and hybrid online and in-person courses.
In a briefing Thursday, Julie Willems Van Dijk, deputy secretary of the state Department of Health Services, said that if cases remain on a downward trajectory, having more in-person classes is not out of the question, as long as COVID-19 precautions remain in place...
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