Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Menasha Packaging acquires Color-Box from Georgia Pacific
INSIGHT PUBLICATIONS NEENAH—Menasha Packaging Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Menasha Corporation, signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Color-Box, a business unit of Georgia-Pacific, LLC. The acquisition is expected to close in early summer 2022.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Like Menasha Packaging, Color-Box is a corrugated packaging manufacturer specializing in high-graphic boxes. Founded in 2000, Color-Box employs 550 and operates plants in Richmond, Indiana; Pelahatchie, Mississippi; and Madera, California....Read More 1> Expansion and Business Development in the New North
McMahon designs new, state-of-the-art facility for Northeast Wisconsin's largest and fastest growing office technology providers
WIS BUSINESS APPLETON – McMahon, a full-service, professional engineering and architectural firm, is the design power behind the new Gordon Flesch Company Appleton location – a state-of-the-art facility that will expand the technology provider’s showroom space and provide a location for the company’s new call center. The new office located on Tempest Court in Appleton, Wisconsin has a footprint of over 16,000 square feet, and will offer a larger demo room for on-site product and technology demonstrations, interactive whiteboards, and production print equipment, including large format and high-speed printing technology.... Read More 2>
Economic Development Feature
Door County board looks to move on broadband project grants
DOOR COUNTY DAILY NEWS
DOOR COUNTY -- With the March 17 public service commission deadline looming for grant submissions for broadband, the Door County Board of Supervisors will be looking to get at least two projects submitted in order to receive state funds. County Administrator Ken Pabich says they are in a good position to leverage the state for the grants.
Another agenda item that will be discussed is how the county will use the American Rescue Plan Act Fiscal Recovery Funds in 2022 towards phragmites control and sampling of private water wells. The Door County Board of Supervisors will also be holding a public hearing at 10 am Tuesday, just prior to the regular meeting, on the enactment of an ordinance amending Door County’s Comprehensive and Farmland Preservation Plan 2035...
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
'They got closer': Census changes help correct historic undercount of Wisconsin's Indigenous population
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
"I’m Oneida, I’m also part non-Native," she said. "I don’t have the option to say both without going in to a generic mixed race bucket that can no longer be used for important things like grants for our community. People also don’t understand the difference around the Hispanic questions and, again, the question of what to do if you are both Hispanic and black, or Hispanic and Native, can result in not getting counted correctly."...
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EBCO Venture Center changes ownership but will remain center of arts and culture in Sheboygan
SHEBOYGAN SUN SHEBOYGAN – EBCO Venture Center’s “What Goes On In That Building?” event on Saturday, Feb. 19 was held to both celebrate the Erie Avenue landmark as a space for artists and craftsmen, and to announce a change in ownership.
The event was hosted by Tim Ebenreiter, who transformed the building from the former Ebenreiter Woodworking Company into the multi-faceted EBCO Venture Center in 1988.
After Ebenreiter provided a history of EBCO, and an eclectic group of tenants paid tribute to their former landlord, new owner Nathan Tayler of Tayler Properties announced his plans to continue EBCO’s status as a center of arts and culture in Sheboygan... Read More 5> Promoting the Regional Brand
Downtown Neenah ice rink earns high praise: 'It looks like we're in Colorado or somewhere out West'
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
NEENAH - Max Zeitler of Kaukauna and Clara Yoap of Coleman laced up their skates as the sun was setting at The Plaza at Gateway Park. Country flags waved in the wind around the ice rink, and pop music played in the background to mimic the feel of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Zeitler and Yoap began ice skating last year, so it's still a relatively new activity for them. This was their first time at The Plaza, downtown Neenah's newest attraction. "I don't really go a whole lot," Yoap said, hanging onto the railing at the edge of the ice. "I'm very shaky. I'm very thankful they have the bar the whole way around."..
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B-29 Doc returning to AirVenture
WLUK
OSHKOSH -- One of the final B-29s that still flies is set to make a return trip to EAA AirVenture this summer.
Plans call for the B-29 Doc to make appearances during air shows as well as on the grounds during the weeklong fly-in convention. Flights aboard the aircraft are offered through the Doc's Friends organization.
Built by Boeing, B-29s were used during World War II and the Korean War. The Enola Gay and Bockscar, the planes that dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were both B-29s...
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Special Event
Bayshore to Lakeshore cycling tour returns
WLUK
GREEN BAY -- An annual bicycle tour that goes from Green Bay to Lake Michigan is returning this year.
Registration for the 2022 BayCare Clinic Century Bayshore to Lakeshore cycling tour starts Tuesday, March 1.
The ride offers a biking experience for cyclists of all ages and abilities.The ride is set for Saturday, June 4 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Economic Development Feature
DATCP accepting applications for Export Expansion Grants through March 18
WI DEPT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE & CONSUMER PROTECTION
MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting applications for new export expansion grants through March 18, 2022. These grants are funded through the Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports, which was proposed by
Gov. Tony Evers in his 2021-23 biennial budget. The funds were recently released by the Joint Finance Committee.
This grant aims to accelerate the growth of Wisconsin dairy, meat, and crop product exports. Applicants must be a not-for-profit organization, located in Wisconsin, and currently serving or have the ability to serve Wisconsin agribusinesses. Wisconsin agribusiness associations, technical colleges, universities, and economic development organizations are encouraged to apply...
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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
US 2 Behavioral Health Care is hosting free Covid testing in Appleton
US 2 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE
APPLETON -- US 2 Behavioral Health Care and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services are offering free Covid-19 testing at the Appleton location, by appointment only. Bilingual services are available in Hmong and Spanish...
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Promoting the Regional Brand
Last chance to nominate for the Fox Cities Chamber’s Excellence in Education Shining Star Awards
FOX CITIES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FOX CITIES – Friday is the deadline to nominate an educator for the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education Shining Star Awards.
Online nominations are being accepted until Friday, Feb. 25 at https://form.jotform.com/213205214034135 . No late submissions will be accepted. Nominators may only submit one nominee per category, but submissions in multiple categories from a single nominator are welcome. Winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony on April 5...
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