Subject: 03.13.2020 New North Newsletter

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New North Inc. would like to thank Michel’s Corporation for their support as a Sustaining level investor in 2020.

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Seven Companies in the New North Region Make the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies

Headway, Inc.

Carnivore Meat Co.

Enthusiast Enterprise

Landro Fox Cities Realty

Tundra Home Improvement

Security Luebke Roofing

Black-Haak Heating

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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
Virtual U.S. Venture Open raises $4.4 million
Insight On Business
Even without its traditional golf outing and celebration dinner at Van Abel’s in Hollandtown, the U.S. Venture Open raised $4,420,455 through partner donations, an all-day media-thon and online auction.

Due to the pandemic, the U.S. Venture Open switched up its usual offerings, taking its fundraising virtual with the goal of not only raising money, but also educating, activating and inspiring individuals to donate. In its 35 years, the event has raised more than $51 million to help those in need from...

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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Fond du Lac’s City Council votes to move forward with redevelopment
We Are Green Bay
The debate over the Lakeside Redevelopment plan has been going on for nearly 15 years, but Tuesday’s vote has paved the way to begin construction.

The peace and quiet near in Lakeside Park could soon be coming to an end since a resolution to postpone development on the lighthouse peninsula failed to pass the Fond du Lac city council.

Brian Kolstad, Fond du Lac’s City Council President says, “One of the arguments against postponing is that we’ve already done some research on this and decided that this was the right size pavilion for our...

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Economic Development Feature 
Didn’t complete your census form? Expect an official visitor
Green Bay Press-Gazette
If you haven’t responded to your U.S. Census notice, expect a knock on the door in the not-too-distant future.

Census takers started this week to follow-up with household that haven’t fill out their 2020 Census forms.

In Oconto County, that’s a lot.

As of Aug. 10, just 56.7% have responded, which is....
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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
EPA declares PCB cleanup in Fox River, lower Green Bay complete, but more work remains

Green Bay Press-Gazette
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday declared a decades-long effort to clean up contaminants in the Fox River completed.

It was the second major announcement EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler made in two days about Wisconsin river cleanups. On Tuesday he announced in Marinette that the lower Menominee River was removed from a list of polluted areas in need of...
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Support an Entrepreneurial Climate and Small Business
Allergy Amulet raises $3.3M for its device that identifies food allergens in seconds; seed round led by TitletownTech
WisconsinInno
A Madison startup that creates a device to test for allergens in food just raised a new round of funding as it prepares to bring its product to market.

Allergy Amulet announced Wednesday that it raised $3.3 million in a seed round led by TitletownTech, a venture fund backed by Microsoft and the Green Bay Packers. Other investors in the round include Great North Labs, Colle Capital, Great Oaks VC, DeepWork Capital, Dipalo Ventures and Bulldog Innovation Group. The startup has raised around...
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Allergy Amulet founder Abi Barnes
Marla Bergh
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COVID-19 Updates & Resources
As the COVID-19 begins to have an increased impact on our businesses and communities, we thank our local media for keeping us informed. Additional resources can be found on the COVID-19 Updates page on the New North website.
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