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Business Development in the New North
A new short-term lease program makes it easier for small business owners to get started
Green Bay Press Gazette
Green Bay, Wis. – One of the hardest and most expensive hurdles to starting a small business is finding a place to open.  Purchasing a storefront or signing a lease, many of which last between one and five years, is daunting.

With this in mind, Downtown Green Bay Inc. and Olde Main Street Inc. are looking to make it less of a risk to open a brick-and-mortar store in the heart of Green Bay, by offering short-term leases..
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Business Development in the New North
Donald Driver works with son on shoe line meant to empower young men and families
WBAY
Green Bay, Wis. (WBAY) - Green Bay Packers legend Donald Driver has a new project he’s been working on with his 17 year-old son Cristian. As a humanitarian, Driver hopes to empower future generations, particularly in the Black community for years to come.

Driver’s decision to partner with Moral Code, a leather footwear company, came from his love of shoes, but also his desire to empower others through fashion.
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COVID Recovery in the New North
Air travel continues to increase amid pandemic
FOX 11 NEWS
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (WLUK) - Air travel is starting to take off again, even to international destinations. "At the beginning stages I thought it was awesome because planes were empty, it was like a limo," business traveler Greg Cole said.
Cole has been traveling over the course of the pandemic for work. "And then one day I went on a flight and people started flying again," Cole said.
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COVID Recovery in the New North
Air purifiers installed at Austin Straubel
WBAY
Green Bay, Wis. — Air travelers may notice several air purification devices at Austin Straubel International Airport. The airport is the first in the nation to get these devices, which company officials say use ultraviolet light to get rid of 99.99% of airborne pathogens, including the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19.   “There’s no better perfect place for us to begin than in a medium-sized airport here in the Midwest, where the people are good people..
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Promote the Regional Brand
Electric car charging stations popping up around Wisconsin
FOX 11 NEWS
WLUK – President Joe Biden is considering a new $3 trillion infrastructure package. That includes investing in new clean energy initiatives, including construction of electric car charging stations around the country.In front of Bergstrom Automotive in Neenah, a new electric vehicle charging station is set up. "It basically harvests or collects solar energy to power the charger. If no one is plugged into the charger we can collect that energy into batteries," said Mike Collom with Faith Technologies and EnTech Solutions out of Neenah.
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Economic Development Feature
UWGB seeks estuary research designation
Insight Magazine
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, in partnership with local and national agencies, is leading efforts to recognize local waters as a national reserve — an important next step in the region’s 30-plus-year effort to protect one of the largest surface freshwater systems on earth.  Upon site selection within the Green Bay estuary, the NERR (National Estuarine Research Reserve) designation would use locally relevant and nationally significant research to address local coastal management issues and help protect the world’s largest freshwater estuary....

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Three Wisconsin employers are semifinalists for Freedom Award
We Are Green Bay
WFVR – 140 semifinalists across the country were selected for the 2021 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, and three of them are from Wisconsin. The three Wisconsin employers selected are:

• The Village of Pewaukee Police Department (nominated by a Wisconsin Air National Guard member)
• Associated Bank (nominated by an Army Reserve member)
• INNIO Waukesha Gas Engine in Waukesha (nominated by a Coast Guard Reserve member)