Special Event
Registration open for New North Summit at Lambeau Field
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GREEN BAY – Registration is now open for the New North Summit, Northeast Wisconsin’s largest economic development event. The annual gathering will be held at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay on Thursday, June 8 from 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The New North Summit will feature programs, speakers and networking opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs to expand their knowledge and skills.
Keynote speakers include Shawn Glover, Director of Culture Transformation and Future of Work for Fortune 500 financial services company Thrivent; Corey Behnke, co-founder and lead producer of live streaming production company LiveX; and Ben Kvalo, an entertainment and video games industry leader at Netflix...
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Housing a major focus for KCEDC
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Door Community Child Development Center breaks ground on new child care facility
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New Sister Bay clinic debuts Monday
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Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
The road to leadership: Former flagger, traffic tech Daniel Webster is now Walbec Group's first Director of D&I
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With an associate degree in hand he was “working dead end jobs, frustrated.” Looking for some stability, he enrolled in Transportation Alliance for New Solutions, a DOT-funded six-week course that helps minorities and women get into the business of horizontal construction – building roadways and parking lots and other similar infrastructure. That program led to a job as a flagger and later as a traffic control technician on the major rebuild of Interstate 41 in Green Bay...Economic Development Feature
WHEDA's Elmer Moore relentless in pursuit of stable housing
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL Elmer Moore Jr. recognizes it may be an “outrageous and ambitious” goal, but his current purpose is to make sure everyone in Wisconsin has a safe, stable, affordable place to live. “I am not yet convinced we can’t do that, and I won’t be convinced we can’t do that,” said Moore, CEO of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority since spring 2022. An unusual thing about Moore is the grounded and calculated way he approaches the perhaps unconquerable quest. He presents the challenge in a way that inspires... Read More 6> Support an Entrepreneurial Climate and Small Business
The Innovation Accelerator Program for Veterans applications are open
FVTC & VENTURE CENTER The Innovation Accelerator Program for Veterans is made possible through a generous grant from the Wisconsin Department of Veteran’s Affairs, in partnership with the Fox Valley Technical College Venture Center and the FVTC Foundation. Congratulations on taking the first step to business ownership! Small business owners are the economic backbone in their communities and we are here to support you every step of the way.
The three-phase, Innovation Accelerator for Veterans Program begins with immersing you in the process of business model innovation, via phase one’s, Business Model Design Workshop. Equipped with business model design skills, you will create business models that empower the products, services, solutions and technologies you are developing....Read More 7>
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