Economic Development Feature
National Advanced Mobility Consortium Selects Oshkosh Defense to Produce New Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle Prototype
Oshkosh Defense
OSHKOSH, Wis. (APRIL 5, 2021) — Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, announced today that the National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) has selected Oshkosh Defense and partner, ST Engineering, to participate in the prototype phase for the U.S. Army’s Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV).
The CATV is a new program for a tracked vehicle that operates in extreme cold weather or arctic conditions and is designed to replace the Small Unit Support Vehicles (SUSVs) that have been in service since the early 1980s.
“Oshkosh Defense and ST Engineering bring together an abundance of defense industry and manufacturing expertise to address the U.S. Army’s need for a proven vehicle that can easily maneuver in arctic environments...
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Special Event
New 5K in Little Chute intended to highlight river crossing, bring community together
Post Crescent
LITTLE CHUTE - Little Chute hopes to gather its residents in a new way with its River Run 5K on May 8.
It'll be the village's first running event. Most of the run and walk will proceed along the Heritage Parkway Trail. Participants will start at Doyle Park and run along the Fox River, through Island and Heesakker parks.
The River Run's creator is Austin Skalecki, an intern for Little Chute's parks department from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. As part of his internship, Skalecki is required to organize an event that will have a long-lasting effect on the community...
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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
Wisconsin Construction Company Undertakes Unique COVID Project
Spectrum News 1
APPLETON, Wis. — The Appleton-based team at Consolidated Construction Co. faced a job like no other.
Build a COVID-19 quarantine and isolation facility. And do it in just a few months.
A what?
“We knew we were doing a COVID isolation facility — no one knew what that meant,” said Brett Christofferson, a project manager with Consolidated. “It was something no one had an idea how to do, what to do, what to install. Between Consolidated and our project team we were able to figure out different ways and means and methods to bring a product to the customer that would allow them to have that safe haven...
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First Northeast Wisconsin Food Co-op begins buildout in Oshkosh
WFRV
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) – The Oshkosh Food Co-op is beginning the buildout after the project has been in the making for eight years.
According to officials, the Oshkosh Food Co-op will occupy the first floor of the new Brio Building at 155 Jackson Street and will soon look like a co-op grocery store. Greennfire Management Services is leading the construction for both the Brio Building and the Oshkosh Food Co-op buildout....
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Economic Development Feature
“Just incredible”: Bay of Green Bay evolves into world-class walleye fishery
WBAY
DE PERE, Wis. (WBAY) - The spring walleye run on the lower Fox River is peaking right now. State fish biologists are using the opportunity to build up a world-class fishery.
When you have electric probes in the water, catching walleye below the De Pere dam is easy. It allows Wisconsin DNR fish biologists to collect a tank full of fish to retrieve important data. They’re looking for length, sex and age of each fish before releasing them back into the river.
“The spawning population on the Fox River, 100,000-200,000 a year, it’s crazy,” says Mike Donofrio, DNR Fisheries Supervisor. “And the Menominee is probably next at 50,000-100,000, and then Peshtigo and the Oconto are probably less than 50,000, but it’s incredible...
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Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council: Accepting nominations for 2021 sustainable business awards
WisBusiness
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council is now accepting nominations and applications for its Sustainable Business awards. The deadline for submissions is June 30.
Presented for the first time in 2014, The Sustainable Business Awards recognize businesses and individuals that are prioritizing sustainability and making strides towards impactful change in Wisconsin. Award winners demonstrate leadership, initiative, innovation and are making measurable impacts in sustainability...
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Encourage Educational Attainment
Tom Still: Power of undergraduate research being felt in Wisconsin economy
Wisconsin State Journal
In April 2023, Wisconsin will host a national gathering of about 4,000 collegiate researchers who will descend on Eau Claire to present their ideas, to network with peers and mentors, and to meet with corporate and graduate school recruiters.
It’s a once-a-year gathering that illustrates just how far undergraduate research has come in Wisconsin, and what it can mean to the overall economy.
The selection of UW-Eau Claire by the National Conference of Undergraduate Research is not only a chance to highlight that picturesque region in northwest Wisconsin, but to underscore the changing nature of research taking place at “non-doctoral” campuses — and what it means to local economies in Wisconsin and beyond...
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