New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
Restaurant Revitalization Fund - Initial Priority of Restaurant Revitalization Fund directed to Businesses Owned by Women, Veterans, or Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals - Registration opens up April 30th – Webinar Available
U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
The American Rescue Plan Act established the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) to provide funding to help restaurants and other eligible businesses keep their doors open. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location. Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023. SBA will accept applications from all eligible applicants, but only process and fund priority group applications. See “Priority groups” below. During this period, SBA will fund applications where the applicant has self-certified that it meets the eligibility requirements for a small business owned by women, veterans, or socially and economically disadvantaged individuals...
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Downtown Appleton seeing boom in residential living opportunities
WBAY APPLETON -- Several new apartment complexes are popping up in downtown Appleton.
“People want a nice, safe walkable corridor, they want activities, they want it to be vibrant,” said Appleton Downtown Executive Director Jennifer Stephany. “They want to be able to walk to the restaurant or see a show at our Fox Cities Performing arts center - all in your neighborhood.”
Appleton Downtown Executive Director Jennifer Stephany says an analysis the City of Appleton did a few years ago showed there was a market for residential living downtown... Read More 2> Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Prevea St. Mary's Health Center to open May 10 at Shawano Avenue location in Green Bay
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE GREEN BAY -- Prevea St. Mary's Health Center's move from its decades-old location into its new building at 1860 Shawano Ave. has been a long time coming.
The health center, which cost an estimated $23.1 million, will open May 10. In the coming weeks, health professionals will move out of their offices, built in 1959, in HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center..... Read More 3> Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Sun Country Airlines will introduce non-stop flights from Green Bay to Florida, Arizona
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE ASHWAUBENON -- Sun Country Airlines will add non-stop flights from Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport to cities in Arizona and Florida by the end of 2021.
Sun Country's website on Tuesday morning included flights from Green Bay to Fort Myers, Fla., and to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. It indicates flights to Fort Myers will begin Dec. 16 and flights to Phoenix on Dec. 17.... Read More 4> Leadership in the New North
Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. names Mike Daniels President and Chief Executive Officer
NICOLET BANKSHARES GREEN BAY -- Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCBS) ("Nicolet") today announced a change in the titles of certain of its Executive Officers. Mike Daniels was named President and Chief Executive Officer, and Bob Atwell was named Executive Chairman of Nicolet, effective immediately. At the operating company, Nicolet National Bank, Atwell will continue as Chairman, and Daniels will continue as President and Chief Executive Officer, a leadership structure that has been in place since 2015...
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Insurer Humana moves deeper into home care with $5.7B deal
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL Humana is spending $5.7 billion to jump deeper into delivering care at home, a trend that took off during the pandemic and one the health insurer expects will continue to grow.
The insurer said Tuesday that it will buy the rest of Kindred at Home after initially acquiring a 40% stake in the care provider a few years ago...
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Technology and Innovation
Oshkosh Corp. to build prototypes of new Army vehicle for extreme cold, arctic conditions
OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN
OSHKOSH – Oshkosh Corp. has been selected to participate in a prototype phase for a Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle for the U.S. Army, the company announced to investors Wednesday morning.
The National Advanced Mobility Consortium selected Oshkosh Defense in early April alongside its partner ST Engineering, which is headquartered in Singapore with its U.S. base in Alexandria, Virginia. Known as CATVs, the vehicles can operate in extreme cold weather or arctic conditions...
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State grant to help renovate and reopen Heidel House Hotel and Resort
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GREEN LAKE -- Construction is underway to reopen the Heidel House Hotel and Resort in the City of Green Lake.
The community staple has served locals and tourists for more than 70 years.
If you travel back 30 years you would see the Heidel House Hotel and Resort in Green Lake look a lot like this.
Now, the lakeside destination is getting a new look after two years of being closed...
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