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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
$28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund open for applications
WBAY
FOX VALLEY -- The Small Business Administration (SBA) started accepting applications for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund on Monday.
“We have a lot of interest, we’re getting a lot of phone calls,” said Wisconsin SBA District Director Eric Ness.
Restaurants, breweries, coffee houses and the like are looking to get some of the $28.6 billion dollars available in the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, which is part of the American Rescue Plan Act.....
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Promoting the Regional Brand
Associated Bank ties for region's top in customer satisfaction
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL
Associated Bank tied with Chase Bank to earn top marks from customers in the upper Midwest, according to J.D. Power.
The firm’s annual survey of retail bank customers’ satisfaction this year shows Green Bay-based Associated Bank earned a score of 823 out of a possible 1,000 points. Along with Chase, Associated Bank took first place for the region, followed by BMO Harris Bank and U.S. Bank. The average score for the region was 796 points...
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Encourage Educational Attainment
UW-Green Bay announces new Electrical Engineering program
WLUK
GREEN BAY-- Come this fall, students may enroll in UW-Green Bay's new Electrical Engineering program.
What started in 2015 with Engineering Technology degrees (mechanical, electrical and environmental) expanded to Mechanical Engineering in fall 2018 and now the Electrical Engineering Program....
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Support an Entrepreneurial Climate and Small Business
NWTC helps artists become entrepreneurs
PRESS TIMES
GREEN BAY – Northeast Wisconsin Technical College’s (NWTC) Artisan and Business Center marks its 10th anniversary this year, and the busy workshop on Cedar Street in Green Bay is helping artists become more comfortable with the business side of art.
The center’s Residency Artist Program began in 2020 and guides a small number of artists through classes that will shape them into entrepreneurs...
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
McCain Foods to hire for 100 jobs at Grand Chute plant
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
GRAND CHUTE - A local employer is bringing 100 jobs to the Fox Cities.
McCain Foods will add 100 jobs at its Grand Chute plant, 555 Hickory Farm Lane, through three open-hire events over the next two weeks. The events will be entirely virtual, according to a press release.
The hiring events will take place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. McCain will hire for production line workers May 6, machine operators on May 11, and maintenance mechanics on May 12. Job offers will be made within 24 hours, the company said.....
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Attract Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Local businesses taking part in virtual job fair
WBAY
FOX VALLEY - The Fox Valley Workforce Development Board is hosting a virtual spring hiring event. The event is Thursday, May 6 from 9-11 a.m.
More than 50 companies will have virtual booths with videos and information.
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Prevea's new St. Mary's Health Center to open next week
WLUK
GREEN BAY -- A new health center is opening on Green Bay's west side.
Prevea Health's new St. Mary’s Health Center on the corner of Shawano Ave. and Taylor St. will be open for patient care on Monday, May 10.
The four-story center is ready to provide many services to both children and adults, including audiology, behavioral care, heart care, infectious disease care, mammography, pediatrics, urology and women's care.....
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
MarineMax acquires Oconto-based Cruisers Yachts
WLUK
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A yacht manufacturer based in Oconto has been sold.
Boat and yacht retailer MarineMax, Inc. announced Monday it has acquired KCS International, Inc., also known as Cruisers Yachts...
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Leadership in the New North
Justin Nickels shares priorities as he begins fourth term as Manitowoc mayor
HERALD TIMES REPORTER
MANITOWOC - A lot can change in 12 years, but one thing that hasn't is Manitowoc's leader.
Mayor Justin Nickels was first elected at the age of 22 in 2009 and recently won a fourth term against challenger Chris Able.
This past week, Nickels sat down with the Herald Times Reporter to share his goals for his fourth term in office and to talk about how he has changed the city and how the city has changed him...
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Promoting the Regional Brand
A mural of one of Sheboygan's most iconic landmarks is underway downtown. Meet the artist behind it.
SHEBOYGAN PRESS
SHEBOYGAN - When Danielle Dyksterhouse was 12 years old, she taught herself how to paint. She wanted to make a Father's Day present for her dad, who used to paint.
For that first endeavor, she painted a golf course. Now, the self-taught artist is embarking on her biggest painting yet: a mural on the north wall of George Michael's on Eighth Street...
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