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Promoting the Regional Brand
Rock the Block set to revitalize Kaukauna neighborhood
GREATER FOX CITIES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Riverside Park is one of the areas that will be getting revitalized as part of the Rock the Block three-day initiative. Rock the Block programs improve the lives of families in low-income housing by repairing deteriorating homes and community spaces...
Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Green Bay awarded $5 million grant for Shipyard project
WLUK GREEN BAY -- The city of Green Bay is set to receive a major boost for its Shipyard plans, on the western edge of the Fox River.
The National Park Service has preliminarily awarded the city a $5 million for the second phase of the project.
Construction is expected to start next month on the first phase of the project, which sits just north of the Mason Street Bridge.
The work comes almost seven years, and a slew of project changes, after the city first pitched the idea of transforming the site now known as the Shipyard... Economic Development Feature
Fiber optic internet on its way to Hobart
PRESS TIMES HOBART – Village residents could soon have access to internet speeds of between 300 megabytes per second to 2 gigabits per second, after a years-long project, which is about to get underway from TDS Fiber, is completed in the Village of Hobart. Crews from TDS are set to begin work in the area of Hillcrest Drive, Forest Road, Centennial Center Boulevard and Oakview Drive this month, putting conduit in the ground for 127 miles of fiber optic lines, which will be capable of providing super fast internet connections for 80-90% of the village..
Promoting the Regional Brand
Packers running back Aaron Jones gives 200 pairs of shoes to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
The shoes were a part of Jones' Yards for Shoes campaign, which first launched during the 2020-21 NFL playoff season. Yards for Shoes, which comes as a partnership between Jones' family's nonprofit A&A All the Way and Cousins Subs, donates a pair of shoes to a child for every rushing yard that Jones gains...Read More 4>
Support an Entrepreneurial Climate and Small Business
SBA's Emerging Leaders Reimagined as T.H.R.I.V.E.
WIS BUSINESS T.H.R.I.V.E. Emerging Leaders Reimagined program assists small business owners in growing their business, creating jobs, and strengthening their communities.
This innovative program is an intense 6-month course that includes in-person, self-paced, instruction, mentoring, and class room time. Providing small businesses the opportunity to work with experienced professionals at no financial cost..... Read More 5> Promoting the Regional Brand
As Lawrence University celebrates its 175th anniversary, its ties to Appleton's past, present remain strong
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT APPLETON - Before Appleton became a city and Wisconsin was even a state, there was the Lawrence Institute. In January 1847, the private college that would become today’s Lawrence University was granted a charter, marking the official start of the school. It was named after Boston merchant Amos A. Lawrence, who donated $10,000 to help fund it. It wasn’t until 1853 that Appleton incorporated as a village and then as a city in 1857. The city got its name from Samuel Appleton, who donated $10,000 to the Lawrence library.... Read More 6> Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
CMN and SDI representatives participate in Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Roundtable with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Haaland
COLLEGE OF MONOMINEE NATION (CMN)
On Friday, May 6, College of Menominee Nation (CMN) President Christopher Caldwell, Tribal Resilience Liaison Sara Smith, and Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) Director Thomas Kenote, Jr., visited the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment to attend a meeting regarding climate change initiatives in the midwest. President Caldwell and Smith participated in this roundtable with United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Minnesota (MN) Senator Tina Smith, MN Representative Betty McCollum, and MN Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flannagan. Other tribal representatives of the MW CASC (Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center) were present, including GLIFWC (The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission) and the University of Minnesota.... Read More 7>
Special Event
Global Business Peer Group Roundtable on May 20
WISCONSIN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC)
The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in collaboration with the New North and the Door County Economic Development Corporation will host the Global Business Peer Group Roundtable on Friday May 20th at the Crossroads at Cedar Creek Learning Center, 2041 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
The Roundtable events are for all businesses interested in global trade and will provide a confidential forum where participants are open to discuss the challenges they face as it relates to international trade, logistics, and business development.... Read More 8>
Encourage Educational Attainment
High school students' ideas and skills shine bright at WPS Solar Olympics
WLUK
GREEN BAY -- Area high school students put their knowledge and innovation skills to the test for Wisconsin Public Service’s Solar Olympics Wednesday.
Around 100 northeast and north central Wisconsin high school students used their science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) skills to create machines and plans that incorporate solar energy.
Wednesday's 26th annual event at UW-Green Bay was held for the first time in person since 2019....
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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
Focus on Energy initiative celebrates anniversary at Lambeau Field
WBAY
GREEN BAY -- Lambeau Field hosted a celebration for the twentieth anniversary of the Focus on Energy initiative.
The Focus on Energy program works to provide homes and businesses with cost-effective renewable energy options.
State officials reflected on the start of the program, but also looked ahead at what Wisconsin will need to change in the future.
Experts say the way the world is viewing energy right now is quickly changing....
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| | Proposed development in the Shipyard District to be considered, May 2021. (Image source: Slingshot Architecture/Merge Urban Development Group/City of Green Bay agenda), WLUK story above.
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