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Special Event
Global Business Peer Roundtable with SBDC, New North, and Door County Economic Development Corp
WISCONSIN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC)
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.....Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Delayed by pandemic, Aurora Health Center expansion moves along with inpatient, emergency services
FOND DU LAC REPORTER FOND DU LAC – Construction is set to begin on new hospital and emergency facilities in Fond du Lac, and Advocate Aurora Health anticipates accepting inpatients by 2024. The expansion of Aurora Health Center, 210 Wisconsin American Drive, was announced in 2020 but delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 70,000-square-foot project is now estimated to cost $74 million and will add an eight-bay emergency department and 10 new patient beds, for a total of 185,000 square feet of clinical space, according to a news release from Advocate Aurora. ...
Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Marion Body Works adds manufacturing facility in Shawano, Wisconsin
MARION BODY WORKS SHAWANO – Marion Body Works, A leading national manufacturer of commercial truck bodies, fire & emergency apparatus, custom cabs, custom engineered vehicles, and defense bodies, announces plans for expansion. This milestone marks an exciting new chapter in the company’s 117 year history of family ownership. As of May 1, Marion Body Works has acquired additional manufacturing space located in Shawano, WI, just 22 miles east of their main headquarters. The building encompasses 113,000 square feet of manufacturing space and the adjacent 7,000 square foot office includes 2 training rooms, employee lounge, and numerous meeting/conference rooms. The next few months will involve executing plans to transition the commercial truck body product line to the Shawano facility. The company is targeting fall of 2022 for full production at the new location...
Encourage Educational Attainment
In the history of UW-Green Bay, the first cohort of doctorates in First Nations Education received their degrees
NBC 26
“It’s really exciting and I’m really happy. I just did not think I’d be here today,” said one graduate.
“My mom and dad were a very big reason that I did what I did. They were my number one support system,” said Kelly Lamas Flores. Read More 4>
Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
History made with inauguration of Laurie A. Carter as Lawrence's 17th president
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT APPLETON - President Laurie A. Carter was officially welcomed to Lawrence University Friday with a light-filled inauguration ceremony in Memorial Chapel, marking a major moment in the 175-year history of the liberal arts college. “For the last 175 years, Lawrence University has sat on the banks of the Fox River, calling students to its light — a beacon on the river,” Carter said in a speech that celebrated her journey, honored Lawrence’s storied history and academic prowess, and set the tone for the hard work ahead in building a strong, bright future....
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People of Progression's first Hip Hop Health Fair brings safe, welcoming health resources to the Appleton area's Black community
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT GRAND CHUTE - Members of the Black community in the Fox Cities got a chance to meet with health care professionals, including massage therapists, movement specialists and personal trainers, in a more relaxed setting Saturday. The Hip Hop Health Fair, held at Wisconsin Academy of Sports, 3375 W. College Ave., provided a chance to learn about resources available. “We wanted to have an environment just for Black people to feel safe and give them the health care resources that they have been kept away from because the health community traditionally has not been built for us,” said Kristen Gondek, who co-founded People of Progression, the Fox Valley community advocacy organization that hosted the event, with Taperz Barber Shop owner Cainan Davenport.... Read More 6> Special Event
Road America's Vintage Festival Weekend is Friday-Sunday. What to know if you go
SHEBOYGAN PRESS SHEBOYGAN - Racing’s past comes to life May 20-22 as the SVRA Vintage Festival Weekend returns to Road America in Elkhart Lake.
The season kick-off will showcase the sights and sounds from motorsports’ pioneering age to modern-era race cars, both on and off the track.
The event features a packed schedule with races featuring cars covering several decades. Many of the entries have previously competed at classic events, including Le Mans and the Indy 500....Read More 7>
Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Door County Y receives $2 million donation
WLUK
DOOR COUNTY -- A $2 million donation to the Door County Y aims to keep an expansion project on track. The Y announced the donation from Jackie and Steve Kane on Friday. The couple donated to the Y's fundraising campaign earlier, but say they made the second donation because they learned increased material costs had changed the timeline of the project. Y leaders say the donation will help fund social gathering spaces, an expanded wellness center, new youth activity center, kitchen, outdoor classroom and increased accessibility ...Read More 8> Special Event
Stratasys Experience Tour 3D Printing Technology
STRATASYS AND ADVANCEDTEK
Stratasys, the industry leader in additive manufacturing, is on a nationwide tour with its one-of-a kind mobile 3D printing showroom and will be rolling into Green Bay on June 13th! Stratasys and Platinum Partner AdvancedTek invite local manufacturers, designers and educators to explore Stratasys 3D printing technologies, materials and solutions, chat with 3D printing experts, and learn how additive can benefit your organization. The event will be held in the parking lot of the Startup Hub, located on the edge of the Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, with tours from 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM. Lunch and beverages will be provided. Sign up now for your VIP tour!...
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| | People of Progression co-founders Cainan Davenport and Kristen Gondek at the organization's first Hip-Hop Fair May 14. Sophia Voight/USA TODAY NETWORK- Wis. Appleton Post-Crescent story above.
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