Subject: 05.20.2021 New North Newsletter
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Redevelopment underway at Green Bay's East Town Mall
WLUK

GREEN BAY -- After years of ideas and tentative plans, redevelopment is finally happening at Green Bay's East Town Mall.

Interior construction started in March, but within the last three weeks work has also started on the exterior.

If you want one final stroll inside the mall, you better act fast. Within the next two weeks, the traditional mall interior will be shut off....

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Encourage Educational Attainment
UScellular donates $30,000 to Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay: Wireless carrier's grant focuses on education and inspiring interest in STEM-centered careers
US CELLULAR

Green Bay – UScellular has announced a $30,000 investment in Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay to provide educational opportunities and experiences to local youth. UScellular’s investment supports K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and academic enrichment programs for members at the Club. This is part of a $1 million donation the company made to support 20 Boys & Girls Clubs across its service areas. 

This continued emphasis on STEM learning and experience is designed to prepare students of today for careers of tomorrow, inspiring children to explore STEM careers and opportunities for their future.....

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Promoting the Regional Brand
A few things to know as the SS Badger prepares for its maiden voyage across Lake Michigan on Thursday
HERALD TIMES REPORTER 

MANITOWOC -- There’ll be plenty of pomp and circumstance as the S.S. Badger car ferry makes its maiden voyage of the season Thursday and is expected to arrive at noon at the Manitowoc dock on South Lakeview Drive.

To celebrate the event, students from Lincoln, Lutheran and Roncalli high schools will be on hand to welcome the ship and its passengers by playing “A Jubilant March,” composed for the celebration of the City of Manitowoc’s 150th anniversary...

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Attract Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Skilled trades apprenticeships lead to jobs for Northeast Wisconsin high school students
WLUK

APPLETON -- Some area high school students signed letters of intent to pursue a career in skilled trades on Wednesday.

Sam Fassbender is graduating from Hortonville High School this year. He already has 807 hours of skilled trades work under his belt thanks to Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development's High School Youth Apprenticeship Program...

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Encourage Educational Attainment
Boldt hosts "Signing Day" for youth apprentices
WFRV  

APPLETON – The construction industry is set to grow more than any other over the next few years.

However, they are facing a labor shortage issue because there aren’t enough qualified skilled workers.

Boldt is getting an early start on this by creating a youth apprenticeship program. The program lasts a year and gives students an opportunity to graduate and enter the construction industry....

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Economic Development Feature
Sturgeon Bay playhouse wins $250,000 state grant to help with $3.5M renovation project
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE

STURGEON BAY -- For a third straight year, a local attraction is getting major help from a state grant to complete enhancement work and hopefully draw more people to the city.

Third Avenue Playhouse will receive $250,000 from the Community Development Investment Grant Program of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. to use toward the ongoing renovation of its North Third Avenue site...

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Attract Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Hiring events to be held ahead of EAA AirVenture, up to 600 positions need to be filled
WBAY

OSHKOSH -- Multiple walk-in hiring events will be held starting Saturday in Oshkosh ahead of this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh.

Event organizers say they are looking to hire people to fill as many as 600 temporary positions in various areas during the aviation event, which is the world’s largest gathering of aviation fans.

AirVenture will be held from Monday, July 26 - Sunday, August 1.

Positions for the event include security, camper registration and retail associates...

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Celebrating Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Diverse & Resilient offers support, safe spaces for Northeast Wisconsin's LGBTQ community
WFRV

APPLETON -- Diverse & Resilient‘s Appleton office opened in 2019.

“We work with people who are surviving violence, any type of violence,” Kathy Flores, Dir. Of Anti-Violence Programming explained. “It could be community or hate violence, it could be intimate partner violence, sexual violence, bullying in the LGBTQ community. And our youth programs really work to prevent violence.”...

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There’ll be plenty of pomp and circumstance as the S.S. Badger car ferry makes its maiden voyage of the season Thursday, Gary C. Klein,/USA Today Network, Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter story above. 
In-person event: Thursday, June 10, 2021 | 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
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