Promoting the Regional Brand Wisconsin has 8 companies in 2023 Fortune 500, 20 in Fortune 1000 to include Oshkosh Corp. & Schneider National
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS NEWS
Eight Wisconsin companies are included in the 2023 Fortune 500 list from Fortune magazine, and 20 are in the Fortune 1000. The rankings were unveiled today...
Economic Development Feature
Wisconsin bank CEOs more optimistic in latest survey
INSIGHT ON BUSINESS
Wisconsin bankers expect lower inflation and are most optimistic about the state's economy than they were six months ago.
In the Wisconsin Bankers Association’s biannual Economic Conditions Survey of Wisconsin bank CEOs, nearly three quarters of respondents rated Wisconsin’s current economic health as “excellent” or “good...”
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WHEDA Foundation opens 2023 housing grant cycle
WISBUSINESS MADISON - Organizations throughout Wisconsin that provide emergency shelter, transitional residences, and extremely low-income housing are encouraged to apply for grants from the WHEDA Foundation. Administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the WHEDA Foundation grants aim to improve housing for community members with complex needs such as individuals who have developmental or intellectual disabilities, people who are experiencing intimate partner violence, individuals with incomes at or below 30 percent of the area median income, youth experiencing homelessness, and people with mental and behavioral health conditions. Grants of up to $50,000 are available in two categories, emergency/transitional housing, and permanent housing... Read More 3>
Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Lawrence University, 2 health care providers aim to join Fox Commons in downtown Appleton
POST CRESCENT APPLETON - Lawrence University, Mosaic Family Health and Prevea Health will be three anchor tenants in Fox Commons, the $33.6 million redevelopment of City Center Plaza in downtown Appleton. The news comes two days before the Common Council is scheduled to vote on providing nearly $4.4 million in public funds to support the redevelopment... Encourage Educational Attainment
Students explore careers in agriculture during boot camp at Pagel's Ponderosa Dairy
FOX 11 NEWS ONLINE KEWAUNEE COUNTY - As summer approaches, some students are getting ready to head back to school. An annual five-day agriculture boot camp kicked off Monday morning in Kewaunee County at Pagel's Ponderosa Dairy near Casco... Read More 5>
Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Preparing them for the future: Bridges Construction & Renovation Program
PRESS TIMES GREEN BAY - The Bridges Construction & Renovation Program works with high school juniors and seniors to prepare them for a future in the construction and renovation industry.
During the 2022-23 school year, 18 students in the Bridges Program came from schools all over the Green Bay area including Green Bay East, John Dewey Academy of Learning, Preble and Green Bay West.
The students are led by instructor Brian Frerk and an advising committee, which allows the students to get as much out of the program as possible...
Promoting the Regional Brand
Algoma anxiously awaits first cruise ship arrival
DOORCOUNTYDAILYNEWS.COM You are about two weeks away from seeing the first cruise ship of the summer stop in Algoma for a quick visit to northeast Wisconsin. The Viking Polaris represents the first of several cruise ships to stop in Algoma this summer, with the first one arriving on June 16th at approximately 8 a.m. Boat tenders will shuttle visitors between the cruise ships and Algoma’s shores before they potentially hop on buses for excursions around the area. Algoma Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Rosemary Paladini says it is pulling out all the stops to welcome its visitors, whether they are coming from the ship or coming from the mainland to see the ship...
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Special Events
It's not summer without outdoor music. Here's your 2023 Green Bay-area guide to all the concert series, new, old and even on the water
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE GREEN BAY - To say the summer calendar is packed with outdoor music is an understatement. You'll find a reason to throw the lawn chair in the car and soak up some tunes in a park, at a vineyard, in a beer garden, along the Fox River, in a garden or right in the middle of the street most any day or night of the week from now through Labor Day and beyond. Summertime in Wisconsin flies by, so make some time to take in live music from artists performing on not just stages, but on a front porch and even aboard a pontoon... |
