Subject: 06.07.2021 New North Newsletter
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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
Wisconsin Tomorrow Small Business Recovery Grant -closes TODAY at 4:30 p.m
WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 

The Wisconsin Tomorrow Small Business Recovery Grant program will award $420 million to small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is intended to support businesses who are hardest hit by the pandemic and are key to Wisconsin making a strong recovery. The program is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) in collaboration with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and is funded with money received from the federal government through the American Rescue Plan Act....

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Encourage Educational Attainment
'It's very zippy': UW Oshkosh students engineer their own electric vehicle
SPECTRUM NEWS 1 

MENASHA — UW Oshkosh engineering students are getting hands-on experience with electric vehicle technology. They built their own electric basic utility vehicle from scratch at the Fox Cities campus in Menasha.

"It’s very zippy," said Cesar Campos-Martinez, a junior at UW-O. "You just step on it a little bit and it goes."

The 1,000-pound open-air vehicle tops out at 25 mph. Its four, 12-volt batteries give the vehicle a range of about 40 miles...

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Attract Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Now hiring: FyterTech Nonwovens
SPECTRUM NEWS 1

DE PERE — Kim Milhans may not be on the medical front lines of the pandemic, but she’s is supporting those workers with the machines she runs.

Milhans works at FyterTech Nonwovens in De Pere, where — among other things — the company produces the thin filtration layer found in face masks.

“Because I don’t work in a hospital and I’m not on the frontlines at least this is some way I can contribute,” she said. “It’s nice to have a job like that.”...

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Technology and Innovation
For Titletown Tech's Craig Dickman, hobbies and work blend together to create balance
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE 

Craig Dickman, managing director for TitletownTech and one of the presenters at the Green Bay SCORE chapter’s recent seminar “The Business Legends of Green Bay" certainly qualifies for that distinction.

His career has been one of excellence, and Dickman’s bio lists his experience as an inventor, entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He founded Breakthrough Fuel and co-founded the N.E.W. Venture Foundry. He held managerial positions at Schneider National and SHADE Information Systems, and was chief executive at Paper Transport and Master Fleet....

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Economic Development Feature
Green Bay RDA to consider downtown apartment building and grocery store proposal
WLUK

GREEN BAY – A proposal for a five-story, 172-unit apartment building with a ground-level grocery store will be reviewed Tuesday by the city’s Redevelopment Authority.

It’s the latest version of project first introduced in October, 2019, by Gorman & Company...

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Promoting the Regional Brand
Bergstrom raises over $150,000 to help grant wishes for local children
WFRV

APPLETON – Bergstrom Automotive’s 2021 Drive for Dreams campaign raised $154,150 which will help grant the wishes of local children battling critical illnesses.

The Drive for Dreams campaign was ran at all Bergstrom dealerships, and for every test drive taken $5 was donated. Additionally, $5 was donated for each new fan on social media. On May 22, Bergstrom dealerships held a special Oil Change Day which offered free oil changes with a donation of $15 or more to Make-A-Wish-Wisconsin....

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Leadership in the New North
WHEDA names Steele as tribal liaison; Searles tapped for community economic development post in Northeast Wisconsin
WISBUSINESS

MADISON – Erica Steele will add the role of tribal liaison to her repertoire while she continues to build strategic relationships as a member of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority’s Community and Economic Development team.

Steele succeeds Deby Dehn, a 15-year WHEDA member of the Community and Economic Development team who worked to advance affordable housing and economic development in a territory covering 21 counties in northeastern Wisconsin...

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UW Oshkosh students engineer their own electric vehicle. Spectrum News 1, story above 
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