Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Green Bay Packaging holds ribbon-cutting for new $500 million mill
WLUK GREEN BAY -- Three months after the facility opened, Green Bay Packaging held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new mill Thursday.
The $500 million mill opened in March after more than two and a half years of construction. Company officials have said there were as many as 1,200 people working on the construction site at one time.
At the groundbreaking, the company said the new mill would preserve 1,100 jobs, with another 200 more possibly to be added....Read More 1>
Support an Entrepreneurial Climate and Small Business
Completely Renovated Heidel House Hotel & Conference Center Debuts on the Shores of Green Lake, Wisconsin
CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION APPLETON -- After being shuttered for more than two years, a legendary
gathering place in picturesque Green Lake, Wisconsin, has come roaring back to life thanks to a multi-million-dollar makeover and the entrepreneurial vision of its new owners.
The historic Heidel House, which closed its doors in spring 2019, recently reopened as a completely remodeled hotel and conference center. The property has been redeveloped by Lighthouse Hotel Development Group, a division of Lighthouse Hospitality Group, and is owned by Green Lake Hotel Group, LLC. Consolidated Construction Co. Inc. was the general contractor on the project...
Read More 2>
Economic Development Feature
Big blue crane made in Manitowoc makes its way safely to U.S. Navy shipyard in Maine
HERALD TIMES REPORTER MANITOWOC – After a few weeks of slow travel on a barge through the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence Seaway and into the Atlantic Ocean, “Big Blue” as the crane built in Manitowoc is known on social media, has made it home.
The $55 million crane arrived at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard – in Kittery, Maine, near the border of New Hampshire – in one piece on Tuesday.....Read More 3>
Celebrating Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Meet Timber Smith, Appleton's new diversity, equity and inclusion leader -- then prepare to get involved
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
APPLETON - Timber Smith, Appleton's new diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator, has a message for the community.
It's that diversity, equity and inclusion are achieved by people coming together, not by someone acting alone.
"You can't do DEI work by yourself, right?" he told The Post-Crescent. "You're affecting people. You're changing the lives of people. You need other people to buy into the things so that there is change.. ..Read More 4> Promoting the Regional Brand
Mark Murphy, Cecelia Gore among founding members of new CEOs Against Cancer chapter
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS NEWS Several prominent Wisconsin executives have launched a state chapter of the American Cancer Society’s CEOs Against Cancer initiative. The founding members include Mark Murphy, president and CEO of the Green Bay Packers; Cecelia Gore, executive director of the Brewers Community Foundation; Todd Fancher, president of American Family Life Insurance Co.; Kevin Fletcher, president and CEO of WEC Energy Group; Joe Rock, managing partner of KPMG’s Milwaukee office; and Brendan Freeman, president of private wealth at First Business Bank.... |
