The 2021 Mid-Year report, "Ready & Resilient: Prosperity for All" is a collection of pictures, captions and quotes to capture the stories and progress of the New North region as we worked together to look forward while responding to the pandemic. A digital version can be viewed here...
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Leadership in the New Norths
Christopher Caldwell named President of the College of the Menominee Nation
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE ALLIANCE
Christopher Caldwell has been named President of the College of Menominee Nation (CMN) by the CMN Board of Trustees. The Board is led by Chairperson Gary Frechette, Vice-Chairperson Sara LaBarge, members; Shannon Chapman, Jesse Waukau, Michael Delabrue, Crystal Chapman-Chevalier and Marcus Denny. Caldwell assumes the position on June 25, 2021.
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Economic Development Feature
Humana selling De Pere campus, making way for mixed-use development
WLUK
DE PERE -- Brown County's second largest employer is selling its campus in De Pere.
Humana plans to lease back part of the office building it currently occupies near Lawrence Drive. The rest of the undeveloped property will be filled with a mix of development, according to city officials.
“We have 80 acres of undeveloped land here that was planned for business park,” said Dan Lindstrom, De Pere’s Development Services Director. “It just hasn't been done so by the actual property owner. We have an opportunity now to actually infill development, which is not something you have an opportunity to do very often.”...Read More 3>
Economic Development Feature
SouthPointe Enterprise Campus' first tenant could help tackle the affordable housing gap in the span of a year
SHEBOYGAN PRESS
SHEBOYGAN – The city has agreed to sell areas of SouthPointe Enterprise Campus ahead of a $30 million development project.
The development of SouthPointe Enterprise Campus as a business park was completed in early 2020 and since then it has remained an empty industrial park. Last year's pandemic and the economic impact put a hold on efforts to develop the property.
Now, a modular home manufacturing company is buying 40 of the property's 132 acres...
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
De Pere commission approves Georgia Pacific warehouse plan
WLUK
DE PERE -- De Pere's planning commission is moving forward on a new warehouse proposal from Georgia Pacific.
The plan would create a 1.1 million-square-foot building on the 2400 block of American Boulevard.
The proposal is very similar to one one from Georgia Pacific last year, when residents opposed the idea in the Town of Lawrence..
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Support an Entrepreneurial Climate and Small Business
Microbusiness grant program launched
INSIGHT PUBLICATIONS
Small businesses in several area communities affected by the pandemic may be eligible for a new grant program.
The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp. is launching the Resiliency Grant Northeast Rural Microenterprises program to assist business owners in New London, Menasha, Fox Crossing and Calumet and Outagamie counties, excluding the City of Appleton. Businesses with fewer than five employees, including the owner, are eligible...
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Special Event
Former Shopko Express building on Evergreen to be remodeled into veterinary clinic
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
APPLETON -- CountrySide Veterinary Services will take over the vacant Shopko space at 2101 E. Evergreen Dr. in Appleton, Bayland Buildings Inc. announced in a press release Tuesday. Green Bay-based Bayland was selected as the general contractor for the remodel, which is expected to be complete by early fall.
CountrySide Veterinary Services has two Appleton locations. Its wellness location at 1835 E. Edgewood Dr. #103 will move to the new Evergreen Drive location this fall, according to the release. CountrySide’s primary clinic at W3022 Edgewood Trail will remain open...
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