The New North Workplace Excellence Award, a collaboration between New North and Right Management, recognizes organizations that are improving their competitive advantage through people practices that lead to successful business outcomes.
Organizations located within the 18-county New North region are eligible to apply. This includes companies that have a division or location within the New North, but are not necessarily headquartered in the New North.
The 18 counties include: Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Sheboygan, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago
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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
Coronavirus Business Impact Survey seeks responses
UW OSHKOSH
Thank you for taking Parts One through Fifteen of our Coronavirus Disruption Survey. As citizens and businesses in the state of Wisconsin take measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, there are undeniable economic impacts. UW Oshkosh is now distributing Part Sixteen (for July 2021) to businesses in our area to assess the economic hardship.
Your feedback is very important in helping us understand the full disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This month's feedback is especially important as we continue to map both the effects of an recovery from the pandemic. To learn more about the survey, collection of data and assessment of information, please please visit the
survey page on the UW Oshkosh Center for Customized Research and Services (CCRS) website.
This project is a partnership among the UW Oshkosh CCRS, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and Wisconsin’s nine other regional economic development organizations (EDOs)...
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Economic Development Feature
Six things to know about Wisconsin's plan to expand I-41 from Appleton to De Pere, including more roundabouts and public hearings
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
DE PERE - Interstate 41 between Appleton and Green Bay, an especially dangerous stretch of highway, could look a lot different in the next five to eight years.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation plans to reconstruct a 23-mile segment of I-41 from the Wisconsin Avenue exit in Appleton north to the Scheuring Road exit in De Pere to address congestion, decaying pavement and a higher-than-average rate of crashes. That stretch saw more than 1,600 crashes from 2015 to 2019, averaging nearly one a day, according to DOT statistics.....Read More 3>
Economic Development Feature
'Old standards don't work': 4 things Wisconsin communities can do to increase affordable housing development
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
GREENVILLE - Known as a hub of industry and manufacturing in the Fox Cities, Greenville is home to the Appleton International Airport and major employers like Gulfstream and Amazon, surrounded by subdivisions and farmland.
Around 12,300 people live in the village of Greenville, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, but most don't work in the community. In fact, most of those who do work in Greenville simply cannot afford to live there....
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Attract Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Internships offer road to success
DOOR COUNTY DAILY NEWS
DOOR COUNTY -- Quantum PC’s Erin Helgeson has four good reasons why your kids should consider apprenticeships and internships.
Curtis Barganz completed his apprenticeship at Quantum PC earlier this year before Caden Kacmaryanski, Trevor Ash and Weston Mann joined the team earlier this summer. Barganz turned his apprenticeship into a full-time role with the company while Kacmaryanski, Ash, and Mann all hope their time opens doors in the future. Ash and Mann will stay on through the school year as a part of the Ahnapee Youth Apprenticeship program. Helgeson says the four boys representing Sturgeon Bay, Sevastopol, and Gibraltar high schools are great examples of how getting your foot in the door can help you decide if you want to continue on a particular career path....
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Leadership in the New North
Three new members appointed to FVTC Board of Trustees
FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE
FOX CITIES -- This spring the Fox Valley Technical College District Board Appointment Committee selected three new board members and reappointed one current member (from a field of five applicants) to fill upcoming openings on the FVTC District Board of Trustees. The Appointment Committee is comprised of the school board presidents from the 28 K-12 public school districts in FVTC’s service area...
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Special Event
EAA hopes to drum up interest in aviation careers during AirVenture event
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
OSHKOSH -- The 2021 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh convention is returning this year after organizers canceled last year's show because of COVID-19.
While precautions against COVID-19 will change some aspects of the event, attendees also will notice changes to admission costs. This year it's free for people age 18 and under to get into the event, which runs Monday through Sunday...
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Promoting the Regional Brand
Manufacturing performance in Sheboygan among best in nation
WHBL
SHEBOYGAN -- Sheboygan is among the top cities in the U.S. where manufacturing is thriving. That, according to a survey of 294 cities by AdvisorSmith, a New York Based company that specializes in insurance information for business owners.
AdvisorSmith used information from federal bureaus and looked at four key economic factors to make their rankings: manufacturing output and employment growth rates from 2015-2019, and manufacturing output per capita and a manufacturing location quotient from 2019. Among small cities – those under 150,000 population – Sheboygan was ranked second behind Columbus, Indiana, and Sheboygan ranked 4th overall regardless of size...
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Attract Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Associated Bank among employers recognized for supporting military employees
WLUK
Three Wisconsin businesses, including a Green Bay-based bank, are being recognized for supporting National Guard and reserve component employees.
Associated Bank, INNIO Waukesha Gas Engine and the Village of Pewaukee Police Department received the 2021 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award...
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