Expanded Language Services for Sheboygan County Community and Entrepreneurs
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.
SHEBOYGAN — The Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation (SCEDC) and Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Green Bay aim to provide a wide variety of services, resources, and expertise to help encourage entrepreneurial opportunities in Sheboygan County, including the expansion and promotion of language-based resources for local entrepreneurs such as services of Partners for Community Development and the hiring of a Spanish-speaking consultant at the SBDC.
The SBDC is thrilled to announce the hiring of Jesus Nañez, Program Outreach Manager for the Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship. Jesus is a new consultant in the SBDC that can assist entrepreneurs in Sheboygan County and throughout the state of WI, especially as a new resource for Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs.
Wisconsin businesses invited to apply for 2022 Governor's Export Achievement Awards
WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP (WEDC)
MADISON – The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) invites Wisconsin companies and organizations that have achieved exporting success to apply for a 2022 Governor’s Export Achievement Award.
Three awards will be presented this year to Wisconsin exporters of products, services and agriculture. They are open to companies of all sizes as well as to organizations that have contributed to the state’s ability to compete in the global economy.
Nominations will be accepted through Aug. 12 and the awards ceremony will take place in-person on Oct. 26 following the final event of the World Trade Association’s 2022 Global Business Insights series in Milwaukee...
Former Exclusive Company employee brings new record shop to downtown Appleton
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
APPLETON – The Exclusive Company may be gone, but its legacy carries on.
A former Exclusive Company employee is keeping the tradition alive with his own record store, Eroding Winds Record Shop, which opened at 229 E. College Ave. in downtown Appleton on July 8. It’s the second Eroding Winds location for owner Adam Bartlett, who opened his flagship record store at 436 N. Main St. in downtown Oshkosh in 2016.
It’s fitting that shortly after The Exclusive Company closed its doors in Appleton (and in many other cities), one of its former employees has made sure the Fox Cities will still have a place for music lovers to gather...
Konopie looks to grow awareness of hemp benefits
PRESS TIMES
BROWN COUNTY – From growing up on a small Brown County dairy farm to being a leader in the hemp industry, Mark Rozmarynoski, owner of Konopie, LLC, said love and appreciation is what it takes to be part of the movement.
After working seven days a week on his family farm for most of his childhood, Rozmarynoski said he left to work in construction to earn more money.
He said he learned about hemp from a coworker while on the job.
“I was on a job site tour with another guy, and his dad was actually helping the Wisconsin State Legislature write the hemp pilot program,” he said. “It intrigued me as another crop we could bring to the farm, and that’s how I started researching hemp.”...
DFP Announces Shop Saturdays & Win
DOWNTOWN FOND DU LAC PARTNERSHIP
FOND DU LAC – Want to win up to $500 by shopping downtown? It’s easy!
The Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership is offering $500 in downtown gift certificates to three lucky local shoppers for shopping in downtown Fond du Lac on Saturdays thanks to sponsor Fox Valley Savings Bank.
The DFP wants to emphasize the importance of shopping small and local all year round. While you’re attending the Downtown Fond du Lac Farmers Market, stop into any of the great restaurants or retail locations in the district and save your receipts. There are a variety of unique, locally owned business that offer personalized services and products just a few blocks away from the Farmers Market....
Life at one of Wisconsin's small airports SPECTRUM NEWS 1
NEENAH — The reason Keith Mustain runs a small airport isn’t overly complicated.
“The reason I do it is I like the people,” the owner of Brennand Airport near Neenah said. “People in aviation are very friendly and you meet people from all around the world.”
Mustian’s focus at the airport is helping aviators. Some base their aircraft at Brennand while others are in need of self-service fuel or stopping to stop at a new destination.
The airport offers a single paved runway and a grass airstrip...
Registration opens for Wisconsin Economic Summit
WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP (WEDC)
APPLETON -- Add your voice to the conversation, as business and community leaders, academics, economic development professionals and others gather Sept. 20-21 in Appleton at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s (WEDC’s) first economic summit.
“WEDC’s mission is to help each Wisconsin resident achieve economic well-being, however they define it,” said Missy Hughes, WEDC secretary and CEO. “We know that healthy economies and thriving communities are about much more than creating jobs. It’s about creating opportunities for learning and career growth, having safe and affordable places to live, a clean environment to enjoy and really creating the kinds of communities where everyone wants to live.”
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