Subject: 08.18.2021 New North Newsletter


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their support as a Sustaining level investor in 2021.

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Regional firms land on 'fastest growing' list
INSIGHT PUBLICATIONS

NEW NORTH -- Eleven New North companies made the 2021 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in America.

Fifty-three Wisconsin businesses made the list, with Verona-based Gentueri coming in as the fastest-growing company in the state and landing at No. 112 on the national list....
Pandemic accelerates local woman's WINEaLOT dream
PRESS TIMES

GREENLEAF – WINEaLOT owner and operator Miranda Demske, 28, said she had every intention of moving slowly on her dream of opening a winery.

“We have a couple of fields over by our house and we always bailed them up for cash crop, and we got sick of doing it,” Demske said. “I decided, well, I like going out in the garden. I like harvesting and using the stuff in the kitchen. I like wine – how hard can it be? We’ll plant some grapevines, and learn how to make wine. I wanted to eventually take over all of the fields and ever so slowly learn how to make the wine, start producing.”...

How the owners of Niagara's Shiitake Creek became 'the mushroom people'
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE

Matt and Margaret Williams of Niagara didn’t plan to have a mushroom business. Their careers didn’t point to a future in farming.

Matt had traveled the country as an adventure sports guide and managed and consulted whitewater rafting companies throughout the U.S. He eventually landed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where he owned a whitewater rafting company. Margaret was a big city person, and after earning advanced business degrees, worked for larger corporations.


Thomas opens dog photography studio in Railyard
PRESS TIMES

GREEN BAY – Local photographer Audrey Thomas believes every dog has a story to tell.

The 26-year-old Green Bay native has made it her life’s work to capture those stories through the lens of her camera, one four-legged friend at a time.

“A couple of weeks ago, my mom asked when dog photography became my dream job,” Thomas said. “And it kind of made me think. It really never was, because any time I entertained a thought, I would think, ‘Well, that is way too cool of a job to be real for that to be my thing.’”..
Miranda Demke, 28, opened the doors of WINEaLOT Vineyards on Highway PP in Greenleaf in July. The winery has four house wines available. Heather Graves Photo. Press Times story above.
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