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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Joe Maldonado to lead social justice panel at Wisconsin Leadership Summit
WISCONSIN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Fitchburg alder and longtime community leader Joe Maldonado will moderate a panel titled "Going through the Motions: How to Effectively Move DEI from Performative to Transformative" on Monday, October 10, the first day of the Wisconsin Leadership Summit presented by UW Credit Union.
Maldonado is the Director of Community and Youth Development for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Extension. He also serves as a member of the Fitchburg Common Council, representing one of the most racially diverse aldermanic districts in Dane County. He has extensive experience in youth development, working directly with youth and young adults, grant making, and higher education instruction... Leadership in the New North
Business titan Herb Kohler, executive chairman of Kohler Co. who put Wisconsin on the golf map, dies at 83
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL Herbert V. Kohler Jr., a business titan who fortified his family’s namesake manufacturing firm and put Wisconsin on the world golf stage with the creation of a course named Whistling Straits, has died. “His zest for life, adventure and impact inspires all of us," his family said in a statement Sunday. "We traveled together, celebrated together, and worked together. He was all in, all the time, leaving an indelible mark on how we live our lives today and carry on his legacy.”... Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Froedtert Health acquires former Younkers store in Fond du Lac
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL Froedtert Health bought a property at a high-profile Fond du Lac intersection that formerly housed a Younkers department store indicating a possible interest in expanding the Wauwatosa-based health care system’s territory northward.
The health system acquired the 7.6-acre site in August for $3.75 million from Wisconsin Mall Properties LLC of Anacortes, Wash., according to a deed filing with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. Younkers closed in 2018 as part of the bankruptcy case for store owner The Bon-Ton Stores Inc., which had corporate offices in Milwaukee and in York, Pa.. Support an Entrepreneurial Climate and Small Business
Coworking spaces meeting demand in Sturgeon Bay
DOOR COUNTY PULSE Chad Ladick went home one day in June last year and told his wife, Jan, that they should buy the former Nicolet National Bank building in Sturgeon Bay. The vacant, 36,000-square-foot building at 217 N. 4th Ave. had been for sale for more than two years after Nicolet moved across the street into a new building. “She said, ‘No. What are you thinking?’” Chad said. “I was also six months pregnant,” Jan said. The couple had gotten married the year before. They had a new baby on the way, and the pandemic was still raging. They had recently finished a project in Egg Harbor at 7818 Hwy 42, across from Greens N Grains, buying and completely gutting the cabin-style building. Jan opened another Door County Massage location on the first floor, and the second floor became a short-term-rental unit...
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Here's how Calumet County is trying to help its child care providers survive
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT Nearly five years ago, Cassie Weber of St. Cloud started a licensed family child care business in her home. As the children she cradled as infants grew into walking, talking 2-year-olds, she expanded her business into a center that could serve 20 children.
But in late 2021, Weber realized her passion was unsustainable. Between the payroll, grocery shopping for the center, managing the tuition and even taking on the role of lead teacher when staffing “became impossible” and more, Weber was logging 70 to 80 hours a week, leaving little time to see her own children.
She closed the center. “I didn’t want to close, but I was to the point where I physically couldn’t work this many hours and maintain a family," Weber said. "It was heartbreaking, just devastating."..Read More 5> Economic Development Feature
Outagamie County devises regional strategy to address looming shortage of affordable housing
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
APPLETON - The Fox Cities area needs between 1,000 and 2,000 new housing units per year to keep up with growing demand, but a labor shortage in critical positions needed for constructing housing is just one of the many challenges the area is facing when it comes to actually developing an adequate number of units. Jennifer Sunstrom, government affairs director with Realtors Association of NE Wisconsin, said there is a lack of supply — there's just not enough units being built in any price range right now. But building more units is not as simple as it may sound....
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Encourage Educational Attainment
UW-Green Bay projects seventh straight year of enrollment growth
WLUK GREEN BAY -- UW-Green Bay is expecting another record year for enrollment with nearly 10,000 students. It would be the seventh straight year with growth and it comes at a time when other UW schools are struggling to grow enrollment. 10 of the 13 four-year campuses saw enrollment decline last year, according to preliminary numbers released in fall 2021. UWGB leaders say they have plenty of new offerings luring students to the school...Read More 7>
Research and Trends in NE Wisconsin
UW Oshkosh awarded $1.6 million NSF grant for interdisciplinary research on toxic algae
UW OSHKOSH
OSHKOSH -- A sustainability research team at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh begins work this week on a new $1.6 million National Science Foundation study of the social and environmental conditions that contribute to toxic algal blooms in freshwater systems.
The project, a collaboration with researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), has broad implications as the blooms result in billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide to industry, recreation and public health. The work also aims to strengthen interdisciplinary sustainability research...
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Special Event
Jewelers Mutual Group: A World of Color community event will feature conversations on jewelry trends and is free to the public
FOX CITIES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEENAH -- Jewelers Mutual Group is proud to announce the return of its annual community event on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, from 6 pm – 8 pm. The in-person event, titled “A World of Color,” will be held in the Earl G. DeLong Auditorium on the Jewelers Mutual Group corporate campus at 24 Jewelers Park Dr. Neenah, WI. The evening will feature a discussion about trends in colored gemstones and a tour of the R. Harder Gallery of Gems and Minerals. The featured guest is Kimberly Collins, the founder of Kimberly Collins Gems, Board President of the American Gem Trade Association, and longtime curator and collector of exquisite gemstones from around the globe. Collins, along with a panel of experts, will discuss top jewelry trends and the future of colored gemstones....
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Promoting the Regional Brand
3-time Grammy winner coming to Kohler
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SHEBOYGAN - A three-time Grammy Award-winning choir is coming to the Kohler Memorial Theater this October.
Soweto Gospel Choir, of South Africa, is returning to North America with a concert that commemorates the South African freedom movement and the United States Civil Rights movement.
The choir will perform the concert at the Kohler Memorial Theater, 260 School St., Kohler, at 8 p.m. Oct. 7. Tickets are $50-$55 for adults and $25-$28 for students and are available by visiting KohlerFoundation.org/Tickets or calling the Kohler Foundation at 920-458-1972.
Hailing from Soweto, a town outside of Johannesburg and home of Nelson Mandela and South Africa’s democratic movement, Soweto Gospel Choir brings a powerful blend of African gospel, freedom songs and international classics.....
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| | | | Kohler Co. Chairman and CEO Herbert V. Kohler Jr. and his workers pose, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, for a company-wide "Go Packers" group photo. Kohler, 83, who died Saturday, was the CEO of Kohler Company for 43 years before he handed the role off to his son, David Kohler, in 2015. He fortified his family’s namesake manufacturing firm and put Wisconsin on the world golf stage with the creation of a course named Whistling Straits Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story above. |
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