Site Selection, Business Development & Expansion 
Get growing: New North’s Gold Shovel Ready program fast-tracks expansion
Insight On Business
Economic growth in the region is getting a boost from a program established by New North, Inc. to help identify and fast-track properties for site selectors and developers.

The Gold Shovel Ready Site designation program was launched several years ago to help local partners respond quickly and effectively to site selection requests, says Barb LaMue, president and CEO of New North. Five communities are participating in the program now, with the goal of reaching a total of 15 within the next 12 months.

“The Gold Shovel Ready Site designation identifies property in our region to developers, site selectors and companies looking for....
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Site Selection, Business Development & Expansion
Space crunch: Manufacturers on the lookout for more room
Insight On Business
Commercial real estate plays a vital role in economic development, as it can serve as a barometer of how various industry segments are doing. Insight gathered three professionals, each with a different role in economic development to share their thoughts about what’s driving real estate decisions and what businesses are looking for.

This is an edited version of the discussion with Barb LaMue, president and CEO of New North, Inc., Manny Vasquez, vice president of business development for NAI Pfefferle, and Michael J.D. Brown, community and economic development director for the....
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Support an Entrepreneurial Climate and Small Business
New North: Hosting local and regional entrepreneurial pitch contests with local partners
WisBusiness 
StartUp Week in Wisconsin is November 11-18, 2020. Many events will be occurring, both in person and virtually, across Northeast Wisconsin. Among them are local pitch events that lead up to a regional pitch event hosted by New North, Inc.

In preparation for the regional pitch event, local partners are hosting qualifying events. The deadline to upload a pitch idea is October 26. Those interested can go to www.thestartuphub.org/pitch and select the one registration link that is closest to them.

“New North is proud to be working with local partners again this year to provide an opportunity for creative business ideas to be shared through....
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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
Strong fiber: Paper industry embraces opportunity, confronts challenges
Insight On Business
A year ago, few would have guessed that toilet paper and disinfecting wipes would become coveted products, but that’s just what happened as the pandemic began to unfold in the early months of 2020.

It’s not the way any company wants to come to prominence, but the state’s and region’s papermaking industry has stepped up to meet the need for those consumer products as well as desperately needed personal protective equipment for health care and other essential workers.

The New North, which makes up a large part of the “converting corridor” stretching between Green Bay and Milwaukee, has played an outsized role in producing paper products during this time of critical need, says Barb LaMue, president and CEO of New North Inc.

As the crisis began to heat up, the need for PPE became apparent, and New North worked with the state as well as the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.’s procurement office to mobilize the...
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Economic Development Feature
Wisconsin manufacturing industry recovering ‘more than any other part of the economy’
Spectrum News 1
Wisconsin’s largest business trade association says the state’s manufacturing sector is recovering from the pandemic.

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce held a call Wednesday to update its members on the health and economic impacts of the pandemic.

“We’re not just business leaders, we’re community leaders, and we need to use the influence we have over our employees to emphasize and reinforce that your employees take the same precautions at home and at play to protect themselves, their family, their friends, their co-workers and of course their...
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Promote the Regional Brand 
Prairie States Presented with Well Workplace Award by Wellness Councils of America
Prairie States News Release
The Wellness Council of America (WELCOA), with local affiliate Wellness Council of Wisconsin (WCWI), recently presented its coveted Bronze Well Workplace Award to Prairie States Enterprises, a Sheboygan-based third party administrator of self-funded employee health benefit plans. The Bronze Well Workplace Award recognizes companies and organizations for their commitment to the health and well-being of their employees.

By achieving the Well Workplace Award, Prairie States has made a long-lasting commitment to the health and well-being of its employees. As stated by WELCOA Interim CEO Sara Martin, “Well Workplace Award winners have systematically and deliberately created an environment for employees to work in that is going to help them thrive and flourish as humans. These organizations have taken....
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