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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Developer is latest to propose affordable apartments on Green Bay vacant site near downtown
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
GREEN BAY - A developer's proposal to build a 43-unit affordable apartment building on a vacant site in the Joannes Park neighborhood got the backing of a city committee this week.
Green Bay's Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday unanimously approved giving MF Housing Partners LLC a six-month planning option on city-owned land in the 1100 block of East Walnut Street...
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Hobby Lobby will be one of two retailers to occupy the vacant Sheboygan Shopko building SHEBOYGAN PRESS
Hobby Lobby will be one of two national retailers taking over the vacant Shopko location at 518 S. Taylor Drive.
Last month, the city announced it had approved a loan for Neitstreit, a redevelopment company, to subdivide the empty Shopko into space for two national retailers.
The city approved the Neitstreit loan under the condition that Netstreit will create 15 full-time equivalent jobs under the city's economic development plan...
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Calumet Hosts Local Manufacturing Tours
CALUMET COUNTY COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CALUMET COUNTY -- To kick off Manufacturing Month in Calumet County, four Calumet County businesses opened their doors for tours for educators and students to preview a variety of manufacturing careers. Each of the participating businesses are investors in the Inspire-WI program, which works to actively connect local students to future career opportunities....
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
River North Apartments the next waterfront addition in downtown Manitowoc
WLUK
MANITOWOC -- Three years after the city bought just over 20 acres of land along the Manitowoc River, downtown Manitowoc took a major step toward its future.
Allie Family Companies, in partnership with Consolidated Construction, broke ground on the River North Apartments on Wednesday morning...Read More 6>
Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Oshkosh city council approves TIF district for low-income housing at former Smith school
OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN
OSHKOSH – Like much of the region, Oshkosh faces a shortage of affordable and low-income housing, but developers want to help change that with a little help from the city.
Tim Hess of Invista Analytics and Chet Wesenberg of Wesenberg Architects hope a new tax incremental financing district will provide financial assistance for Smith School Lofts, a low-income housing project at the former Smith Elementary School, 1745 Oregon St...
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New London family celebrates 125 years in the well drilling business
WBAY
NEW LONDON -- A New London family is celebrating a major milestone this year in the family business, 125 years and counting.
Growing up, J.J., Jay and Jason Hintzke had a pretty good idea of how they’d one day make a living.
“Pretty much, since I’d been a little guy, going out with my dad drilling during the summer between school,” recalls oldest brother J.J. Hintzke.
It all started thanks to Theodore Hintzke, who founded Hintzke Well Drilling way back in 1896..
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KerberRose expands HR consulting services
KERBER ROSE
KerberRose is pleased to announce The H.S. Group has joined KerberRose as an expansion of our Human Resources Consulting service line. Effective Oct. 1, 2021, this addition includes The H.S. Group’s employees, clients and assets.
Founded in 1967, the H.S. Group is a human resources consulting business offering services including: recruiting, career transition/outplacement, HR consulting, talent development, and assessments and employee surveys. The H.S. Group has a similar client base to KerberRose—small- to mid-sized businesses—for most services...
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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
College of Menominee Nation: An environmental warrior finds her training ground
COLLEGE OF MENOMINEE NATION
KESHENA -- Jasmine Neosh had arrived at an inflection point. In the fall of 2016, the Menominee tribal member was waiting tables and tending bar at an upscale Chicago eatery as the protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline grew into a full-blown crisis in the northern Plains.
For months, she had watched as friends and relatives went to North Dakota to join the protests, enduring tear gas, rubber bullets, attacks by guard dogs, and blasts by water cannons in freezing temperatures. Hundreds were arrested, strip-searched, and jailed in small cages as they tried in vain to block construction of a massive pipeline under the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. For years, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe had been fighting the project over concerns about oil leaks contaminating the reservation’s sole water supply...
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Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Finding confidence through employment: 'Let's Work!' helps adults with disabilities join workforce
NBC 26
GREEN BAY — From cleaning and maintenance, to workplace etiquette and relationships, Bethany Allcox and Rose Baez Rios have learned a lot of skills over the past few years. “Gives me confidence," said Allcox. "I’m very happy inside and I like to work.”
“I like doing job experience," said Baez Rios. “It’s new friends and new family.”
Curative Connections’ Let’s Work! program gives these skills to adults with disabilities in our community. With October being National Disability Employment Month, Sean Franken, Team Lead for Let’s Work!, wants to show the untapped potential that these adults can bring to our local workforce...
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Here's who made this year's list of Future 15 young professionals in Manitowoc County
MANITOWOC HERALD TIMES REPORTER
MANITOWOC - Chamber of Manitowoc County on Wednesday unveiled its list of Future 15 winners.
The Future 15 awards are presented to 15 young professionals in Manitowoc County each year "who have given back to the community, shown leadership and helped in many ways to make the area a great place to live and work," The Chamber said....
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