Economic Development Feature 
WEDC We’re All In Grants – Applications Accepted on Monday
WEDC News
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s (WEDC’s) We’re All In Small Business Grant Program provided much-needed financial assistance to thousands of Wisconsin small businesses affected by COVID-19. Despite the infusion of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relieve, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds administered by WEDC throughout the summer, many Wisconsin small businesses continue to struggle. That is why WEDC is opening up a second phase of We’re All In Small Business Grants, making available more than $50 million of additional CARES Act funding to Wisconsin businesses hard hit by the pandemic.
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Innovation in the New North Region
Wisconsin 2020 Inno on Fire Designations – TitletownTech, Wisconsin IoT Council, and Inspire Sheboygan named from the Region
Publication
Today, we’re officially announcing the 30 people and companies in Wisconsin that made significant strides across the state's tech and startup ecosystem.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll spotlight a few of these companies in stories and in our newsletter, The Beat.

Now, what makes a company or individual on fire?

We’re looking at startups and established companies that have had a banner year. People and companies that brought on new funding, launched products, made acquisitions or hires, or.....
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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
New North Summit planned for March
Insight On Business
With the New North Summit planned for March 11 at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, it only seems fitting that Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy kick off the event.

The summit is geared toward business executives and education, nonprofit and government leaders from around the region and state. Networking begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by the program’s start at 8 a.m. The summit runs through 4 p.m.

The summit’s keynote speaker is Tim Moore, who will reflect on the resiliency of our region during the pandemic, along with speaking to the power of social impact and equality and offering....
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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
UW Oshkosh teams up with Agra Energy, using new technology to convert biogas into renewable energy
WBAY
America’s Dairyland has enough cows to live up to the name, but with those cows comes a lot of waste, and UW-Oshkosh wants to put it to use.

“If we can harness the energy left in that waste to help offset greenhouse gas emissions and our dependence on fossil fuels to kind of create a renewable energy that’s a good thing for our state to develop that homegrown technology,” said Brian Langolf, UWO’s Biogas Program Director.

Langolf says they teamed up with Agra Energy, a California-based company, last year.

“It’s an exciting collaboration between the University Wisconsin Oshkosh and Agra Energy to really deploy some of the...
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Promote the Regional Brand
It was controversial at the time. Twenty years later the Lambeau Field sales tax still pays dividends
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Twenty years after Brown County voters approved a sales tax to renovate Lambeau Field, the Green Bay Packers and the community continue to collect dividends.

"It gives us a financial base that, really, I can’t imagine what it would be like without it," said Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy. "I think it went well beyond what Bob (Harlan) even envisioned."

Harlan, who led the Packers from 1989 to 2007, spearheaded the effort to win approval of a....
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Promote the Regional Brand
Virtually or in-person, women come together at Women’s Leadership Conference
NBC 26
Women in Northeast Wisconsin came together both in-person and online Thursday at the Women's Leadership Conference in Green Bay.

Organizers say one of the goals and focuses is to have women celebrate themselves and the things that make them unique.

"The stress of today's environment is very challenging, and women are carrying that stress differently so we really think it's the best time to bring women together and support each other and understand how we can....
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Austin Straubel Airport touts new equipment, says it will improve safety and expand business
NBC 26
Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport is touting a new piece of equipment it says will improve safety and expand business.

Jet Air Group, a Fixed Base Operator (FBO) at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport, purchased the equipment. According to a news release from the airport, the equipment is called....
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