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| | | New North Inc. would like to thank First Business Bank for their support as a Contributing level investor in 2020.
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| MARKETPLACE 2020
DEC. 8-10, 2020
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| | | Special Event
2020 MARKETPLACE Community Economic Development Awards recognize notable business and community leaders
WEDC News MADISON, WI. DEC. 4, 2020 – At MARKETPLACE: The 39th Governor’s Conference on Diverse Business Development, individuals will be recognized on Dec. 9, 2020 at the Community Award Recognition Program for their decades-long leadership and distinguished service in business and community development to support minority-, woman- and veteran-owned businesses in Wisconsin.
The following four individuals will be recognized by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC):
State Business Diversity Development Award – Michele Carter of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (formerly of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation)
For the last 16 years, as an experienced program manager and skilled coaching, government contracting and conflict resolution manager, Carter has demonstrated her skill in working within government to diversify the transportation construction industry, improving the efficiency of the state’s.... |
| | With a heavy heart we are sad to announce that we lost a great man, mentor, and friend last Friday, December 4th, 2020.
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| | | Craig was a warrior and champion for Wisconsin's Native-owned businesses, and spent a life well lived empowering and advocating for the economic advancement of his community. So many can look back at the things they have achieved and say that they were made possible by his work and passion. Craig was dedicated to the planning of the Marketplace Conference which kicked off today. He was a true leader to us and he will be missed.
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| | | New North to offer free economic outlook for state, region on Dec. 9 Event is result of new partnership with St. Norbert College, Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue
New North Inc., the regional economic development corporation for the 18 counties of Northeast Wisconsin, is presenting an economic outlook for Wisconsin and the New North region on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. The free webinar is being offered through a partnership between New North Inc., The Schneider School of Business & Economics at St. Norbert College and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.
Registration is available at https://schneiderschool.snc.edu/newsandevents/economicintelwebinar.html. Live Zoom access will be provided to those who sign up.
The event will offer an overview of the economic outlook for the state and New North region directly from the experts. Peter Barca, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DoR), and Marc Schaffer, St. Norbert economics professor and Center for Business & Economic Analysis (CBEA), will be joined by DoR economists and CBEA research students for a discussion on where the state and regional economies are headed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prospects for recovery, and the key indicators of economic health in Wisconsin and the New North region.
“We are excited to begin this partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and St. Norbert College to bring important economic information, including trends and forecasts, to the New North community on a biannual basis,” says Barb LaMue, president and CEO of New North Inc. “We know that our region is a good gauge of how state revenue will be achieved.
“At the event we also will be unveiling the new IntelTracker tool, which shows our economy at a glance, along with vital statistics, labor market and talent availability, livability, economic vitality, industry clusters, education, capital investment, retail sales, and more.”
Opening remarks will be provided by St. Norbert President Brian Bruess, who serves as a New North board member and co-chair of the New North Business Intelligence Council (BIC), and by Phil Flynn, CEO of Associated Bank, sponsor of the event. |
| | | Innovation in the New North
Governor Evers Announces We’re All Innovating Contest Winners
WEDC News
231 businesses recognized for creative responses to COVID-19 pandemic
A Milwaukee biotech firm that developed a faster test to detect COVID-19 antibodies, a DePere restaurant that allows customers to “pay it forward” with gift cards to front-line medical workers, and a Menomonie food co-op that developed an online ordering platform to highlight local producers are among the 231 statewide winners selected for the We’re All Innovating Contest, Governor Tony Evers announced today. Congratulations to the following New North Regional businesses who received the designations! Abbey Bar & Café, DePere
Associated Machine Design, Green Bay
Roving Blue, Oconto
Trout Springs Winery, Greenleaf
Reynolds Packaging, Green Bay
Small Town H.R., Manawa
Dairy Coach, Kewaunee
Simplifeye Systems, Oneida
Moonrise Equipment, Ripon
Nelson & Pade, Inc., Montello
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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
Alliant Energy launches first community solar project in Fond du Lac County
Fond du Lac Reporter
FOND DU LAC - Alliant Energy is kicking off the company's new community-based solar program with a project in Fond du Lac that supports renewable energy.
Alliant announced this week its plans to build a solar garden along the south side of U.S. 151 — just west of the Hickory Road intersection — on a 13-acre parcel leased from Michel’s Corporation, said company spokesperson Scott Reigstad.
Construction of the 1-megawatt community solar project is set to begin this spring for completion by the end of 2021. The energy generated will be distributed....
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UW-Green Bay students helping in worldwide effort to develop new antibiotics
We Are Green Bay
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) College students at UW-Green Bay are helping in a worldwide effort to develop new life-saving antibiotics. As Kris Schuller reports the Tiny Earth project is out to help solve a growing crisis.
For the past 14 weeks college students at UWGB like Carolyn LaTour – have been looking through soil samples searching for bacteria which hopefully one day leads to new antibiotics.
“Discovering new and different antibiotics will definitely help the medical field a lot,” said LaTour.
LaTour and her classmates are participating in the Tiny Earth program. It’s an international effort involving 10,000 students from 300 colleges – all aimed at discovering new antibiotics by searching the....
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Economic Development Feature
PMI awarded a top COVID-19 music, entertainment grant amount to help Resch Center, Meyer Theatre survive pandemic
Green Bay Press-Gazette
PMI Entertainment Group, which manages the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon and Meyer Theatre in Green Bay, is one of 14 Wisconsin recipients of $395,308 through the COVID-19 Live Music and Entertainment Grant Program.
Gov. Tony Evers announced 96 music and entertainment venues across the state will split $15 million in grants to help them survive the pandemic.
In addition to PMI, 13 other groups were awarded the top amount of $395,308, including Milwaukee World Festival Inc., which operates Summerfest; Eagles Entertainment Inc., which operates the...
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| | | COVID-19 Updates & Resources
As the COVID-19 begins to have an increased impact on our businesses and communities, we thank our local media for keeping us informed. Additional resources can be found on the COVID-19 Updates page on the New North website.
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