Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Festival Foods CEO agrees to buy Green Bay Booyah Northwoods League baseball team
Green Bay Press-Gazette
ASHWAUBENON - The Madison-based owners of the Green Bay Booyah have a tentative agreement to sell the Northwoods League team to Festival Foods CEO Mark Skogen.
Owners Steve Schmitt, Vern Stenman and Conor Caloia announced the deal Thursday afternoon, but declined to disclose terms. The sale is contingent upon the Ashwaubenon Village Board approving the transfer of the Capital Credit Union Park lease to Skogen. The village is scheduled to consider the request when it meets....
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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
Experts – Economic Recovery
Insight On Business
The recovery from pandemic-fueled recession is happening, but it’s uneven and could be derailed easily if coronavirus cases continue to surge and Congress fails to pass another relief package, according to experts speaking Wednesday at a webinar providing an economic outlook for Wisconsin and the New North.
The webinar hosted by the Donald J. Schneider School of Business & Economics at St. Norbert College featured representatives from the college and the....
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Schneider National taking its bulk shipping service to Canada
Milwaukee Business Journal
Schneider National Inc. is expanding its cross-border services in North America by bringing its bulk shipping service to Canada.
The Green Bay-based company recently announced it is expanding its Bulk Express Intermodal service into the country, where loads are shipped via railroad with Canadian truck drivers delivering to the final destination.
The company's 40-foot steel containers have the ability to haul up to 45,600 pounds of specialty chemical and liquid payloads, the company....
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Innovation in the New North
Simulation technology helps FVTC nursing students prepare to join workforce amid pandemic
We Are Green Bay
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WFRV) — 63 nursing students will graduate Fox Valley Technical College next week, ready to enter a field that is seeing historic levels of demand.
Nurse educator Jennifer Zernzach told Local 5 Thursday that preparing to fill those much-needed roles means lots of hands-on experience.
“As a nurse, we don’t want someone who read in a textbook how to start an IV, we want someone who knows what they’re doing,” she said.
Evers hints Wisconsin schools should consider reopening. Back in March, the nursing program had to adapt after the....
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Feeding America gets new refrigerated trailer truck from Schneider Foundation
WBAY
APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - A recent donation to Feeding America will provide much-needed help during this pandemic. It also opens up more volunteer opportunities with a community partner.
“It’s a refrigerated trailer with a lift gate -- which is kind of a unicorn in the transportation world,” said Feeding America CEO and President Patti Habeck.
The 53-foot truck, donated by the Schneider Foundation, will allow Feeding America to meet increased demand during the pandemic. Demand is currently about four times more than normal for this time of year, according to Habeck, who notes they delivered about....
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Expansion and Business Development
Associated Bank extends sponsorship agreement with Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee Business Journal
Associated Bank is extending its sponsorship agreement with the Milwaukee Brewers, the team announced Thursday. The two organizations have had a sponsorship agreement for more than a decade. The Green Bay-based bank also announced it will keep in place a brand ambassador endorsement deal with....
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Consolidated Construction honored with Silver Projects of Distinction Construction Excellence Award from ABC
WisBusiness
(December 8, 2020) APPLETON, Wis. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Wisconsin has recognized Consolidated Construction Co., Inc., a full-service design/build firm in Appleton, with a Silver Projects of Distinction Award for construction excellence for The View at Johnson Creek Assisted Living and Memory Care Community project.
The projects receiving ABC honors were judged in a rigorous process by a panel of construction experts based on a number of criteria, including safety, quality, owner satisfaction, project execution and coordination, budgeting, difficult and unusual....
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Reynolds Packaging LLC of Green Bay and Brothers Paining of Sheboygan Top Winners - 2020 MARKETPLACE Governor’s Awards recognize outstanding businesses
WEDC News
MADISON, WI. DEC. 9, 2020 – Wisconsin businesses received top honors in the 2020 MARKETPLACE Governor’s Awards competition, which recognizes outstanding businesses owned by minorities, women and service-disabled veterans.
Businesses were honored in three categories: the Outstanding Large and Small Business Awards, which recognize established businesses that have demonstrated the capacity to grow and have plans for continued expansion; and the Rising Star Award, which honors businesses established after....
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Leadership in Wisconsin
Executive of the Year: Hughes led efforts to help businesses during pandemic
Milwaukee Business Journal
Missy Hughes, CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., recalled sitting in her office in the middle of March, during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic's negative impact on Wisconsin's economy, asking herself, "What resources do we have on hand right now and how do we get them out as quickly as we can?"
Hughes' team scheduled a special meeting with the WEDC board to discuss what actions could take place, with the board ultimately being supportive of using measures to....
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