Subject: 12.23.2020 New North Newsletter


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As we close out 2020, we wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year. May this season bring you the gifts of health, peace, hope and joy!

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, Fox Cities Stadium sold Third Base Ventures
Appleton Post-Crescent
GRAND CHUTE – The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are no longer a community-owned baseball team, but they will remain very much a part of the community.

Third Base Ventures, a new entity led by Green Bay entrepreneur Craig Dickman, announced Tuesday that it has purchased the Timber Rattlers, the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders and Fox Cities Stadium.

The 60-year-old Dickman, who was born in Oshkosh, is principal owner and is joined by minority owners Rob Zerjav and Brad Raaths. Zerjav, 45, is the president of the....


Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur helps raise $51,000 to fight pediatric cancer with ’10 Days of Hope
Green Bay Press-Gazette
GREEN BAY – Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur acknowledges there are more difficult challenges than trying to win a Super Bowl, such as those faced by families dealing with childhood cancer.

LaFleur met with 10 such families Monday on a Zoom call to encourage them and let them know that "Matt LaFleur's 10 Days of Hope" campaign so far raised $51,433 for pediatric cancer care and....

Green Bay trucking company donates new bikes for children
FOX 11 News
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Contact Transport Services carried on its annual tradition of giving free bikes to local children despite the pandemic.

The company had the help of truck drivers, mechanics and office staff to donate 52 new bicycles.

But instead of hosting an event for the families, CTS donated them to two foster care organizations....

Breakthrough named to Food Logistics’ 2020 FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers
WisBusiness
Green Bay, Wis. – Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of product through the global food supply chain, has named Breakthrough to its 2020 FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers list.

The annual FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers honors leading software and technology providers that ensure a safe, efficient, and reliable global food and beverage supply chain.

Breakthrough uses its robust dataset to provide shippers with unmatched visibility into the North American freight landscape to inform more data-driven strategic decisions. Using....

Wisconsin entrepreneurs benefit from WEDC-UW System programs
WEDC News
MADISON, DEC. 22.—Thanks to a key strategic partnership with the University of Wisconsin System, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is investing more than $2.6 million in Wisconsin’s small businesses.

WEDC’s commitment provides much-needed funding to startup and nascent companies as well as the technical assistance to support them. The UW System’s Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship facilitates delivery of state agency dollars and services to the entrepreneurs who access these essential resources locally through the....
Packages containing bicycle parts prepare to be removed from a semi as part of a donation from Contact Transport Services in Green Bay Dec. 22, 2020. (Photo courtesy Contact Transport Services) Story above.
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