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Promoting the Regional Brand
Maritime Tower in Sturgeon Bay filling up
DOOR COUNTY DAILY NEWS
DOOR COUNTY -- Monday was move-in day for new exhibits at the soon-to-be-christened Jim Kress Maritime Tower in Sturgeon Bay.
Alabama-based Southern Custom Exhibits used one large semi-truck to deliver the materials for three of the tower’s 10 floors. The company will install the exhibits over the next two weeks and will outfit the first-floor maritime theater and gift shop, the stewardship area, the 10th-floor working waterfront exhibit, and the Baumgartner observation deck.
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Promoting the Regional Brand
Wisconsin lands nine of the 100 best public golf courses ranked by Golfweek
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
Turns out you don't need comfy year-round temperatures or fancy oceans to deliver great golf courses.
On Golfweek's 2021 list of 100 best public courses you can play in the United States (courses that allow public access in some fashion), the Badger State landed nine courses on the list, tied for the second-most of any state. California had 10, Oregon had nine and Florida lags back with eight. What up, Florida?
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
State to provide money toward redeveloping former Brin site in Menasha
WLUK
MENASHA -- The City of Menasha is getting $250,000 in state money to redevelop the site of a former theater that burned down in 2018.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says the grant will help the $10 million project proposed for the site of the Brin Building at the corner of Main and Tayco streets. The city is working with developer The Brin LLC to buy the site, finish the remaining demolition and build the new development....
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Economic Development Feature
Closed Kewaunee County nuclear power plant to be decommissioned in 10 years instead of 50 after sale
GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE
CARLTON - Decommissioning and redeveloping the former Kewaunee Power Station nuclear energy plant is now expected to happen 30 to 40 years quicker than originally planned, and it'll bring new jobs to Kewaunee County.
EnergySolutions, a Salt Lake City-based company, entered into a definitive agreement to buy the plant from the current owner, Dominion Energy, with the goal of completely decommissioning the site within 10 years instead of the 40 to 50 years that remained under Dominion's plan...
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Encourage Educational Attainment
FVTC and ATW show off ATW ARFF Training Center
WBAY
GREENVILLE -- Airport firefighters from around the world will now be coming to Northeast Wisconsin for training. The ATW Airport Rescue Fire Fighting Training Center, or ARFF, opened about a year ago. It’s a partnership between Appleton International Airport and Fox Valley Tech, but access to the facility has been limited due to the pandemic.
Firefighter rescue crews from Lacrosse Regional Airport are working on putting out an engine fire on a Boeing 777. It’s all part of the training they’re completing at the ATW ARFF....
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Support an Entrepreneurial Climate and Small Business
A small business in De Pere steps up in a big way for local non-profits
NBC 26
DE PERE -- At God's Purpose Apparel in De Pere a local family has created a business that specializes in spreading positive messages, printed on every last one of their hand-crafted shirts.
"It has to be inspired by something. So there always is a story behind each of our words that we put on the shirts," says Brittany Bell the co-owner of God's Purpose Apparel...
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Economic Development Feature
The transformation of a golf course into an arboretum
WBAY
TWO RIVERS - A former golf course in Two Rivers is about to undergo a major transformation. The property will become a living outdoor museum of trees and meadows.
It’s a mission that’s left John Durbrow without any worry of being bored. “It keeps me very busy, I don’t need to worry about retirement activities,” says Durbrow with a smile.
Two years ago, the retired architect from Chicago, came across a former 65-acre Two Rivers golf course for sale and couldn’t resist....
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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenges
Vaccinations and Vacations: How Door County is winning on both fronts
NBC 26
DOOR COUNTY -- Wisconsin is fast approaching the busy Memorial Day to Labor Day tourism season. A multi-billion-dollar industry for the state that took a major hit last year due to the pandemic.
Vaccinations and vacations don't sound like a tourism theme but for one popular destination along Lake Michigan, it's turning out to be a win-win....
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Special Event
Electric City Experience brings live music to Kaukauna
WLUK
KAUKAUNA -- Kaukauna is getting an electric start to summer.
The Electric City Experience music festival will return June 9-12 at Hydro Park and the Kaukauna Farmers Market Lot.
Festivities will include a carnival midway, food trucks, cold beer and other beverages along with plenty of the best music talent from across the region....
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