Rusty Coop Vintage Barn Market in Kewaunee brings something new to Wisconsin: a 'big party' with boutique shopping
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KEWAUNEE - Misty Nagan travels to vintage events all over the country selling her jewelry made from upcycled silverware, but it was at her first one in Omaha, Nebraska, where you might say she had her “what the cluck” moment.
“When I got there I was like ... this is the most amazing event I’ve ever seen in my entire life and we don’t have anything like it, nothing even close in Wisconsin. So that’s how the dream started.”...
A dream turned into reality: Harry Boyce excited to open new training facility
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HOBART – In 2004, Harry Boyce was a senior at Green Bay East High School getting coached on the varsity basketball team. Now? He’s giving back to the community that raised him to be the basketball player and coach he is today.
Averaging 20 points and 6 rebounds during his senior season, Boyce was set for greatness. After playing college basketball and pro ball over seas, it was time to do something he’s never done before and that’s opening up his own facility....
Long Cheng Marketplace brings the sights, sounds and smells of Southeast Asia to the Fox Valley NBC 26
APPLETON -- Maiyoua Thao has put the sights, sounds and smells of a Southeast Asian street market under one roof.
“We don’t have to travel far to Chicago, to LA, to New York, to see places like this," she said. "We need to make it happen here.“...
Four brothers opened a store and art gallery in De Pere
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DE PERE - Abimael De Jesus Martinez says he and his three brothers, Eric, Eduardo and Hector, have long wanted to open a business together.
Last month the brothers, ages 17 to 25, opened One of One Gallery on 365 Main Ave. in De Pere.
The store is part art gallery, part shop and is a reflection of the four brothers' different passions... Serial entrepreneur Darin Spindler stresses teamwork, outsourcing as keys to success GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
Darin Spindler, a serial entrepreneur, grew up in a family where owning businesses was a way of life. In his birthplace of Central Wisconsin, his grandparents owned a feed mill, tavern and general store. His parents built a bowling alley and his dad also owned a barber shop.... Read More 5>
Urban Hub co-working space adds resources: Introduces the home of the Tundra Angels, new Urban Hub community manager, new banking partner and moreGREATER GREEN BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCEGREEN BAY – The Urban Hub co-working space, powered by the Greater Green Bay Chamber, shared several updates at the Chamber’s Welcome Back Urban Hub event yesterday, May 26. These included introducing the Urban Hub as the new home of the Tundra Angels angel networking group, new banking partner Greenleaf Bank, new Urban Hub Community Manager Lamarr Banks and several enhancements to the co-working space located in the heart of the Rail Yard Innovation District in downtown Green Bay..... Read More 6>
An art and a science: Peshtigo fungi company is, well, mushroomingINSIGHT PUBLICATIONS
As a child, Joe Krawczyk’s father would take him out of school on a Friday and they’d head to central Wisconsin to forage for mushrooms. “It became a treasure hunt,” says Krawczyk, co-owner with his wife, Mary Ellen Kozak, of Field and Forest Products. The Peshtigo company, in business since 1983, sells products, tools and supplies to help people cultivate their own mushrooms — a process Krawczyk calls both “an art and a science.” “When we started Field and Forest Products, we were committed to raising ecological awareness about our woodlands while improving timber quality by promoting timber stand improvement practices to generate the beginnings of a mushroom farm,” says Krawczyk, a trained botanist..... Read More 7>
Denmark Middle School students create 3D printed tracheas to help medics trainWLUK
DENMARK -- Tracheal intubation is a lifesaving procedure; it allows medics to give oxygen when someone can't breathe on their own. Now, medics will be able to get that hands-on training experience with 3D printed tracheas -- all thanks to three Denmark Middle School 8th graders..... Read More 8>
Alpha fuel: Brillion company aims for healthier hunting dogsINSIGHT PUBLICATIONSKeeping canines happy and healthy has become a booming business. So, with a passion for his dogs and an entrepreneurial bent, Joe Scott decided to turn a longtime side project into a growing business. Based out of his home near Brillion, Scott, and his wife, Angela, run Alpha Dog Nutrition, which manufactures and sells canine nutritional supplements, developed specifically for medium to large hunting dogs... Read More 9>
Spinning success: Billetspin of OshkoshINSIGHT PUBLICATIONSRich Stadler was scrolling on eBay one day when he came across a pair of board game dice made on a machine similar to one owned by his family business — J. Stadler Machine Inc. in Oshkosh. The dice were going for about $70 a pair and after a little research, Stadler decided to make his own pairs of dice to see how they would sell. The original sale was a success and Stadler used a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 focused on spinning tops. “I found a group on Facebook where collectors of spinning tops hung out. I put four up for sale one day and they went like that. Then I put up eight, then 12 and they all sold out so quickly that I knew I was on to something,” Stadler says... Read More 10> |