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Economic Development Feature
Outagamie County sets aside $14.9M in ARPA funds for affordable housing, child care development and expanding internet access
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT
APPLETON - Almost $15 million in federal COVID-19 recovery funds will be allocated toward addressing major issues facing Outagamie County, including affordable housing, child care development and expanding internet access.
"We want these funds to not just respond to the pandemic, but better position us as a county moving forward for long-term economic and public health well-being," Deputy Director of Department and Board Relations Craig Moser told the county board at its meeting Tuesday...
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Economic Development Feature
Sheboygan releases report on 2022 American Rescue Plan Act spending
SHEBOYGAN SUN
SHEBOYGAN – The city of Sheboygan has released its semiannual report on American Rescue Plan Act spending. Between Jan. 1-June 30, 2022 the city spent over $11.3 million of the $22 million awarded to the city in 2021.
The biggest expenditure was $9.5 million toward the city’s $41 million raw water intake project that includes a 6,500-foot water intake pipeline into Lake Michigan, a shore well and a new pump station.
The second largest investment was $782,510 for renovations at the Uptown Social community center at the former Save-A-Lot grocery store building at 1817 N. 8th St. The new facility is expected to open in November....
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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
Hoffmann Planning, Design & Construction: Let the sun shine in
WIS BUSINESS
APPLETON – Public schools in Wisconsin spend more than $175 million each year on energy, typically the largest expense for a school district outside of personnel. So, it’s no surprise that more and more school districts are turning to the lowest cost electricity generation option – on-site solar PV (photovoltaic) systems – as well as Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).
Hoffman Planning, Design & Construction, Inc. has seen an increase in partnerships with school districts that focus on implementing solar power systems, which are proving successful in reducing energy costs...
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Lakeland University to unveil new halls at re-dedication ceremony
LAKELAND UNIVERSITY
CLEVELAND -- As students return to the Lakeland University campus this month for fall classes, two new residence halls await them, part of the largest single investment in Lakeland’s main campus in the institution’s 160-year history.
Lakeland constructed the new halls to serve freshman and sophomores, along with a water tower and related infrastructure. The project is funded by a $35.4 million fixed-rate low interest loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development division, which LU received in 2020...
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Support an Entrepreneurial Climate and Small Business
U.S. Small Business Administration awards record-breaking $154.2 billion on contracting to small businesses, including $1.1 billion to Wisconsin firms
WIS BUSINESS
WASHINGTON –Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)and the voice for America’s 33 million small businesses in President Biden’s Cabinet, announced that the Biden-Harris Administration exceeded its small business federal contracting goal, awarding 27.2 percent or $154.2 billion in federal contract dollars to small businesses, an $8 billion increase from the previous fiscal year.
The share of contracts going to small businesses equates to 27.2 percent of total federal contracting funds. Combined with $72 billion in subprime contracting goals, this historic spend has supported over one million jobs in the American economy....
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Research and Trends in NE Wisconsin
Northeast Wisconsin Regional Economic Partnership (NEWREP) releases Manufacturing Industry Benefits Survey results
FOX CITIES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Northeast Wisconsin Regional Economic Partnership (NEWREP), together with KerberRose, has received the results of its Benefits Survey. In May 2022, the following economic development organizations assisted in communicating the survey request to manufacturers in their respective geographic areas.
- Door County Economic Development Corporation
- Envision Greater Fond du Lac
- Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Green Bay Chamber
- Kewaunee County Economic Development Corporation
- Marinette County Development & Tourism
- NEW Manufacturing Alliance
- Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce / Greater Oshkosh EDC
- Shawano County Economic Progress, Inc.
- Sheboygan County Chamber
- Winnebago County....
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U.S. Venture Open raises nearly $5 million to combat poverty
WBAY
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN -- The 2022 U.S. Venture Open raised nearly $5 million to help end poverty in Northeast Wisconsin.
The final tally was $4,817,964. That surpassed the goal of $4.6 million.
The nation’s largest one-day charity event dedicated to ending poverty brought in more than 1,200 attendees and 900 golfers.
The U.S. Venture Open is held on the second Wednesday of August. The event, over nearly four decades, has raised more than $60 million and grants have been given to 235 organizations in our area....
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