WEDC Announces We’re All Innovating Contest – Deadline October 18 for companies with 50 or fewer employees to apply. Wisconsin businesses of all sizes and in all industries are demonstrating resilience, ingenuity and compassion—all traits our state is well known for—in their response to COVID-19. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is recognizing and rewarding these companies with Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding through the We’re All Innovating Contest, administered in partnership with the Wisconsin Technology Council.
New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge UW Oshkosh COVID-19 survey indicates broadband internet access impacts work-from-home options for Wisconsin businesses WEDC and New North join UWO to announce sixth statewide survey results New North Press Release More than half of all businesses responding to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s sixth monthly survey to monitor the COVID-19 impact in Wisconsin shows access to broadband internet is limiting employees’ ability to work from home.Responding businesses pointed to internet bandwidth (53%) and availability (29%) as significant barriers, even though only 15% indicated lack of access limits their ability to offer online services.And only a quarter of respondents have added new online services since the beginning of the pandemic. Jeff Sachse, interim director of UWO’s Center for Customized Research and Services, suggested the broadband findings are especially interesting when considered with findings from.... Read More 2> Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver Arch Electric completes state’s largest privately owned solar system WisBusiness Arch Electric completed the largest privately owned solar array in Wisconsin history at Green Valley Dairy located north of Green Bay in Krakow.
The more than 1.8 megawatt solar field was officially put into service on Sept. 3, beating Arch Electric’s previous record of a 1.6 megawatt rooftop at an Ikea in Oak Creek, south of Milwaukee.
The Sheboygan County-based electrical company is considered the largest vertical provider of solar in Wisconsin, meaning it designs and installs the project itself. The system at Green Valley Dairy was a unique collaboration between.... Read More 3>
Business Development & Expansion Construction starts on new Manitowoc BayCare Clinic Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Those bulldozers and construction signs near the Lakeshore are laying the footwork for construction of BayCare Clinic’s new 46,000-square-foot facility.
The building project is on nearly 10 acres of land just north of the roundabout at Waldo Boulevard and Maritime Drive at 1111 Bayshore Drive on Manitowoc’s north side.
BayCare will provide some of the clinic’s specialty services at the new site, including: orthopedics and sports medicine, pain and.... Read More 4>
Economic Development Feature HUD Secretary Ben Carson: Cut regulations, consider tiny houses to solve affordable housing shortage in areas like Green Bay Green Bay Press-Gazette Ben Carson, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, praised the Broadway Lofts development in downtown Green Bay on Monday as an example of how local government and private developers can work together to help address the nation's critical shortage of affordable housing.
Carson's visit Monday included a roundtable with nonprofit and housing industry leaders and a tour of Broadway Lofts, which includes a 93-unit apartment building and 14 townhouse units located east of North Broadway and south of... Read More 5>
Encourage Educational Attainment Smart Girls Rock event offers expanded virtual format to showcase STEM careers to local female students Fox Cities Chamber In an effort to inspire young women to engage in local STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) career pathways, the Fox Cities Chamber is providing the sixth annual Smart Girls Rock event in November. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the event is going virtual and will be available to all high school female students who want to explore interactive experiences with female mentors working in STEM careers and industries throughout the Fox Cities region.
This year’s virtual event will be expanded to three days instead of one. Each day will feature four different mentor presentations in a single STEM category. With registration, students will have complete access to all three days and the opportunity to participate in a variety of interactive sessions via Zoom with women who have achieved their educational and career goals in STEM. Students will also receive an electronic booklet with mentor biographies, recommended coursework and.... Read More 6>
Mercury Marine, Kimberly Clark, and The Boldt Company all still in the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin Competition |