Expansion and Business Development in the New North Oshkosh Boys & Girls Club breaks ground on $16 million expansion project WLUK OSHKOSH -- The Oshkosh Boys and Girls Club is breaking ground on a $16 million expansion. After buying 12 houses along Monroe Street over the past year, the club finally broke ground on a new building Monday. The expansion project will create more space for their elementary and school programming and also create a community space.
Officials say the club -- which serves over 800 youth daily and about 1,800 children each year -- has had to turn people away because of a lack of space. Each summer, the club says it has over 100 children on its waiting list... Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent Career and technical education classes are on the rise at Fox Valley high schools APPLETON POST-CRESCENT Claire Novin took her first construction course in the second semester of her junior year. She was “a little late to the game,” as she described it but still managed to fit in an apprenticeship and graduate from the architecture, construction and engineering academy at Kimberly High School. She may feel she was late to start her construction coursework, but Novin earned enough dual credit that she’ll be able to complete her time at Fox Valley Technical College in 2½ semesters rather than four. And at 18 years old, she already has two years of field experience. “Me, personally, I like to be ahead of the game,” Novin said... Read More 2> Promoting the Regional Brand Appvion celebrates 115th anniversary FOX CITIES CHAMBER Appvion, a leading provider of direct thermal paper and film and renewable, fiber-based solutions, is celebrating the 115th anniversary of its establishment. This milestone reflects the company’s strong foundation in material science and value-added application of chemistries onto substrates. Appvion began in 1907 when Charles S. Boyd believed he could add value to paper by applying a coating to make it more printable. At the time, paper machines could not make and coat paper in a single operation, creating a market niche for independent paper converters. As the organization progressed, team members continued to generate value for customers by evolving this philosophy into various substrates and improving the functionality of their solutions for end users. Today, Appvion’s solutions are part of many tickets, tags, labels, and packages consumers touch daily...
Special Event Door County art, pottery, cider, coffee and more featured in Ellison Bay Fall Art Crawl GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE ELLISON BAY - The weekend between Sister Bay Fall Fest and Halloween may be relatively quiet for some, but not for art lovers, nature lovers and beverage lovers who find themselves in northern Door County. That's the traditional weekend for the Ellison Bay Fall Art Crawl, which has five art studios/galleries, one coffee and granola shop, a cider house and a folk school open their doors to the public for its annual Saturday-Sunday showcase Oct. 22 and 23. The crawl is a late-season chance to highlight the work of its artists, craftspeople and galleries in the far northern reaches of Door County, along with locally made coffee, granola and cider. Beside the chance to view and buy artwork and other items, some locations will offer demonstrations and prize drawings. It's sponsored by the Ellison Bay Arts group, which also organizes a Spring Art Crawl each May...
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