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Focus on rural Wisconsin
State website offers resources, highlights innovation A new spotlight is shining on Wisconsin’s rural communities and their residents with the launch of a state website: ruralwi.com—”a place for rural [...]
Projects take on Wisconsin’s biggest workforce challenges
At the event announcing the Workforce Innovation Grant for Sauk Prairie High School, WEDC Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer Sam Rikkers was greeted by the high-school marching [...]
WEDC locating its offices in Urban League’s Black Business Hub
As part of the state’s ongoing efforts to directly support small businesses, WEDC will locate its Madison offices in the Urban League of Greater Madison’s Black Business Hub when construction is complete in 2023.
Trade ventures to Europe, Asia aim to grow Wisconsin exports
WEDC’s in-person global trade ventures, which help Wisconsin businesses tap into export success, are planning to resume in 2022, and two upcoming trips offer opportunities to connect Wisconsin exporters with markets in Europe and Asia.
Nuts to you: WEDC grant aims to boost Wisconsin’s hazelnut industry
A Midwestern effort to crack into the hazelnut industry is getting a boost from a $79,800 grant from WEDC. The Targeted Industry Project (TIP) Grant will help with efforts to expand the hazelnut industry, which in the U.S. has historically been centered almost exclusively in Oregon.
Company success story: Exact Sciences
The leading global cancer screening and diagnostics company is expanding its presence in Wisconsin by investing an additional $350 million in its Madison campuses—a move that will create more than 1,300 new jobs by 2025.
Innovative grants nurture Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial spirit
Wisconsin entrepreneurs got a boost this month from a new WEDC grant program that fosters creative, inclusive approaches to growing and supporting businesses across the state.
Pilot project aims to get computer science in all Wisconsin K-12 classrooms
Elementary students in the Howard-Suamico School District showed off their computer science projects to Governor Evers during a December event where a $150,000 grant was announced for a computer science pilot project being tested in Brown County schools.
Small businesses help communities thrive
Across the state, more than 3,000 locally owned businesses and nonprofits are opening new brick-and-mortar locations with help from the Wisconsin Tomorrow Main Street Bounceback Grant Program. In turn, those businesses are energizing their communities.
In communities, small investments are showing some big gains
Many communities are now leveraging these grants to advance downtown redevelopment plans and build communities that are stronger, more resilient and better positioned to attract and keep workers and businesses.
Tapping into trends in downtown entrepreneurship
The COVID-19 pandemic foisted many dizzying changes on locally owned businesses, including temporary and permanent closures, changing entrepreneur demographics, labor market shifts and a switch to online sales. One benefit of coordinating a long-standing program such as Wisconsin Main Street (celebrating its 35th year in 2022) is the ability to explore trends over time.
Apply by Feb. 22 for SBIR Ready workshops to help businesses access federal defense funding
Intended for technical leads, product managers, founders and team leaders from firms with fewer than 500 employees in technical areas including manufacturing, engineering, sensors, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data management and health care, the workshops will help companies understand funding opportunities and support them as they prepare proposals for submission.
