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For Wisconsin’s recovery, let’s resolve to apply the lessons of 2020

For Wisconsin’s recovery, let’s resolve to apply the lessons of 2020

In conversations with business owners over the past year, after stories of hardships upon hardships, many, although certainly not all, have ended with, “But we’re going to be OK.” Read More

Jake Mieske2021-02-15T09:03:48-06:00February 3, 2021|INsource Newsletter|

We’re All Innovating Contest recognizes businesses’ creative responses to COVID-19 pandemic

We’re All Innovating Contest recognizes businesses’ creative responses to COVID-19 pandemic

A Milwaukee biotech firm that developed a faster test to detect COVID-19 antibodies, a DePere restaurant that allows customers to “pay it forward” with gift cards to front-line medical workers and a Menomonie food co-op that developed an online ordering platform to highlight local producers are among the 226 statewide winners selected for the We’re All Innovating Contest. Read More

Jake Mieske2021-02-15T09:04:04-06:00February 3, 2021|INsource Newsletter|

Milwaukee’s brewing legacy continues with Molson Coors

Milwaukee’s brewing legacy continues with Molson Coors

The City of Milwaukee has been known as “the capital city of beer” for well over 150 years, and with Molson Coors Beverage Company’s recent decision to keep its corporate offices here, that legacy will no doubt continue. Read More

Jake Mieske2021-02-15T09:04:32-06:00February 3, 2021|INsource Newsletter|

Blue Ribbon Commission releases “Rural Voices for Prosperity”

Blue Ribbon Commission releases “Rural Voices for Prosperity”

After receiving input from more than 500 rural stakeholders, the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Rural Prosperity recently released its report, “Rural Voices for Prosperity: A Report of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Rural Prosperity.” Read More

Jake Mieske2021-02-15T09:04:52-06:00February 3, 2021|INsource Newsletter|

HARIBO gets a warm welcome from Wisconsin

HARIBO gets a warm welcome from Wisconsin

Just in time for the German candy maker’s 100th anniversary, HARIBO has begun construction on its 130-acre plant in Pleasant Prairie. Read More

Jake Mieske2021-02-15T09:05:18-06:00February 3, 2021|INsource Newsletter|

WEDC grant programs help communities thrive

WEDC grant programs help communities thrive

From building new hotels to restoring historic buildings and converting a former grocery store into a community center, WEDC awarded more than $5 million in Community Development Investment (CDI) Grants to 25 municipalities across Wisconsin during the 2020 calendar year. Read More

Jake Mieske2021-02-15T09:05:33-06:00February 3, 2021|INsource Newsletter|

We’re All In Grants provide nearly $240 million total to Wisconsin small businesses hardest hit by COVID-19 pandemic

We’re All In Grants provide nearly $240 million total to Wisconsin small businesses hardest hit by COVID-19 pandemic

Almost 55,000 Wisconsin small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic received approximately $240 million last year through the We’re All In Grant Program—the largest direct-aid program for small businesses in WEDC history,Governor Tony Evers, WEDC, and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) recently announced. Read More

Jake Mieske2021-02-15T09:05:46-06:00January 29, 2021|INsource Newsletter|

MARKETPLACE conference connects a diverse group of business owners and service providers

MARKETPLACE, the Governor’s Conference on Diverse Business Development, will be taking place online from Dec. 8-10, 2020. In response to the pandemic, this event is being offered in a virtual format for the first time in its 39-year history. Read More

Jake Mieske2020-11-12T16:57:22-06:00November 5, 2020|INsource Newsletter|

New round of Fab Labs Grant funding now open for applications

WEDC is now accepting applications for the Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) Grant Program, which provides funding to help public schools build or expand fab labs that help students master skills that are in high demand in the job market. Read More

Jake Mieske2020-11-12T16:57:34-06:00November 2, 2020|INsource Newsletter|

Gross Automation receives 2020 Governor’s Export Achievement Award

Gross Automation, a Brookfield-based value-added distributor of industrial automation and electrical control technologies, is the recipient of the 2020 Governor’s Export Achievement Award. Read More

Jake Mieske2020-11-12T16:57:43-06:00November 2, 2020|INsource Newsletter|