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Support thriving communities and Shop Small Wisconsin
Main Street Bounceback grants add life to Wisconsin communities MADISON, WI. NOV. 27, 2021 – Across the state, more than 1,400 locally owned businesses are opening new brick-and-mortar locations with [...]
Gov. Evers, Evers Administration Celebrate “Shop Small Wisconsin,” Encourage Wisconsinites to Shop Local this Holiday Season
MADISON, WI. NOV. 24, 2021 — Gov. Tony Evers proclaimed Nov. 27, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021, “Shop Small Wisconsin” across the state, an initiative to encourage Wisconsinites to shop [...]
23 businesses named finalists for 2021 MARKETPLACE Governor’s Awards
Note: This version of the press release corrects the name of one of the finalists in the Outstanding Small Business Category. The correct name has been bolded. Winners to be [...]
Governor Evers, WEDC Secretary Hughes Encourage Everyone to ‘Shop Small Wisconsin’ This Holiday Season
Taking part in Shop Small Wisconsin helps keep local businesses thriving WASHBURN, WI. NOV. 18, 2021 – Governor Tony Evers and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy [...]
COVID-19 exposure notification tool now available
The tool, which can be enabled in iPhone settings or downloaded as an app for Android, can help reduce virus transmission by notifying people who have been in close contact with someone who tested positive.
New look for WEDC Mini-Makeover Contest winner Plush Clothing
Plush Clothing in downtown Racine unveiled their new look today after a team of Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) staff and designers transformed the store in a one-day reality TV style makeover.
City of Spooner receives $119,000 state grant to support a new green space
A $119,000 Community Development Investment Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will allow the city of Spooner to transform a former post office into a green space that will link the city’s downtown with two museums, a developing railroad-themed park and a recreational trail.
City of Sun Prairie receives $250,000 state grant to support redevelopment of downtown property
A $250,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will help the City of Sun Prairie recover from a 2018 natural gas explosion by relocating Glass Nickel Pizza downtown and adding 10 new apartments.
State agencies to host virtual listening sessions for Wisconsin environmental equity dashboard
Gov. Tony Evers recently announced that four state agencies and partnering organizations are developing the Wisconsin Environmental Equity Tool (WEET), a public health and environmental equity mapping dashboard.
Workforce Innovation Grants will help find long-term solutions to state’s labor needs
Wisconsin’s workers are always on our minds, especially now as our state and our economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Every worker is so vital, the value of their work significant.
Wisconsin school districts encouraged to apply for Fab Labs Grants
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is now accepting applications for the sixth year of its Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) Grant Program, which provides funding to help public schools build or expand fab labs.
Testimony of WEDC Deputy Secretary Sam Rikkers to the Assembly Committee On Jobs And The Economy
Since the pandemic began, Wisconsin businesses – large and small, urban and rural, in every corner of the state – have demonstrated remarkable ingenuity, tenacity, and resiliency. Taken as a whole, Wisconsin’s economy has largely returned to its pre-pandemic status. Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is among the lowest in the country, and its labor participation rate – the share of working-age folks currently in the workforce – is among the highest. In other words, Wisconsin is getting back to work.