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La Crosse receives $250,000 state grant to redevelop fish lab
The City of La Crosse is receiving a $250,000 state grant to help redevelop the former fish lab building in Riverside Park into an event venue with an outdoor terrace and lodging units.
Picking up signals: Futurist Ryan looks ahead to build visionaries
A guest column by Rebecca Ryan, keynote speaker for the upcoming Wisconsin Economic Summit
Global trade venture will help Wisconsin companies explore markets in United Kingdom
Stops in London and Manchester, England then Glasgow, Scotland will allow participating companies to meet one-on-one with prospective trade partners selected specifically for their business needs and goals.
SeedLinked Co. altering the global landscape of specialty crop research and production
Founded in 2018, SeedLinked offers a new, tailored approach to seed selection and crop growth. Users’ geolocated reviews detail seed performance and inform others of which variety might be most successful in a specific region.
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Putting a fresh face on manufacturing
Companies are reaching out to students in high school, adding on-site training programs, mounting billboard and video campaigns and banding together in collaborative projects. Failure to solve the manufacturing industry’s workforce challenges has the potential to harm the competitiveness not only of individual companies but of the Wisconsin economy.
Building global cooperation one game at a time
Wisconsin students and their counterparts in Heilongjiang, China will compete in two online chess competitions – starting this week – to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Wisconsin’s sister state relationship with Heilongjiang.
Small businesses across Wisconsin to compete in Main Street Makeover Contest
The Wisconsin Main Street Makeover Contest is hosted by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and will reward two downtown businesses in the state with a makeover.
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