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Over 5,200 Wisconsin businesses receive grants to support redevelopment
Governor Tony Evers announced that more than 5,200 businesses and nonprofits have been approved to receive a $10,000 Main Street Bounceback Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).
Gov. Evers Announces More Than 5,200 Businesses Have Received Main Street Bounceback Grants
Since we began awarding these grants last August, more than 5,200 businesses have moved into empty storefronts or expanded their operations, and it has been great to see our Main Streets, small businesses, and their innovation thrive in communities across our state.
WEDC helping farm-related tech startups in Wisconsin
WEDC works closely with agricultural startups as they innovate new software and products that revolutionize the farming industry in Wisconsin and beyond.
West Bend mother’s nighttime tradition becomes successful daily business
When West Bend mom Hannah Schleef began creating cloth books as a way to connect with her toddler, she never imagined it would lead her to create a wildly popular, fast-selling book collection and opening her very own downtown studio space.
Gov. Evers Announces $4.6 Million to Support Workforce Housing through Workforce Innovation Grant Program
Grants will be awarded to the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians to support water infrastructure in a 32-unit workforce housing development.
Startup’s battery concept could assist in solving Wisconsin’s salt pollution problem
ChloBis Water, a desalination company with about five employees, was launched in 2021 out of a deep-seated desire to preserve the environment.
City-To-Suburbs Transit Service Expanding With $4.2 Million State Grant
Grant provides a low-cost, on-demand service that connects workers in Milwaukee’s central city to employers in Waukesha County.
WEDC Awards International Market Access Grants to Ag Businesses
International Market Access Grants were made available through the Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports in the biennial budget.
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