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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.
In Green County, working to ameliorate a child care desert
Providers and non-profit groups in Green County have teamed up to bolster child care where demand exceeds supply so drastically that the county has been called a child care desert.
Plush Clothing Boutique gets a new look after winning mini-makeover contest
Plush Clothing boutique owner Yolanda Coleman has four words for the upcoming year of her business: “Let the games begin.”
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.
State looking for your feedback on environmental equity mapping tool
Several state organizations need your help in developing an environmental equity mapping tool.
‘It’s a step toward recovery’: WEDC contributes $250K for redevelopment of Sun Prairie explosion site
A new development is coming to downtown Sun Prairie more than three years after an explosion shook the area thanks to a grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
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.
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