Missy Hughes, Secretary & CEO, WEDC Column by Missy Hughes As we look ahead to the New Year, we’re also looking back on the completion of one of Wisconsin’s most successful small business development initiatives – the Main Street Bounceback grants. …
Missy Hughes, Secretary & CEO, WEDC Column by Missy Hughes As we look ahead to the New Year, we’re also looking back on the completion of one of Wisconsin’s most successful small business development initiatives – the Main Street Bounceback grants. …
By Joe Lawniczak, Wisconsin Main Street December 2022 As we wrap up our 35th year of the Wisconsin Main Street Program, we felt inspired to look back on some of the downtown redevelopment successes from that time period. For this issue, we’ve decided to …
Budding entrepreneurs have a broad-based resource they can use to find support and guidance to launch a business—no matter where they are in Wisconsin. Start In Wisconsin is a website designed to help new businesses get off the ground and help existing …
“The City of Milwaukee’s agreement with the Republican National Committee and the MKE 2024 Host Committee includes benefits for certified minority-owned businesses,” Prange told the MARKETPLACE luncheon crowd. “Staging a successful event for a convention …
When the pandemic hit their business, Sara Parthasarathy and her husband concluded that their cook-from-scratch spice kits could help families prepare new and different meals at home. Working many decades in the corporate world, I am no stranger to the …
When sausage-maker Salm Partners LLC decided to invest in a $35 million expansion in the village of Denmark, the company stayed close to its roots, Wisconsin’s strong workforce, and the state’s thriving food and beverage industry. “What we’re ecstatic …
Young companies in Wisconsin are drawing an increasing amount of financial backing, generating more income and ramping up their hiring. More than 800 companies that received support from WEDC’s entrepreneurship and innovation programs over the past three …
VISIT Milwaukee on Tuesday announced more details about its forthcoming TV show, “Good Things Brewing,” set to debut in February. With the airing of “Good Things Brewing,” VISIT will debut a new 30-second commercial aimed at further showcasing the city not …
Since 2017, more than 700 Racine County residents enrolled in a unique program to attain their high school equivalency credential, and eliminated a barrier to better employment. Gateway Technical College, along with YWCA of Southeast Wisconsin, Higher …
Governor’s Awards recognize excellence in business MILWAUKEE, WI. DEC. 6, 2022 – Governor Tony Evers and Missy Hughes, secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), recognized nine businesses and leaders with 2022 MARKETPLACE …
Governor’s Awards recognize excellence in business MILWAUKEE, WI. DEC. 6, 2022 – Governor Tony Evers and Missy Hughes, secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), recognized nine businesses and leaders with 2022 MARKETPLACE …
A new generation of entrepreneurs is trying to keep their doors open in Northern Wisconsin this winter. Ten business owners in the Minocqua area are redeeming grant money from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. It will help them cover overhead …
State officials have given more than $72 million in $10,000 grants to individual small businesses statewide, but say it’s not enough. They want to hand out $28 million more by Jan. 1. The Main Street Bounceback program begun by the administration of Gov. …
From left to right: SeedLinked co-founders Dylan Bruce, Nico Enjalbert and Bjorn Bergman hold a tomato tasting on Bruce’s organic farm for WEDC Secretary Missy Hughes and Deputy Secretary Sam Rikkers. Building on a strong agricultural legacy, Wisconsin has …
Winners will be announced at Dec. 6 conference MADISON, WI. DEC. 1, 2022 – Fifteen Wisconsin companies and individuals have been named as finalists for the 2022 MARKETPLACE Governor’s Awards, which honors Wisconsin businesses owned by minorities, women and …
Winners will be announced at Dec. 6 conference MADISON, WI. DEC. 1, 2022 – Fifteen Wisconsin companies and individuals have been named as finalists for the 2022 MARKETPLACE Governor’s Awards, which honors Wisconsin businesses owned by minorities, women and …
Before 2016, finding the tech-ed shop at Waunakee High School was tricky. With it located behind a metal door, unless a student was enrolled in a class there, they’d have no knowledge it existed. “Most people thought it was just kind of a broom closet …
Kristin Murphey’s 2-year-old daughter Emma has been home sick just about every other week since September. There have been colds, a full body rash, RSV with pneumonia and pneumonia without RSV. They’ve taken multiple trips to the pediatrician, and had one …
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate continues to track below national trends as the economy recovers from workforce shortage challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. A September report from the Wisconsin Counties Association’s nonpartisan research arm …
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