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Wisconsin: Where Collaboration Drives Industry Advancement

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In Wisconsin, these strategies include industry cluster development rooted in unique technical knowledge and specialized supply-chain strengths. More than 200 companies with ties to the water industry call Wisconsin home, employing over 37,000 people and generating $5.7 Water Technology. billion in annual sales.

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Frugal Mom Builds Family Home with Recycled Materials

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They bought some land and the family of four moved into an enclosed travel trailer on site as Vera worked alongside contractor Jay Cooper of Ashland and other craftsmen to build their home on a budget. The small ad was placed by a landscape architect who specializes in reclaiming hand-hewn log and timber frame houses in Wisconsin.

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May/June 2014 Issue (Volume 47, Number 3)

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BUSINESS REPORT: Wisconsin Spurs Milwaukee Redevelopment With Brownfield Grants | Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. grants will be deployed to prime former Pabst, Schlitz brewery sites and two other projects for redevelopment. biotech leaders train the next generation of an essential skilled workforce.

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Tracing the Frank Lloyd Wright legacy

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. “Residential” has a special connotation here — students are expected to build their own desert accommodations (without electricity or running water) and “migrate each year to the Wright’s northern “home” in Wisconsin. Frank Lloyd Wright. Can we learn marketing lessons from Frank Lloyd Wright?

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

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I n order to attract new development, locations have to be prepared for it and have sites that are ready to hit the ground running. are implementing site certification programs that give available sites a shovel ready designation—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. States across the U.S.

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Agri-Plastics Investing $4.5M In Nebraska

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The Nebraska Department of Economic Development’s (DED) recruitment team began building a relationship with the company last fall while attending the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin, which draws nearly 850 companies to its annual trade show.

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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RiverBend Commerce Park is a 185-acre site with waterfront access on the Buffalo River. The site has nearby rail access, is minutes from the Interstate and within a few miles of crossings into Canada. Michigan was chosen over competing sites in Iowa and Mexico. By Jenny Vickers. From the July/August 2014 issue.

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