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Our New North Heroes
New North Region Stepping Up to the Challenge
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Inspiring Stories on how our region is responding and helping to save lives
- Farmers to Families Food Box -Free for the Oshkosh Community by the Oshkosh United Way
- JBS gives thousands of pounds of meat to various organizations
- Brown County unveils reopening guidelines for businesses
- Manitowoc-area businesses hope to recoup lost early tourism dollars as they reopen
- Kewaunee County plans to reopen government buildings to public June 8
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College to return to on-campus classes in the fall, add ‘no-risk’ enrollment
- Associated Bank awards Hodag Fab Lab a grant for new equipment
- Downtown Fond du Lac retail begins to reopen after COVID-19 shutdown
- Oneida Casino, North Star Casino to reopen Tuesday with enhanced safety measures
- Farmers markets implementing new safety measures for summer season
- ATW seeing early signs of bounceback
- Green Bay company’s food pantry challenge takes off
- Green Bay’s small businesses will need time, support to emerge from economic shutdown
- ‘Clean Seal’ stickers made in Door County alert hotel guests if a room has been entered
- Tourism destination Door County releases new guidelines for COVID-19 recovery and reopening
- Fewer tables, more sanitizing and your cooperation – that’s what to expect at Wisconsin breweries and wineries
- Fox Valley Technical College students gets a crash course in construction in the middle of a pandemic
- Wisconsin businesses anticipate impact of COVID-19 will continue through 2020, per UW Oshkosh survey
- UW Oshkosh releases survey results on pandemic business impact
- COVID-19 economic survey shows businesses adapting to new reality
- COVID-19 economic impact study indicates ‘greater sense of resilience’ among Wisconsin businesses
- Shawano manufacturing facility making PPE
- Sturgeon Bay’s FLS Banners creates The Milwaukee Mask Company to continue producing face masks
- Investors Community Bank supports area restaurants, treats Appleton-area essential workers as part of the Fueling the Frontline program
- Grants, donations from U.S. Venture help keep nonprofits going during coronavirus pandemic
- Oshkosh businesses open; temporary use permits available to comply with COVID-19 safety guidelines
- Bay Park Square businesses scramble to reopen, hope customers return
- Dressing rooms are off limits. Masks are free. As Fox River Mall reopens, it’s a new normal for shoppers.
- Some Oshkosh businesses are reopening after safer-at-home order ends, but for others it’s ‘too soon’
- Mulva Center construction could begin in 2020 despite pandemic
- Oneida Nation allows non-essential businesses to reopen with guidelines
- Sturgeon Bay retail businesses ready for opening weekend
- Door County marinas ready for Memorial Day weekend
- Integrity Insurance donates $100,000 to United Way Fox Cities amid COVID-19 health crisis
- Grants, donations from U.S. Venture helps keep nonprofits going during coronavirus pandemic
- Manitowoc, Two Rivers commit funds to COVID-19 small business relief fund
- Culinary students at LTC stay on track with courses amid coronavirus pandemic
- Burger Boats looking to beef up staff as business rebounds
- Door County releases guidelines as businesses start to reopen
- Bay Park Square mall will reopen Wednesday
- Sheboygan County small businesses are free to reopen, but concerns about health and finances are still there
- National Railroad Museum to reopen May 21
- KCEDC considers virtual reopening aid
- Lakeside Foods has donated nearly 20,000 cases of product amid the coronavirus pandemic
- City of Brillion receives two grants for Brillion Iron Works site
- Fox River Mall announces reopening
- Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin eager to reopen safely
- Appleton and Neenah stores adjust to new way of doing business
- UW System expects to open campuses in fall 2020
- Here’s how Lakeshore Technical College is planning for fall semester amid COVID-19
- Green Bay Botanical Garden in bloom
- De Pere company donates specially made ‘ear savers’ to healthcare workers
- Plexus donates to four Fox Valley non-profits
- Ariens Company working through COVID-19 challenges
- Lakeshore Technical College turned 691 courses to online learning in 2 weeks amid COVID-19
- ThedaCare facilities reopen select services
- Small business turns to Facebook Live to make sales
- Sheboygan clothing store finding new ways to connect with shoppers during COVID-19
- Northeast Wisconsin welcomes reopening of area state parks
- Trucking firm Schneider National beats consensus, future quarters will see pandemic impact
- Packers Give Back donating $250,000 for personal protective equipment in local hospitals
- Brown County businesses with fewer than 50 FTE employees can apply for Back to Business Grant from Greater Green Bay Chamber
- Grants available to nonprofits in Oconto, Kewaunee counties strained by pandemic response
- Associated Bank dishes out small business loans at successful rates
- Downtown Faces Forward showcases Green Bay-area small business
- Appleton International Airport to get more than $2.6 million in federal grants
- Many businesses renovating, preparing for reopening
- New North video celebrates those making a difference
- Banks race to get PPP loans approved for local businesses
- Oshkosh approves more money for small business loan program
- U.S. Venture allocates $1.7 million to nonprofits
- Kemps donates 36,000 cartons of ‘Giving Cow’ milk to Fox Valley food bank
- United Healthcare teams up with Kaukauna business to deliver meals to those in need
- Nicolet Bank offering micro grant for small businesses
- Greenville business owner makes critical materials for N-95 masks
- Packers Give Back awards 30 more grants to Brown County organizations
- Women’s Fund for the Fox Valley Region awards 11 local organizations $65,000
- $453,500 from Community Response Fund provides critical support to local nonprofit organizations during COVID-19
- Manitowoc’s Holy Family Memorial says it has begun rescheduling time-sensitive procedures amid COVID-19
- K-C increases production of household products
- Little ‘food pantries’ – akin to Little Free Libraries – pop up around Sturgeon Bay
- Investors Community Bank supports restaurants, healthcare workers amid COVID-19
- De Pere non-profit creates small business relief grant fund
- Sheboygan businesses have been hurt by COVID-19, but leaders are hopeful
- DCEDC’s Jenkins: Manufacturers doing their part to protect workers
- Survey shows companies still hiring
- WEDC helping businesses with federal loans
- Wisconsin converting manufacturers run full-out to supply healthcare needs during fight against COVID-19 pandemic
- Biax-Fiberfilm Corporation of Greenville announces expansion of its meltblown fabric production for N95 masks and other medical applications
- Wisconsin Maritime Museum introduces online resource portal
- Copper Hall: Office space, an event venue and 1,500 pennies all in one place
- UWO hopeful students can return in the fall
- Advice for furloughed workers from the Bay Area Workforce Development Board
- Green Bay area leaders launch Keep On campaign
- Local resources helping Hispanic community in Northeast Wisconsin
- Sturgeon Bay manufacturer stepping up to sanitize PPEs
- ThedaCare accepting handmade fabric masks
- CMD Corp. in Appleton uses 3D printer to make face shield frames
- ‘We’re all in this together’: Investors Community Bank gives $28,500 to food pantries
- Grants boost Door County internet access
- Greater Green Bay Chamber hosting roundtable to help small business
- Green Bay area’s largest construction projects making progress through coronavirus, but brace for worse impact
- Green Bay’s Carnivore Meat Company donates use of UV machine to sterilize PPE
- Green Bay company’s ultraviolet machine used to sterilize masks
- Kewaunee winery offers coronavirus ‘Heroes’ discount, tasting party to say thank you
- De Pere rolls out coronavirus relief loans for small businesses; Green Bay mulls options
- Kewaunee County businesses can find help on KCEDC website to weather the COVID-19 storm
- Manitowoc: Orion Energy Systems employees making masks to help community during coronavirus pandemic
- Fox Valley Technical College donates PPEs to area hospitals
- Lawrence University donates PPE items to Appleton’s essential workers
- Allouez’s Kiefer Uniforms offering discount for healthcare workers during pandemic
- Lambeau, Titletown to be lit in blue for support of frontline workers
- Sheboygan County small businesses are doing what they need to survive; many remain hopeful
- Oshkosh Corp. leader Jones takes pay cut
- $115,000 from fund established by Community Foundation for Fox Valley Region and United Way Fox Cities provides critical support to local nonprofit organizations during COVID-19
- Sturgeon Bay business shifts gears to make masks and gowns in response to COVID-19
- Door and Kewaunee County manufacturers fulfilling needs
- Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership offers business support program; applications due Friday
- Internet companies seeing increased demand during pandemic
- J.J. Keller & Associates: Keeping remote workers safe and engaged is focus of three new online training courses
- Ryder Cup still set for September at Whistling Straits under revised pro golf tournament schedule
- Nonprofits, Green Bay Packers raise over $2.5 million to help groups amid coronavirus pandemic
- HGA and The Boldt Company build STAAT Mod™ critical care units to address the COVID-19 hospital bed shortage
- Manitowoc manufacturer makes face shields to protect front line workers
- Action 2 news update: More than 1,200 3D face masks built for first responders in Kewaunee County
- Within two days, Curt G. Joa of Sheboygan Falls designed and produced almost 80,000 units of PPE for health care workers
- De Pere company gets creative with COVID-19 masks
- FLS Banners of Sturgeon Bay changes direction to help fight COVID-19
- Door County Economic Development Corporation surveys to gauge COVID-19 economic impact
- Winnebago County puts $750K toward business loans
- New North Inc. launches survey to businesses economically struggling due to COVID-19
- Survey looks at how COVID-19 is affecting businesses
- New North and regional partners to launch statewide COVID-19 business impact data collection program
- Federally forgiven loans for small businesses in Northeast Wisconsin
- Powering forward: New, current Manitowoc County manufacturers in growth mode
- Associated Bank commits $300,000 to support local COVID-19 relief efforts in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota
- Greater Green Bay Chamber lists companies hiring during COVID-19 closures
- Green Bay Chamber, NEWMA team up for job posting site
- Fox Valley Workforce Development Board looking for employers offering temporary work
- New beginnings: Grant provides training, financial help for displaced retail workers
- Marinette Marine continues on
- 3 manufacturers in Oconto continue to operate during public health emergency
- Area farmers getting out to their fields
- Green machine: Fork Farms continues to grow in its commitment to social change
- Door County golf courses prepare as usual for 2020 season
- Local 3D printer hobbyists, companies come together to make medical face shields
- Local hospitals receive donation to buy ventilators
- Festival Foods donates $200,000 to United Way organizations in Wisconsin to support communities impacted by COVID-19
- Greater Oshkosh COVID-19 Emergency Response Loan Fund (ERL) aims to assist businesses in the Greater Oshkosh area
- State launches personal protective equipment donation process
- With medical supplies dwindling in COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin businesses shift gears
- Startup investment in Wisconsin tops $308M in 2019
- Jump Start: Scratch Ice Cream grows production, eyes new locations
- Local tourism industry banking on rebound after COVID-19
- 3D printing community in Green Bay create masks for medical workers
- Door County’s Hatch Distilling making hand sanitizer to donate to local essential services
- Wisconsin grocers take varied steps to keep customers and employees healthy, safe amid coronavirus concerns
- State offers to buy PPE from organizations, businesses
- Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, a major Door County employer, remains open during pandemic
- Oshkosh Corp. still making vehicles in Fox Valley
- Fond du Lac metal structure company designs containment cubicle amid coronavirus pandemic
- Sheboygan’s Rockline Industries makes disinfecting wipes, so it’s not staying home – it’s ramping up
- Appleton company builds mobile medical units
- Excellerate Manufacturing adjusts operations to help hospitals, clinics
- Resources available to Green Bay-area businesses struggling with coronavirus concerns
- Oshkosh community groups help businesses feeling financial strain of COVID-19
- Paper Transport Inc., American Transmission Company making donations due to COVID-19
- Door County Habitat for Humanity donates respirator masks
- This Sheboygan company normally designs visuals and graphics; now it’s producing face shields to help fight coronavirus
- Appleton manufacturer flips to making structures to handle hospital overflow
- Fincantieri shipyard work continues as winter fleet prepares to leave
- Essential business: Green Bay-area industries continue to operate through safer-at-home order, with safety measures
- St. Norbert to refund housing, food payments
- Fox Cities businesses learn fate under ‘stay at home’ order
- Under Gov. Evers’ stay-home order, these Sheboygan County manufacturers say they’ll still be operating
- Manitowoc businesses set to adjust, limit operations under Stay at Home order
- Local farmers and businesses help with fresh food demand
- $960K broadband grant awarded to Kewaunee County
- Green Bay Packers donate $1.5 million to COVID-19 relief efforts in Brown County, Milwaukee
- Hendricks Family Distillery starts making hand sanitizer to fill demand
- UW Oshkosh gets ready to help coronavirus patients, if needed
- WEDC releases COVID-19 guide for small businesses
- Ledgerock Distillery in Fond du Lac announces production of hand sanitizer
- Harbor Freight donating personal protective equipment to front line hospitals
- NWTC Respiratory Therapy program donates equipment to area hospital
- How three Appleton-area businesses are adjusting to life during the coronavirus
- Green Bay paper mill talks on keeping up with toilet paper demands
- Wisconsin manufacturers increase production to keep up with coronavirus demand
- Busting Barriers: As talent crunch deepens, employers embrace non-traditional workers
- Green Bay small businesses are met with community support as they operate with reduced hours, online shopping options
- Demand for toilet paper is rising, and Wisconsin’s $13 billion paper industry could thrive
- Georgia-Pacific workers working normal hours to keep up with high demand of toilet paper
- Oshkosh packaging company offers to help restaurants in need of takeout containers
- Green Bay business ready to provide deep cleaning in battle against COVID-19
New North Region Strength & Determination Video
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