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Media Contact: Natalie Emmer 414.390.5500 Addition of Hallmark Gold Crown makes first phase of Waukesha retail development 100 percent leased MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee office of Opus Development Corporation (Opus) announced today that Hallmark Gold Crown will occupy the final space of its Shoppes at Fox River Phase I retail development in Waukesha. The addition of the national greeting card retailer...

Contact: Jason Rae, 414.982.5469 Open house provides sneak peek at completed Amtrak Hiawatha trains MILWAUKEE, Wis. – More than 1,100 visitors got on the train Sunday at Talgo, Inc.’s Milwaukee factory for the chance to be among the first to experience Talgo’s Series 8 trains, built for use on Amtrak’s Milwaukee-to-Chicago’s Hiawatha line. “We are very excited at the turnout and support...

Contact: Neil Stechschulte Economic & Community Development Director (608) 825-0894 nstechschulte@cityofsunprairie.com LAS VEGAS, NV – Hoping to capitalize on all of the commercial construction activity going on in Sun Prairie, Council President Zachary Weber and Economic & Community Development Director Neil Stechschulte set out to cover as much of the 2 million s.f. of retailers, hotels, restaurants, Realtors and developers as they could...

CONTACT: Brian Ohm, 608-262-2098, bwohm@wisc.edu MADISON - Master's graduates of UW-Madison's urban and regional planning program have the highest pass rate on planning's national certification exam, according to data from the American Planning Association. Of the 60 accredited master's programs in planning in the United States which had at least 20 graduates take the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) exam...

Jocelyn Ertel joins the Sheboygan County EDC The Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation (SCEDC) is pleased to announce that Jocelyn Ertel has joined the organization in the newly-created role of Communications Coordinator and Office Manager. With an extensive background in marketing and communications, Jocelyn is skilled in public relations, copy writing, advertising strategy, media planning/buying, and office administration. Most recently, she...

Contact: Jason A. Smith, communications director, 608.263.1692 x21 Jennifer Smith, Academy Evenings director, 608.263.1692 x12 MADISON—Due to overwhelming demand, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, in partnership with the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, is pleased to announce a special encore Academy Evening talk with Dr. Richard Davidson. Davidson will explore The Emotional Life of Your Brain at 7:00...

The Adesys Web Development team welcomes Ryan Rahlf as a web and application developer. Ryan has over 15 years of web development experience with many top named websites to his credit. Ryan's experience will allow Adesys to add additional capabilities and services. Take a look at our web portfolio including two new websites for Purple Cow Organics and...

Memorial Day brings FatWallet shoppers a week of seasonal deals featuring increased cash back from top retailers and a comprehensive military discounts guide found on Pinterest and the FatWallet blog. Beloit, Wisconsin (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 FatWallet, the preferred online shopping resource for millions of savvy consumers, celebrates Memorial Day with a week long promotion featuring seasonal deals and online...

For more information: George Wagner Program Manager, Doors Open Milwaukee Phone: (414) 332-0699 Sometimes the sequel is better than the original. That's what Historic Milwaukee, Inc. is planning for as they announced today that this year's Doors Open Milwaukee event will be held the weekend of September 22 & 23. Last fall over 10,000 people toured the interiors...

CONTACT: Tamara Jeppson, tnjeppson@wisc.edu MADISON - For the past eight weeks, geoscience graduate student Tamara Jeppson has traded her usual commute, from her Madison apartment to Weeks Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, for a single flight of stairs. The stairs take her from her small cabin aboard the Japanese drilling vessel Chikyu to the laboratory where she...

WHAT: Students at Georgia O'Keefe Middle School will receive a big surprise during a special music assembly Thursday (5/24) to help expand their music program, courtesy of Fidelity Investments’® new Middleton Investor Center and the company’s ongoing efforts to support arts education in public schools. Following a performance by the members of the school band, a group from...

Event Information Date: Thursday, June 7, 2012 Time: Madison: 8 – 8:30 a.m. — Registration and continental breakfast 8:30 – 10 a.m. — Session Milwaukee: 1 – 1:30 p.m. — Registration and light refreshments 1:30 – 3 p.m. — Session Location: Madison: Wisconsin Trade Center, Rothschild conference room 8401 Greenway Boulevard Middleton, WI 53562 Milwaukee: CliftonLarsonAllen Lower level board room 10700 West Research Drive, Suite 200 Milwaukee, WI 53226 Fee: Complimentary RSVP: Email Deb Hewitt or call 608-662-9480 June 4,...

Contact: Ashley Huibregtse, 608-224-5002,ashley.huibregtse@wisconsin.gov Jim Dick, Communications Director, 608-224-5020, jim.dick@wi.gov MADISON – One of the goals of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin program is to address potential obstacles that might impact the development of local food systems. On-farm food safety is one of those challenges identified by growers themselves. Buy Local,...

CONTACT: Susan Bach, Director of Communications PHONE: 414- 847- 6085 FAX: 414-302- 0355 E-MAIL: sbach@wisconsin.bbb.org CONTACT: ...

By Sarah Kutz For WisBusiness.com For most people who have lost a loved one, going through their belongings is not only painful but stressful, especially when trying to access electronic-based information. EnaCloud, a start-up company run by Jason Sevener of Shorewood, is developing secured servers to hold information, such as Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and many other files. The...