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Media Contact: Corrie Ziehm, Marketing & Communications, (608) 781-2345, corrie.z@mainstreetingredients.com La Crosse, WI – Main Street Ingredients—which provides functional food ingredients to the dairy, nutritional and food processing industries—was recently awarded $73,000 as part of Wisconsin’s Food Processing and Food Warehouse Investment Credit Program. The funds are part of a $1 million investment that Wisconsin government officials see as being...

Contact: Kristin Dollhopf Wood Communications Group (608) 259-0757 WoodComm@wcgpr.com Wisconsin’s leading business, economic, educational and organizational leaders put forth a comprehensive plan to create jobs and jump-start the state economy MADISON – Convener’s of the 2010 Wisconsin Economic Summit Series released its “Be Bold: The Wisconsin Prosperity Strategy” on Monday morning during a presentation to Governor-Elect Scott Walker. The comprehensive strategy plan, which includes...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON — Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Wisconsin has received $6 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. This...

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Scott Walker wants to overhaul Wisconsin’s Commerce Department in much the same way Gov. Mitch Daniels did Indiana’s agency. That would mean no more responsibilities for checking carnival rides. No more certifying plumbers or inspecting elevators. No more responsibilities for overseeing housing issues. Instead, those tasks would be spun off to other state agencies so the Commerce Department could be turned...

Gov.-elect Scott Walker praised a series of economic development proposals during a briefing in Madison, adding he hopes to provide even bolder initiatives during his first months in office. "This is a fresh, unique opportunity to be aggressive with this," Walker told participants in the 2010 Wisconsin Economic Summit Series. The group presented its proposal, titled "Be Bold: The Wisconsin...