Badger Association: Badger Association and The Center for Blind and Visually Impaired Children merge to create lifelong opportunities for people with visual impairments
Contact: Dena Fellows, Badger Association
work: 414-615-0134
cell: 414-526-7998
dfellows@badgerassoc.org
MILWAUKEE, WI. – January 26, 2010 – On January 1, 2010, the Badger Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired and The Center for Blind and Visually Impaired Children merged to create one comprehensive, full-service vision resource organization expanding opportunities for children, adults, and families living with changing vision. The new organization hopes...
Wisconsin Forward Award: Tommy G. Thompson kicks off Wisconsin Forward Award conference with keynote address
Feb. 11-12 Conference Highlights Best Practices for Performance Excellence
MADISON, Wis. – Former Governor Tommy G. Thompson will deliver the keynote address at the Moving Forward to Performance Excellence Conference on Feb. 11 in Madison.
Thompson, who served as Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2001-2005, will discuss the importance of quality initiatives to promote a strong, vibrant...
St. Croix EDC: Ken Heiser named recipient of Directors Award
Contact:
Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham, St. Croix EDC, 715-381-4383
Ken Heiser, a Hudson, Wisconsin banker, has been named the inaugural recipient of St. Croix EDC’s Directors Award. The award was created by the EDC’s board of directors and is intended to honor an individual or organization that has championed economic development through innovative actions, making St. Croix County a better place to...
Summit Credit Union: “Gives More Back” to local United Way and Community Shares of Wisconsin
For more information, contact:
Cheryl Van Tessier, Finesse Public Relations LLC
(608) 467-4408, ctessier@finessepr.net
Rebecca Gerothanas, Summit Credit Union
(608) 243-5000x4700, rebecca.gerothanas@summitcreditunion.com ...
MMAC: Get connected to upcoming February events
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After Hours @ Aloft Milwaukee DowntownTuesday, January 26 •
5-7 PM1230 N. Old World 3rd St. • MilwaukeeTo register, click here >>
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why everyone's abuzz about Aloft Milwaukee Downtown - a vision of W hotels - located
on Historic Old World Third Street. Meet and mingle with old friends and new contacts
in Aloft's re:mix lounge and the w xyz...
UW-Madison: Federal grant funds production of stem cells for clinical trials
CONTACT: Derek Hei, 608-263-5821, hei@waisman.wisc.edu
MADISON - The long struggle to move the most versatile stem cells from the laboratory to the clinic got another boost with an $8.8 million contract award to the Waisman Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The facility, housed in the Waisman Center on campus, contains a series of clean rooms that...
RedPrairie: Blockbuster rolls out RedPrairie Execution Management to integrate with existing Enterprise Workforce Management solution
Leading global entertainment provider completes go-live across 500 stores in 10 weeks
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – RedPrairie Holding, Inc., a productivity solutions provider, has announced that Blockbuster Inc. has completed its rollout of RedPrairie’s Execution Management solution in 500 stores. A leading provider of retail and rental movie and game entertainment, Blockbuster completed the rollout in 10 weeks, and plans...
McElvanna: New pub overcomes credit hurdles to open strong
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
Last fall, Peter McElvanna thought he had everything lined up to open his gastropub -- The Coopers Tavern –- on the Capitol Square in downtown Madison.
That included his liquor license, lease for a 2,500-square foot site at 20 W. Mifflin Street and a loan from a local bank.
But the bank stalled and then balked entirely....
