Wisconsin Fashion Week: Creates new fashion council
Local Experts Thread Fans with Fashion Industry
MADISON, Wis. (April 7, 2009) - Wisconsin Fashion Week is a series of events highlighting the artful fusion of business, fashion and design in Wisconsin while celebrating the regular women who wear the clothes.
To help Wisconsin Fashion Week continue to grow and succeed, event producer Kristi Moe has established a Council of local...
Park Towne Development Corp.: Doug Porter named land services manager
Media Contact: Joan Collins Publicity (608) 222-2899
April 2009
Doug Porter has been named land services manager at Park Towne Development Corp. Porter, who joined Park Towne in 2001, has been most active representing the firm’s 650 -acre Conservancy Place master-planned community in DeForest.
In addition to continuing his work with Conservancy Place, Porter assists with land acquisitions, securing entitlements,...
Quarles & Brady: Attorney named to Milwaukee Ballet Board of Directors
For additional information, contact:
Julie Cole
jcole@quarles.com
(414) 277-5212
MILWAUKEE, WI (April 7, 2009) – The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP is pleased to announce that Patricia M. Hutter, a partner in the firm’s Corporate Services Practice, has been named to the Milwaukee Ballet board of directors. Hutter will serve a three-year term on the 25-member board....
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation: Retail food prices decrease for second consecutive quarter
Contact: 608-836-5575
MADISON – Wisconsin’s retail food prices have fallen by over 3 percent since the end of 2008.
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s ‘Market Basket’ quarterly survey found the average cost of 20 basic food items totaled $55.85 in the first quarter of 2009. That was a $2.06 decrease from the survey’s average price of $57.91 in the fourth quarter...
Stateline World Trade Association: Two area businesses to receive export achievement award
CONTACT:
Jennifer Bonk
Stateline World Trade Association
608.365.8835
info@slwta.org
Beloit, WI – Electrol Specialties of South Beloit, IL and Serola Biomechanics, Inc. of Loves Park, IL will receive awards for their exporting expertise at the Stateline World Trade Association (SLWTA) meeting on Thursday evening, April 23, 2009 at the Beloit Inn. Representatives from each company will share the reasons behind their success...
UW-Stevens Point: Treehaven proposed as tower site for national research network
University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Treehaven facility has been proposed to join a national coalition of partners who are building a continental-scale ecological observation platform for understanding and forecasting the impacts of climate change, land-use change, and invasive species on ecology.
The facility, called the National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. (NEON), has received...
UW-Madison: Earth Day conference explores Wisconsin’s energy future
CONTACT: Steve Pomplun, 608-263-3063, spomplun@wisc.edu
MADISON - How can Wisconsin best meet its energy needs in the decades ahead? And what have we learned from past efforts at energy planning and policy development?
People from across the state will grapple with these questions at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies' third annual Earth Day Conference on Wednesday, April 22, at the...
UW-Madison: WAA’s Employment Essentials developed to help weather stormy economy
CONTACT: Gina Evans, 608-263-4507, gevans@waastaff.com
MADISON - With the economy showing no signs of stabilizing any time soon, the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) has responded by packaging a suite of online career tools. Employment Essentials, found at http://uwalumni.com/employmentessentials, showcases WAA's unique Badger-to-Badger connections and includes a variety of free career services.
Featuring tools for job seekers and employers looking to hire,...
