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Contact: Kristin Settle Zizzo Group Advertising + Public Relations 414-651-2976 kristinsettle@zizzogroup.com MILWAUKEE – March 3, 2009 – BizStarts Milwaukee, Inc. has announced the launch of the 2009 BizLearn College Consortium, aimed at growing the number of entrepreneurial opportunities offered by 20 colleges and universities in the region. Leading business educators from these institutions met today at WE Energies to begin discussing best practices for building...

CONTACT Beth Stafford, bstaff@uwm.edu MILWAUKEE—March is Women’s History Month, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee celebrates with a variety of events on campus. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. Many take place in the UWM Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. For more information, visit http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/WRC/Women_History/. A separate schedule for the Women Without Borders Film Series follows the...

MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Treichel Hoffman York (414) 225-9554 mtreichel@hyc.com - Session added to help businesses understand what stimulus package means to building industry - MADISON, Wis. (March 3, 2009) - Focus on Energy, Wisconsin's energy efficiency and renewable energy initiative, is a proud sponsor of the Better Buildings: Better Business Conference - "is the green revolution leaving you behind?" The three-day conference is expected to...

CONTACT: Douglas Bradley, 608-263-0238, bradley@ocr.wisc.edu MADISON - Where else at the University of Wisconsin-Madison would someone find high fashion, conservation initiatives, die-hard partiers and fish in the same competition? This year's third annual 100-Hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge attracted a record of nearly 200 students and 63 entries, compared to last year's 17, during the four-day span of the competition. The challenge, sponsored...

Contact: Tom Story 414.248.3174 tom@venataur.com Milwaukee, WI – In the midst of economic downturn and layoffs, there are still many new small businesses continuing to get their start in this recession. One website, http://newbusinessmilwaukee.com is working to make sure they are found by the local residents of southeast Wisconsin and make sure they get off to a...

Contact: Scott Robbe, Film Wisconsin, 414-287-4251, scottrobbe@gmail.com or Dave Fantle, VISIT Milwaukee, 414-287-4253, dfantle@milwaukee.org Year-one successes deserve another take MILWAUKEE – Mar. 2, 2009 – After just over a year, the Film Wisconsin tax incentives have brought eight feature films, 16 TV shows, three national commercials, two new Wisconsin-produced video games, new film training programs at five colleges and universities and...

CONTACT: Barb Sauer Educational Coordinator 425 West Water Street Appleton, WI 54911 920-380-7491 barb@paperdiscoverycenter.org The Paper Discovery Center of Appleton will be holding free evening learning events in 2009 which will cover topics ranging from Energy to Bio Fuels. Now through April, on the second Monday of the month from 6:30pm to 8:00pm, adults and older students are invited to attend this series of evening learning events....

The Wisconsin Department of Commerce has drafted the Annual Update to Wisconsin’s 5-Year Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development. The Annual Update describes the proposed housing and community development activities that the State will undertake using 2009 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) formula grant funds. This Update serves as the Department's annual application...

Contact: Joshua Morby (414) 791-9120 Ethanol can help in these struggling economic times. In addition to ending our dependence on foreign oil and improving the environment, ethanol is good for local economies. Here are some facts: * In the United States, the ethanol industry has created more than 147,000 jobs. * The nine...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Carl E. Gulbrandsen, WARF managing director, told the monthly WisBusiness.com luncheon that the new federal stimulus package is good news for UW-Madison research. “The university is in the sweet spot of the stimulus package,” Gulbrandsen said Monday, singling out projects like the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery being built on campus, and the medical research,...