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For immediate release Contacts: Anne Katz, Arts Wisconsin, 608 255 8316 / akatz@artswisconsin.org Lou Ann Novak, Verizon, 715 847-1226 / louann.novak@verizon.com State Artists To Have New Online Resource Arts Wisconsin, Wisconsin’s service and advocacy organization for the arts, has been awarded a $5000 grant from Verizon. Funding from Verizon will support Arts Wisconsin’s “Grow Wisconsin Creatively” initiative to support and...

EAU CLAIRE — Before connecting with scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls-based Northern Crossarm Co. was spending significant dollars to get its wood products weather tested. The weather testing helps determine if the innovative, environmentally-safe preservative Envirosafe Plus™ that the 83-year-old pressure treatment lumber company uses penetrates the wood deeply enough, an analysis that is necessary for...

CONTACT: Jeffrey Savoy, 262-8369 UW-Madison Division of Information Technology (DoIT) Security Dept. Meg McCall, 262-4289 DoIT Communications Dept. On Friday, July 15, area computer technologists will gather for the fifth annual 2005 Lockdown Conference, being held at the Fluno Center in Madison, Wisconsin. This one-day conference is source of information on current trends and emerging technologies in information security. Featured topics...

Contact:  Kelly Lanpheer        (920) 749-7638klanpheer@airwis.com                   APPLETON, WI, -- July 5, 2005 - Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (AWAC), operating as United Express, reports its June 2005 traffic.               AWAC schedules more than 500 departures per day to 68 cities in 27 states and two Canadian provinces. The fleet includes 70 Canadair Regional Jets and 12 BAe-146 Jets.  As United Express,...

For Immediate Release Contact: Gareth Harwood Paragon Development Systems, Inc.262-569-5300 gharwood@pdspc.com Wisconsin-based IT provider launches new market campaign; receives top certifications from worldwide Internet networking leader (Oconomowoc, WI) – In a strategic and critically important addition to its service offerings, Paragon Development Systems (PDS) today announced a new market campaign with Cisco Systems that will greatly expand the PDS presence in the IT Services...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle today announced a $129,500 Department of Commerce (Commerce) grant to Central Place Real Estate d/b/a John Nolen Drive LLC, Madison, Dane County, to develop a brownfields site in Madison. "Through my 'Grow Wisconsin' plan we are working to turn underutilized properties into job-creating businesses," Governor Doyle said. "This grant will help...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Industrial Engraving Corporation, Pulaski, Brown County, will receive a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant - Economic Development (CDBG-ED) loan from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) for equipment, real estate acquisition and working capital. The project will create 63 jobs. "Through my 'Grow Wisconsin' initiative, we are helping businesses...

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MADISON – When FedEx/Kinko’s needed to dispose of 1,100 used copier machines, it could have sent them to landfills at a cost of $200,000 to the company – and a harder-to-calculate cost to the environment. Instead, the company turned to Aidmatrix to essentially “recycle” the machines by donating them to non-profit organizations. FedEx/Kinko’s saved money and earned goon...

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