Economic Development

A new report from the PenFed Foundation that lists the top cities in 2021 for veteran entrepreneurs ranks the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis area 19th out of 390 metropolitan areas analyzed. Madison was ranked 17th. 

Slinger-based Weld-Fab Manufacturing remains a locally owned company after being acquired by two partners with extensive histories in the manufacturing industry.

The Shorewood Business Improvement District announced that it has hired Janet Henning as its new executive director.

Kenosha has been identified as the next location for gener8tor’s gBETA program.

Wisconsin manufacturers and business understand energy efficiency saves them money and helps with sustainability. Over the past 20 years,...

Rising costs, transportation backlogs, labor shortages, time delays, supply chain troubles, and more. All of these issues are plaguing...

Milwaukee-based Roundy's Supermarkets Inc. and the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp. are giving out $95,000 in grants to help local restaurants recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The East Side Business Improvement District has hired David Smulyan as its new executive director.

Jack Salzwedel, the board chairman and outgoing chief executive of Madison-based American Family Insurance, is joining the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. board of directors.

Seedlings have begun sprouting in a Century City industrial building in Milwaukee. Hundred Acre, an indoor farm located in the city's 30th Street Industrial Corridor, is prepared to begin supplying customers next month with its fresh greens.