Economic Development

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.

What are you most excited about in your new role?  “I’m just really excited to learn. There are so many...

Tim Casey knows the challenge of finding an apartment in Kenosha firsthand. He rented an apartment when he was...

Taste of Lindsay Heights, a new incubator cafe housing several local food entrepreneurs, will open its doors this Saturday, Oct. 2.

Generac Power Systems had other options for its plans to invest $53 million and hire 700 employees across its Wisconsin footprint, a Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. report obtained by BizTimes revealed today.

Wisconsin continues to face a workforce shortage that’s making it difficult for many businesses to fill open positions. Some have...

Home sales in Milwaukee County were up nearly 12% in August, year-over-year, to 1,333. The Milwaukee-area manufacturing index was 58.81...

Throughout the past decade, the I-94 corridor has been home to major industrial real estate developments, but that job growth has yet to translate into robust population growth in Racine and Kenosha counties.

The population of the three suburban counties in metro Milwaukee grew faster than the state of Wisconsin in the past decade, but it still lagged the population growth of the U.S.