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The Water Council is partnering with the American Family Institute for Corporate and Social Impact to launch its revamped accelerator program BREW 2.0.

An overflow alternate care facility, constructed on the Wisconsin State Fair Park grounds in preparation for a COVID-19 surge at area hospitals, will begin seeing patients Oct. 14, Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday. 

An OnMilwaukee co-founder has left the digital lifestyle magazine and website after more than 20 years with the Milwaukee-based media company.

In the City of Milwaukee COVID-19 cases are not trending upward. In fact, since August, the City of Milwaukee has seen a largely sustained downward trend in total COVID cases, deaths, and percent of tests coming back positive.

Gov. Tony Evers issued on Tuesday a statewide limit on public gatherings to no more than 25% of a building’s total occupancy, citing the escalation of COVID-19 cases across the state.

Milky Way Tech Hub and Marquette University have formed a partnership to launch a product development program that will support diverse startup founders in Milwaukee.

Evers today announced that he is allocating more than $100 million in funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) for small businesses and communities “hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Bob Kraft, the chief executive officer and chairman of Milwaukee-based FirstPathway Partners, has been appointed to the board of the U.S. China Chamber of Commerce.

Startup Milwaukee Week returns this November with a series of virtual events aimed at raising awareness of the city’s startup ecosystem while highlighting the digital transformation taking place in the region.

Meralis Hood, executive director of City Year Milwaukee, is taking a new position with the education nonprofit's national parent organization.