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The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce is bolstering its management team with three staff promotions, announced on Tuesday.

With regard to our city's policing, I have frequently stated, “If people do not feel safe in their homes and neighborhoods, then no other service we provide as a city matters.”

The Workforce Development Center will host a Washington/Ozaukee Job Fair on Wednesday, August 5, from noon to 3 p.m. at Washington County Fair Park & Conference Center, 3000 Hwy PV in West Bend.

More than half of Midwestern companies expect to increase their current staff levels, according to a recent survey conducted by Brookfield-based staffing and recruiting firm QPS Employment Group.

The U.S. economy created 223,000 new jobs in June, adding to the mounting evidence pointing toward economic growth in the second half of the year.

Brookfield-based Ridgestone Bank has been honored with the 2014 Wisconsin SBA Volume Lender Award.

Joel Nettesheim, principal and co-leader of the Business Advisory Services Group at SVA Certified Public Accountants, has been named a Five Star Certified Public Accountant Award winner.

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino has promoted Sheryl Schnering to chief financial officer.

Glendale-based global diversified industrial company Johnson Controls Inc. announced that has formally launched Yanfeng Automotive Interiors. It is a joint venture between Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Huayu Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (HASCO), which is the component group of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) and Johnson Controls.

Milwaukee-based Park Place Capital Management Inc. has announced two of its professionals have earned 2015 Five Star Wealth Manager Awards.