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Ten years of leading revitalization efforts in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley has prepared Laura Bray to take charge of redevelopment efforts in central city neighborhoods as executive director of LISC Milwaukee.

Bray, whose first official day heading LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corp.) is Monday, Aug. 10, succeeds Leo Ries, who in April transitioned out of the organization after 15 years to head in a new personal and professional direction.

Prior to LISC, Bray herself had been exploring a new direction as chief executive officer of BioForward Inc., the member-driven Wisconsin affiliate of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, and the Advanced Medical Technology Association.

Marquette University president Michael Lovell, Ph.D., has a new running buddy on campus as Brian Till, Ph.D., settles into his post at the head of the College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management.

Till, also a regular runner, joined the college in mid-July as the new James H. Keyes Dean, after serving as dean of the Williams College of Business at Xavier University in Cincinnati since 2012.

Till's interest in migrating to Marquette stemmed from his desire to stay in the Midwest – he identifies himself as a “Midwest guy” – as well as his respect for the university's reputation, he said.

Pabst Brewing Co. will return to where it began, with plans to open a small brewery, tasting room, restaurant and bar at the former Pabst Brewery complex in downtown Milwaukee. Blue Ribbon Management LLC will redevelop the former First German Methodist Church building, located at the southeast corner of West Juneau Avenue and North 11th Street, for Pabst Brewing Co. After Pabst closed its Milwaukee operation in 1996, the brewery remained vacant until Zilber Ltd. founder Joseph Zilber acquired it in 2006 and began a redevelopment project to transform the former brewery into a mixed-use neighborhood. Several of the buildings in the complex have been sold to other developers.

Entrepreneurs who poured their hearts and souls into their businesses eventually find themselves near retirement, realizing they should sell before health problems or other matters force the issue. Although many are well-prepared for the sale itself, few are ready for the next step: managing a large sum of money from the proceeds. Most don’t want to “jinx” the deal before it’s final or are still are too busy running the business. But the reality is, this will be one of the owner’s most critical – and emotional – business decisions.

Milwaukee is the largest city in the country that does not play host to a major urban marathon, according to Chris Ponteri, founder of the nonprofit Milwaukee Marathon Inc. and head of a movement to organize a large-scale marathon in the city.

While the annual Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon is “a nice race,” Ponteri said, it does not draw enough runners to be considered a major marathon and it is not set exclusively in Milwaukee.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee will extend its summer programming for thousands of area youth after receiving a $500,000 donation from former Sen. Herb Kohl.

The donation will allow the nonprofit organization to keep 36 of its clubs operating through August, according to Vincent Lyles, president and chief executive officer.

While outlaws and rebels are often pushed to the fringes of society, a duo of authors argues that today's entrepreneurs can learn from their innovation tactics.

State officials are pushing for a quick federal court ruling that will allow Wisconsin to drug test single, able-bodied adults who get food stamps. The plea to the courts came shortly after Gov. Scott Walker signed the 2015-’17 state budget bill that included the drug-testing idea.

Walker is running for president and often mentions his drug testing provisions in stops across America. Those who test positive would need to get help, or they eventually would lose food stamp eligibility.