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Wisconsin accounted for 25 percent of the nation’s production of 11.5 billion pounds of cheese in 2014, reaffirming the state’s status as the top cheese producer in the country.

Wisconsin’s tourism industry topped $18.5 billion in 2014, a $1 billion boost from $17.5 billion in 2013.

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Personnel changes are continuing for The Gateway to Milwaukee, which now has its third executive director in the past year.

Adding a social media component to a company's loyalty program enables a brand to find out where its customers spend time online, their preferred method of communication, and which content or campaigns are most engaging.

The sudden surge in the U.S. dollar over the past year has been wreaking havoc on revenue in the latest earnings reports.

BizTimes Media's fifth annual Giving Guide serves the region's business community as a vehicle to engage with area nonprofit organizations and discover opportunities for philanthropic involvement.

Thanks to a financial gift that Associated Bank has bestowed upon the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, the bank has been named the lead corporate sponsor of the venue.

Associated Bank announced its support of the Marcus Center earlier this month but declined to disclose the specifics of its monetary commitment.

While the bank has supported past Broadway shows performed onstage at the Marcus Center, its most recent gift represents its most significant, according to Christopher Piotrowski, chief marketing officer of the bank.

The new partnership, to extend for a minimum of three years, will back both the Broadway at the Marcus Center series and the center’s operating and capital costs, so it can rent its space to area performing arts groups at an affordable rate.

Associated Bank focuses much of its philanthropic efforts on the performing arts sector, according to Piotrowski.

“One of our goals is to make sure that we help build strong communities that we not only live in, but we work in,” he said. “And part of a strong community is a strong and vibrant arts and cultural scene.”

Beyond the Broadway series and facility costs, the bank’s partnership with the Marcus Center will entail collaboration on initiatives that benefit students, veterans and multicultural audiences, among other demographics.

The two entities plan to sit down to discuss how to align their visions and goals in the months ahead, Piotrowski said.

BizTimes Media’s fifth annual Giving Guide serves the region’s business community as a vehicle to engage with area nonprofit organizations and discover opportunities for philanthropic involvement.

For generations, we have lamented the growing disparity between the Haves and the Have Nots and blamed it for the degeneration that surrounds us. But this gap is a result of something more fundamental: the disparity between the Wills and the Will Nots.