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Brady Street pedestrianization study to focus on two-block stretch
After announcing plans in September to study possible pedestrianization of the commercial corridor on Milwaukee's East Side, the Brady Street Business Improvement District is narrowing the scope of that study to focus on a two-block stretch of the street.
Aldermen grant permission to raze Mitchell Street building for new apartment development
A development proposal that would include the razing of the former Grand Department building at 1101-1113 W. Historic Mitchell St. in Milwaukee to make way for an apartment building development was granted approval by the Common Council on Tuesday morning, but not without a qualifier.
Two companies named winners in The Water Council’s 2022 Tech Challenge
El Paso, Texas-based Atlas Sensor Technologies and Slovakian company Mertach are the winners of The Water Council’s 2022 Tech...
‘Project Pitch It’ returns for season seven this March
Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial spirit will again be on display this spring as “Project Pitch It” returns for its seventh season on March 18.
Aldermen approve ‘Brewers Lofts’ redevelopment of Valley Square apartment building site
An $25 million, affordable housing project aimed at redeveloping the aging Valley Square Apartments building at 3808 W. Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee, and adjacent parcel, into a mixed-use development with 79 new apartments as well as office and commercial space gained approval from the Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday morning.
Sheboygan children’s museum expedites reopening timeline following water and ice damage
The Above & Beyond Children’s Museum in Sheboygan has expedited its reopening timeline after sustaining $150,000 of water and ice damage. An anticipated reopening day has yet to be determined, but museum leaders are considering a target date in February.
🔒 Greater Milwaukee Hotel & Lodging Association names executive director
Monica Goeke has been named the executive director of the Brookfield-based Greater Milwaukee Hotel & Lodging Association.
🔒 Class Experts Group names executive director
Tiffany Ehm has joined Mequon-based Class Experts Group, LLC as its executive director, the company announced.
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‘They’re playing chicken with the Fed’
Strength: the breadth of the market has been outperforming. Weakness: the consumer going forward and sales volume coming down. Opportunity: international and emerging market equities. Threat: slow growth as inflation comes down.
🔒 Employer-employee dynamics at heart of shifting labor markets
With growing economic uncertainty and fears of a potential recession in 2023, one continued strength for the economy, both...
Wisconsin cigarette sales decline in 2022 was largest in a decade
The number of cigarette packs sold in Wisconsin dipped below 200 million in fiscal 2022 as the state saw the largest year-over-year decline in sales in a decade, according to data from the state Department of Revenue.
🔒 North Wells Capital to add two private elevators to HUB640 building for Fiserv HQ
The 128-year-old former Boston Store building at 640 Vel R. Phillips Ave. in downtown Milwaukee will be getting quite the makeover over the next few months as developers prepare it to house Fiserv’s new global headquarters.
