Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group is making a $2 million commitment to kick-start the Milwaukee 7’s next five-year fundraising campaign. Gale Klappa, M7 co-chair and executive chairman of WEC Energy Group, announced the gift at the economic development partnership’s annual meeting, which was held Wednesday at Northwestern Mutual’s downtown headquarters.
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The Racine County Economic Development Corp. team received M7's Excellence in Economic Development Award.
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Jeff Ticknor of BMO Harris, John Minich of ATI Forged Products, Usman Ahmed of Nexus Pharmaceuticals and John Koetz of Komatsu Mining.
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Laura Million of the Racine County Economic Development Corp., Tracy Luber of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. and David Kircher of Phoenix Financial Advisors.
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