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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

BrightStar raising $10 million to back more Wisconsin startups

By Teddy Nykiel - Reporter, WISCONSIN INNO

BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Inc. is aiming to raise $10 million that it will use to invest in more Wisconsin startups with its unusual nonprofit venture capital model. A decade since its founding, BrightStar's model is proven as it already realizes returns and the organization is ready to take its impact to the next level, BrightStar executive director

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Monday, March 27, 2023

Village of Mount Pleasant, Racine County to consider land purchase agreement with Microsoft

MOUNT PLEASANT, WIS. - The Village of Mount Pleasant, Racine County, Racine County Economic Development Corporation (RCEDC), Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and Milwaukee 7 today announced plans for an agreement with Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) to purchase a 315-acre parcel of land in the Village of Mount Pleasant in Racine County. The aim is to create a data center campus.

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

Johnson Controls planning new engineering center in Glendale

By Ashley Smart, BizTimes

Johnson Controls is once again working with Milwaukee-based Weas Development Company to construct a new building across from its current headquarters campus in the City of Glendale. The two-story building, planned for the northeast intersection of West Florist Avenue and Baker Road, will transform three existing sites into a center of innovation and

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

West Coast company finds new home in Milwaukee

By Anna Lardinois - Startup Storyteller, MKEStartup.news

Company founder, Linda York, has developed a product that supports healthy eating in kids while encouraging kids to have fun with their food. The company makes edible stickers featuring some of the hottest stars in the Pre-K universe, including PAW Patrol, Elmo and Sponge Bob. The product is as easy to use as the company tagline “lick it! stick it!

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

A record number of Chicagoans are considering relocating to this hip midwestern town

By Ellen Eastwood

A recent Redfin report chronicles the beginning of America's Great Migration, whereby population density slowly shifts from larger urban centers into smaller cities and towns. With an increasing number of jobs going remote, many knowledge workers are suddenly experiencing a freedom they've never had previously - the ability to live hours away from their employer.

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