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Explosive growth in Brookfield

Milwaukee Tool Size of addition: 114,000 sq ft Capital expenditure: $32 million Expected job creation: 350 Milwaukee Tool has seen significant growth at its headquarters in Brookfield over the last...
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Land of the Free

Dawn’s Early Light Size of new facility: 2,500 sq ft Capital expenditure: $20,000 Expected job creation: 4 Mark and Ann Meyer, Pewaukee natives, established Dawn’s Early Light Flags LLC in...
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From vacant to vibrant

OFP Ingredients Size of project: 200,000 sq ft Capital expenditure: $3.23 million Expected job creation: 25 In early 2018, Lake Country Foods closed its 200,000-square-foot, 100-year-old plant in Oconomowoc. Vacant...
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Pool time with a purpose for dogs

Size of addition: 5,000 sq ft Capital expenditure: $260,000 Expected job creation/retention: 5/2 In search of a better work/life balance, Becky Pease moved from a successful but stressful corporate accounting...
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Walden joins Center for Growth board

Jim Walden has joined the Waukesha County Center for Growth's board of directors as the organization's legal counsel. He has been practicing business, health care and real estate law for...
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Leveraging the TechHire program to meet your tech talent needs

By: Laura Catherman, Director, Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington Workforce Development Board This article originally appeared in the Waukesha County Business Alliance's October 2018 Accelerate Waukesha County magazine. In 2016, the United States Department...
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Treetop Explorer

By: Curt Andrews, owner of Treetop Explorer My wife Jennifer and I experience life from a perspective unfamiliar to most—the canopies of trees. Together we share a passion for tree...
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Full Integration

By: Reginald Reed, CEO, Mindful Staffing This article originally appeared in the Waukesha County Business Alliance's October 2018 Accelerate Waukesha County magazine. Everyone seems to be struggling to find good...
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Milwaukee Tool breaking ground on expansion with $8 million in state support

Milwaukee Tool has purchased a 3.5-acre site near its current facility and plans to build a $32-million R&D facility. The project is expected to create 350 new jobs. The Center...
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Second round information sessions announced for Foxconn construction work

From Milwaukee7: The second round of information sessions for Foxconn construction work will take place at the end of July and early August. These information sessions are a way to connect...
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