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Like Beyoncé, Oprah and Rihanna in the entertainment world, Judy in the Madison-area tech world is the singular name everybody knows, hugely respects and sometimes fears. She is Dane County’s tech superstar. Farsighted, detail-oriented, obsessive yet collaborative, Judy is just like these other titans. She is a true phenomenon.

So, yeah, there was an excited buzz in the air at Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall last year on Sept. 14 as Judith Faulkner, founding genius of the Verona-based medical software giant Epic Systems Corp. (2019 revenue: $3.2 billion), made a rare public appearance at the Cap Times Idea Fest....
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Ken Notes: Great Read!!! My biggest fear is that while Judy is a billionaire many time over, if she ever wants to spend they money she will have to cash out, and Google, Amazon, and others would be standing in line with truckloads of cash for her. She has said never, but billions?????

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A recent survey by the National Restaurant Association showed that 33% of Wisconsin restaurants are unlikely to be in business six months from now if pandemic restrictions continue.

The association surveyed 3,500 restaurant operators from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, and called the results "stark for Wisconsin and nationally."

Prospects for Wisconsin restaurants looked slightly better than the nationwide number — 37% — of restaurants that reported they were unlikely to still be operating in six months if no additional relief is available from the federal government...
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Ken Notes: I will miss Charleys on Main in Oregon....

A neighborhood meeting has been scheduled for Oct. 1 to involve area residents in a discussion about a revised proposal to build a nine-story apartment building on 414 E. Washington Avenue.

LZ Ventures’ proposal is a revised submission after its first attempt to develop the parcels of land around the old Klinke Cleaners on East Washington Avenue was denied by the Plan Commission in August.

The revised proposal is to demolish seven existing structures from 402-414 E. Washington Ave., and build a nine-story apartment building with 148 living units and 1,226 square feet of commercial space. The previous proposal called for a 10-story building with 156 units, which area residents said would be too large and out of scale with the surrounding area...
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Developers behind some of the Milwaukee area’s food halls say they see room for more in the region.

Generally, food halls offer consumers a model similar to a cafeteria or food court, but they are driven by local concepts. The exact definition varies; arguably, the Milwaukee Public Market and the Sherman Phoenix fall within the food hall category.

Speaking during a virtual Wisconsin Retail Conference panel hosted by the Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin, two local developers who have created food halls addressed the opportunity in the market. Cindy Shaffer’s firm Shaffer Development created the Mequon Public Market as an amenity for its Spur 16 development. The market opened in June 2019 and houses 10 vendors...

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Ken Notes: I love the idea of a Madison Public Market, but I wish there were some business and development people behind the project. Also we should be visiting some of the better facilities currently operational...

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development secretary Caleb Frostman has resigned at the request of Gov. Tony Evers, according to a release from Evers` office.

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Ken Notes: New blood might be good here, but I hate the practice of having to fall on the sword for problems you did not create. Caleb was not responsible for an antiquated computer system that should have been updated years ago. Nor was he responsible for the staff levels the budget allocated pre-pandemic.

I remember working for the state as a computer consultant 25 years ago, my job was to travel to every county and plug in a piece of hardware for the child support data system, problem was only on county had a computer that the device fit into. Paul Jaden comes to mind, he finds problems at WEDC and is asked to take the blame for them instead of fixing them...

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It`s been about six months since business closures and pandemic-induced economic challenges sent Wisconsin`s unemployment rate from 3.1% in March to 13.6% in April.

Since then, the unemployment rate has been decreasing. Preliminary Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Thursday indicates a 6.2% August unemployment rate.

Is Wisconsin`s economy recovering? Here are five key things to know about where our state economy stands now...
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Ken Notes: Good read and great overview of where we are now and where we are headed. I can`t stop thinking about the 3 trillion we have spent without identifying where the real problems are. We have exponentially widened the gap between the have and have nots with little planning to fix it. We have not yet begun to see the overall impact of Covid... My crystal ball says it will get ugly...

SHEBOYGAN - Johnsonville is expanding its operations in Sheboygan County.

According to a news release, Johnsonville purchased the 200,000-square-foot facility where sock maker Wigwam Mills has been manufacturing.

The sausage company will use the new space on Crocker Avenue to expand cooking innovations and increase production of its fully cooked sausage products, the release said.

With growth in that segment of the business over the last few years, Johnsonville said it is exceeding its current manufacturing capacity on its Sheboygan Falls campus...

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Notes: BRATS truly a Wisconsin love story...

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Gov. Tony Evers announced an $8 million grant program aimed at helping the Wisconsin tourism industry amid a decline in tourism due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Sept. 14.

The Tourism Relief to Accelerate Vitality and Economic Lift (TRAVEL) stimulus grant program will be funded through the CARES Act.

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Ken Notes: Here is yet another example of fixing a problem without knowing the overall impact. What we need to do is create programs, space, and support for bringing more tourists to Wisconsin post Covid. We dropped the Escape to Wisconsin tag line, but I promise after Covid we will look good to the Chicagoan`s looking for calmer waters. While 8 million sounds good this is a 22 Billion dollar industry. So one half of one percent??..

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded a competitive grant to help finance an innovation hub in southwest Wisconsin, according to a press release.

The more-than-$500,000 federal investment is being matched by local partners, including University of Wisconsin-Platteville, which is spearheading the initiative to develop the Innovation Driving Entrepreneurship Accelerator, or IDEA Hub, of Southwest Wisconsin.

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Ken Notes: Congrats!

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Ken Notes: And more at the link...

Wisconsin cities across the state offered coronavirus relief grants to local businesses to make up for losses during the economic shutdown.

In southeast Wisconsin, Tu Casa Mexican Restaurant of West Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee was one recipient of 548 established small businesses that received a RESTART grant from the city...   ...more

Ken Notes: With interest rates so low, I wish we made all of our investments now in the form or no interest delayed payment loans. Then at the end pandemic we could evaluate what we need to forgive in part or in whole. As it stands now we have given trillions in grants and businesses are still failing, while others did not need the grants in the first place. I asked a friend why his successful manufacturing facility took a large PPP (first round) loan when he had little or now slowdown. His reply was because his competitors had and the money was just sitting there.

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Merck announced the expansion of its high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredient (HPAPI) and antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) production capabilities and capacity at its facility in Madison, Wisconsin, US, in September 2020.

With an estimated investment of $69m (€59m), the expansion will facilitate large-scale production of increasingly potent compounds for potential cancer treatment...

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Ken Notes: Far more details this week... Still no mention of Verona where the facility actually is...

   
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The WEDC is partnering with the Kenosha Area Business Alliance to administer loans through its Disaster Recovery Microloan program.
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Ken Notes: And the gun rights group raised 50K for the defense of the lad that shot two people, seems to be the magic number. Is anyone else ready for 2020 to just go away....

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The Kenosha Area Business Alliance lured another Illinois manufacturer to its business park in Salem, announcing R+D Custom Automation will bring 60 jobs to the state next year.

The 82-acre Salem Business Park was developed to attract smaller-scale manufacturers, rather than the companies building massive distribution centers along Interstate 94. R+D Custom Automation, based in Lake Villa, Illinois, will invest $6 million in a 62,000-square-foot facility in the business park to consolidate its operations, according to a Tuesday press release....
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DELAVAN, Wis. (WMTV) - They may not have won the top prize, but two Wisconsin business owners are still celebrated their accomplishments on Tuesday.

Co-owners and CEOs, Jeff Peterson and Mark Becker, are two of the nominees for the National Small Businesspersons of the Year award. The pair first landed the statewide honor for their growth and development of their company, Geneva Supply Inc., in Delavan, Wis.

They missed out on the national award Tuesday during the virtual announcement, but said it was an honor to represent the state.

“It means so much, I don’t want to say that we needed to be validated, but it was so great to have a whole bunch of people at Geneva Supply to be part of something so much bigger within the state that they live and have so much pride in,” said Peterson...
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Ken Notes: Congrats!!!

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The Westby City Council approved the initial resolution for general obligation bonds not to exceed $950,000 for community development projects in tax increment districts at its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 15. The amount is what the city will borrow for expansion of the industrial park.

Mayor Danny Helgerson said the bond amount is for the city’s 20 percent share for the expansion. A Wisconsin Economic Development Association grant will cover 80 percent of the $4.3 million project...

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has received $1.9 million dollars for continued funding of the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP) and Turkey Hunting Access Program (THAP). Funds were authorized under the 2018 Farm Bill and are administered and provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

For those interested in making their land available for public access, the VPA-HIP program provides opportunities to increase public access for quality hunting, fishing and wildlife observation on private lands...

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