Focus on Calumet
A bi-weekly update on economic development opportunities in Calumet County
and the region for businesses, entrepreneurs, and communities.
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Monday, February 18, 2019
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Career Fair Planned for over 600 Local Students; Businesses Reminded to Reserve a Booth
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On April 10, parts of Chilton High School will be transformed into a Career and Job Hub, looking to link local students, adults, and potential future employers. During the school day, over 600 students from local high schools will attend workshops and the Career Fair to learn about possible careers, help prepare for academic or employment life after high school graduation, and to visit with local businesses at the Career Fair. With the frequency of local businesses seeking employees, this event is a great opportunity for business representatives to meet students and share information about all the possible career choices available close to home. After school hours, the public is invited to attend a traditional job fair.
Cost for a booth is $250, and registration information can be found
here
. Booth space is booking up, so businesses are encouraged to make reservations soon.
The event is sponsored by the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board, CESA 6, and Calumet County Community Economic Development. For more information contact
Mary Kohrell
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Menasha Secures $100,000 tourism grant to extend Fox Cities Paper Trail
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The City of Menasha has landed a $100,000 tourism grant from the Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau to help pay for the construction of a $900,000 segment of the Fox Cities Paper Trail. The new trail will begin at the intersection of Plank Road and Oneida Street. It will run east and north through the 60-acre Menasha Conservancy to the intersection of Nature’s Way and Province Terrace.
Half of the 2,600-foot trail will be asphalt pavement, and half will be boardwalk. The entire trail will be lighted. "It's going to be a very beautiful stretch of trail," Menasha Parks and Recreation Director Brian Tungate told USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. "There are some ponds back there."
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This half-mile section of trail is located in Calumet County. Congratulations to the City of Menasha for this accomplishment, and for helping extend our regional trail network!
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Where is the Economy Headed?
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For very good reasons, considerable time is spent tracking, analyzing, and discussing the state of our local, national, and global economies. While readers are encouraged to draw their own conclusions about what is in store for our economy, this article summarizes what was shared by two local economists at recent economic development programs.
Clare Zempel,
Zempel Strategic
, shared his analysis of the economy at the Wisconsin Economic Development Association’s annual conference held in Milwaukee in early February. Zempel has nearly four decades of professional experience, having served as chief economist and other roles for Robert W. Baird & Co., and also as chief economist for the First Wisconsin Corporation (now U.S. Bank). Zempel’s comments indicated that while certain components of the economy may be facing a slowdown, and some indicators point to possible recession, the economy is not in a recession and he does not anticipate one in 2019.
At the annual St. Nobert College State of the Economy program held on February 14, Marc Shaffer, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the
Center for Business and Economic Analysis,
agreed with Zempel’s basic characterization of the economy, indicating the U.S. economy is strong and currently in an expansionary phase. Shaffer and several St. Norbert College students provided an analysis of the U.S. economy. Contributing to the strong economy, they reasoned, are strong consumer confidence and spending as a result of tax cuts; interest on national debt and global political uncertainty may present challenges. Future economic conditions are likely to be influenced by the following factors:
- What are the actual impacts of the 2018/2019 government shutdown, including delayed and tertiary spending impacts?
- What will be the eventual impacts of tariffs and trade policy, and how will they affect various industries?
- What is the effect of diverging monetary policies in the G-7 Central banks?
- Is there too much concentrated risk in leveraged loans to businesses - an issue that has financial professionals concerned?
- How will global political challenges such as Venezuela and Brexit be resolved?
- What will be the U.S. policy response in light of these issues, and what role will the Fed’s interest rates play?
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How Migration of Millennials and Seniors has Shifted Since the Great Recession
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M
igration across the United States has shifted noticeably since the 2007-2009
Great Recession
with many areas hoping to attract members of two huge generations: the young adult millennial generation and the increasingly graying baby boomers.
Millennials
,
a highly educated and diverse generation now squarely in their late 20s and 30s, are forming the backbone of various regions’ emerging labor forces and consumer bases. Baby boomers, now all aged 55 and above, can reinvigorate communities that retain or attract their more
affluent members
.
R
ecently released migration data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s five-year
American Community Survey
identify major metropolitan areas that attract age groups dominated by millennials and baby boomers for the period 2012-2017 compared to earlier period.
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Note: Map 1 on the left shows migration of millenials; Map 2 shows Senior citizens in and out of large metro areas. Shades of blue show population increases. The Milwaukee area is losing in both directions. What can we do in Calumet County to increase our own populations of these age groups, both of whom make strong contributions to the economy?
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Doctors Leave ThedaCare to Form Independent Cardiology Clinic in Grand Chute
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Article and photo credit:
Chris Mueller
,
Appleton Post-Crescent, USA Today Network, Feb. 14, 2019
A
group of doctors will leave ThedaCare to form an independent practice that will provide cardiovascular care to thousands of patients in northeast Wisconsin.
A new clinic, which will be known as the Heart and Vascular Institute of Wisconsin, is under construction on West Grande Market Drive, off of West College Avenue. The clinic is expected to open April 1.
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Note: The article stated the clinic has plans to open at five additional northeast WI locations in the future, including in Chilton. This would be great news for the Chilton area!
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Practical and Tactical Best Practices in Business Sustainability
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Learn How to Develop and Implement a Successful Sustainability and Social Responsibility Program
Attendees are exposed to financial, environmental and socially responsible objectives that are supported by strategies and achieved by clear tactics that have measurable outcomes.
Attendees are introduced to methods of implementing technologies and practices and will also learn how to measure the consequent social and environmental performance for written reports and persuasive presentations. The workshop reveals why we should be sustainable by explaining seemingly complex scientific topics in a way that requires very little math or science background. The overview also captures how sustainability and social responsibility can be the source of process and product innovation.
The workshop is dedicated to the practice of environmental and social responsibility in ways that achieve financial stability over the long run. As a result, it will help attendees understand not just why businesses need to be more responsible, but how businesses can be more successful over the long run.
Date: March 12, 2019 | 8:30-3:30 pm
Location: Advance Business & Manufacturing Center, 2701 Larsen Rd, Green Bay
Cost: $200
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Making the Successful Transition from Staff Member to Manager
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In this session, participants will explore the skills displayed that lead most of us to get promoted into a leadership position and whether or not those are relevant to successful leadership.
Participants will assess some of their own leadership tendencies and discover things they are currently doing well along with growth opportunities. Additionally, we will explore how their leadership role will change the way they are viewed by others and the relationships which currently exist. Finally, we will look at key questions leaders should ask of themselves as they grow in their leadership role.
Date: March 26, 2019 | 8:30-3:30 pm
Location: Advance Business & Manufacturing Center, 2701 Larsen Rd, Green Bay
Cost: $200
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Examines aspects of distribution and inventory management, document management, and procurement integral to international trade logistics. Considers different regulatory, financial, geographical, cultural, and consumer requirements. Explores how organizations obtain resources and manage logistical systems within the global value chain to minimize costs and risks and maximize potential.
Dates: March 26-May 14, 2019 | 5:30-8:20 pm
Location: Online or Fox Valley Technical College - Chilton Regional Learning Center
Cost: $637.45
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Free Small Business Counseling Available
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Once a month, a counselor with the Green Bay Small Business Development Center meets with entrepreneurs and existing business owners at the Calumet County Courthouse in Chilton; he is also available to meet with Calumet County entrepreneurs and businesses on a periodic basis at other locations in the county or his office as schedules permit. These free, individual business counseling sessions are held to help answer questions and put businesses and entrepreneurs in a better position to make the best decisions for themselves and their businesses.
To schedule an appointment with the business counselor, contac
t
Mary Kohrell
using the information provided below. The next regularly scheduled session will be held on Tuesday, March 19.
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WWBIC -
Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation Classes
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The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation - offers classes statewide for new entrepreneurs, seasoned business owners and anyone looking to improve their financial health. Click
here
to see a list of classes held at the Appleton WWBIC location.
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Calumet County Community Economic Development contact information:
Mary Kohrell,
Community Economic Development Director
Connie Leonhard
, Program Assistant
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