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Barbara Buttchen, a nurse with Maxim Healthcare Services who lives in Evansville and works out of Madison was just named Regional Caregiver of the Year. This honorable recognition celebrates nurses, home healthcare aides and behavioral direct care workers for their compassionate, holistic care of their patients -- many of whom are medically fragile.... Read more

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Evansville Jays Home Talent 17 th Annual Strike out for Baseball... Read more

The Department of Workforce Development's Office of Skills Development (OSD) is again accepting applications for its Fast Forward (FF) Training Grants.

We have redesigned our grant offerings into a single grant opportunity, "Industry Sectors Worker Training Grants." This grant program is designed to help fund the development of innovative and collaborative customized worker training programs.... Read more

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations that March 28 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in Wisconsin for economic injury disaster loans due to drought that began on June 1, 2021.  
Low-interest disaster loans are available in the counties of Dane, Green, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha in Wisconsin; and Boone and Winnebago in Illinois.

Please call me at 404-895-7345 if you have any questions.... Read more

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The UW - Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the County have teamed-up to provide dedicated, customized and free-of-charge business consulting services... Read more

The County and the Arrowhead Library System (ALS) are preparing to roll-out an entrepreneurial and small business toolkit that patrons of the ALS can use.... Read more

The County’s Small Business & Nonprofit COVID Grant Program (CGP) has recently been modified; and these modifications have opened-up that funding to a larger pool of applicants.
The CGP now accepts applications from a more diverse array of business types and structures. While some restrictions still exist, these have been narrowed considerably.... Read more

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The DHS Community-Based Vaccination Clinic in Rock County (located at Blackhawk Technical College*) is collaborating with Rock County Public Health Department to offer local employers and organizations the opportunity to get employees and members vaccinated during a dedicated block of time.... Read more

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SCORE has partnered with Grow with Google to launch a four-part, free digital readiness series designed to help you develop the skills to succeed online and grow your small business. You’ll get a digital readiness badge for each module you complete.... Read more

Stoughton Trailers, LLC, is hiring hundreds of
assemblers, welders and supervisors at its Evansville plant — which, once successful, is expected to bring the company’s employee total to an all-time high — as it ramps up the manufacturing of chassis products used to transport intermodal containers.... Read more

COVID-19 vaccination clinic here at Evansville... Read more

Time, money and your business
Spring into self-improvement mode!

Small business owners are always crunched for time and looking for ways to improve their operations. Below is a sampling of upcoming training opportunities that are free, fast or focused on financials.
(You can check the Institute for Business & Entrepreneurhip's calendar of events and the COVID-19 recovery calendar anytime, too.)... Read more

In an effort to identify and remove barriers to accessing the COVID-19 vaccination, United Way Blackhawk Region has been collaborating with community partners to coordinate county-wide transportation to vaccine appointments.... Read more

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reminding the public that there are several operations updates at State Parks and other DNR-managed lands beginning this week.... Read more

The Wisconsin Historical Society is announcing the launch of the next phase of its COVID-19 Poster Project with an open call for artwork.... Read more

The Wisconsin Tomorrow Small Business Recovery Grant program will award $420 million to small businesses impacted by the COVID-19... Read more