Business Development
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Why Wisconsin cities earn national recognition as best places to live
Numbers don’t tell the full story of why Wisconsin residents love the cities they live in.
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Wisconsin startup investment down in 2023 following pandemic boom
Wisconsin startups raised less money in 2023 than in either of the two years prior, but it’s more of a return to normal after a pandemic boom rather than a drastic downturn.
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Microsoft buys more land in Mount Pleasant near data center development
Microsoft is buying up more land in the village of Mount Pleasant for its planned $3.3 billion data center development.
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City of Monona imposes 180-day vape shop moratorium to address underage vaping
Last month, the City of Monona issued a 180-day vape shop moratorium. The city’s administrator joined WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” to explain how area officials are monitoring area vape shops and studying the health effects of vaping.
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Racine wants to renegotiate agreement that will bring Microsoft center to Mount Pleasant
Racine now says the details of an amendment on water and sewer service that enabled Foxconn to move forward need to be renegotiated because the Microsoft development promises fewer jobs than Foxconn.
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$100M Wisconsin Investment Fund will focus on tech, biohealth start ups
The initiative will invest in startup business in Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday.
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Few Wisconsin restaurants are Black-owned. A Milwaukee incubator aims to change that.
Food incubator Turning Tables recently moved to a new location in downtown Milwaukee. “Wisconsin Today” spoke with owner Emerald Mills-Williams ahead of its reopening.
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We Energies plans to spend $335M on Microsoft development in Mount Pleasant
We Energies plans to spend $335 million on a distribution project to serve Microsoft’s data center development on land originally intended for Foxconn in Mount Pleasant.
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New state program aims to give rural communities resources to thrive economically
A new state program will give 10 rural communities across Wisconsin access funding and resources to help meet their economic development goals.
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Froedtert Hospital planning 9-story patient tower at Wauwatosa campus
Froedtert Hospital is planning to build a nine-story patient tower on its main campus in Wauwatosa, the hospital system announced Tuesday. The 225,000-square-foot tower will include inpatient care floors, a […]