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Business Planning Just Got Easier
(Rock County, WI) Rock County and Arrowhead Library System have teamed up to provide small business planning kits, available for checkout at all seven Rock County public libraries. These Small Business Chrome Kits include a Chromebook, mobile Internet hotspot, case,...
Awards Presented During Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce 95th Annual Dinner
(Beloit, WI) Jacob Roushia, BDN Tuesday, for the second year in a row, Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce hosted an in-person dinner and awards ceremony with more than 400 in attendance. The 95th annual event at the Eclipse Center featured awards, featured speaker...
Revv Aviation’s Flight School Near Janesville Aims to Reach a New Generation of Potential Pilots
(Janesville, WI) Harrison Freuck, APG Maci Newell is among the new wave of people interested in entering the airline industry, and Revv Aviation is her stepping stone to getting there. MORE INFO
Janesville Hotel Proposal Hauls in $1.89 Million Tax-Incentive Deal from City
(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette The city is giving a hotel development group a boost of up to $1.89 million in a 12-year tax-incentive deal in exchange for a 42,000-square-foot, 90-room Tru by Hilton hotel. MORE INFO
USS Beloit to be Christened on May 7
(Marinette, WI) Jacob Roushia, BDN After about two years of waiting, the Navy’s newest ship, the USS Beloit, will be christened during a ceremony on May 7 at Fincantieri Marinette Marine. Because of Beloit’s long history with the U.S. Navy, it was decided the new ship...
Beloit Startup Company Connects Nurses with Vacant Work Shifts
(Beloit, WI) Hillary Gavan, BDN Tanner Gilles faced work loss during COVID-19. So he decided to launch a new company to connect healthcare workers to work shifts at geriatric facilities. PT Nurse is an automated shift-scheduling platform online for healthcare workers...
UW-Whitewater Rock County Scholarships Offered by Studer Family Foundation
(Janesville, WI) Clint Wolf, BDN Thanks to a generous donation from the Studer Family Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Rock County campus is offering 10 full-ride scholarships to Rock County high school students who will be graduating in May 2022. MORE...
500,000 SF Build-to-Suit Industrial Project Coming to the Janesville-Beloit MSA.
(Janesville, WI) Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC (SSB), one of North America’s largest sleep companies, announced plans this week to open a new 500,000 SF, dual-branded manufacturing facility in Janesville's Park Place Innovation Campus - which is a certified, shovel-ready...
Janesville Greenhouse Would House ‘Biggest’ Indoor Strawberry Grow in Midwest, if Not Whole US
(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette A proposed greenhouse operation on Janesville’s south side would likely be the biggest indoor hydroponic strawberry farm in the Midwest, if not the entire continental U.S., its prospective developer told The Gazette on Tuesday....
The City of Beloit Plans to Expand Colley and Willowbrook Roads
(Beloit, WI) Jacob Roushia, BDN The City of Beloit plans to expand roads around the proposed Ho-Chunk Casino and Resort to address any increased traffic in the area. MORE INFO