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Angela Popenhagen, president of St. Croix Economic Development Corporation (EDC), announced the EDC’s selection of Aster Beverage (City of New Richmond), Alms Creative (City of Hudson), and Indue (Town of Hudson) as recipients of the 2021 Business of the Year awards in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.

On December 22nd, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced the preliminary November 2021 unemployment rates for Wisconsin’s 72 counties and the 34 cities with populations greater than 25,000 residents.

On December 16th, the Wisconsin Department of Tourism (Tourism) presented a $10,150 Joint Effort Marketing (JEM) grant to Apex Cycling, Inc. to assist with hosting the 2022 Fat Bike World Championships, scheduled for January 28-30 at the New Richmond Golf Course (New Richmond, Wisc.).

On November 24th, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced the preliminary October 2021 unemployment rates for Wisconsin’s 72 counties and the 34 cities with populations greater than 25,000 residents. St. Croix County’s October rate was estimated at 1.9%,

St. Croix EDC helped recognize the important contributions of local businesses during National Apprenticeship Week, November 15-21, 2021

On Tuesday, November 16th, Citizens State Bank and St. Croix EDC hosted an informative conversation with Scott Hodek, Chief, Office of Economic Advisors, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

Please join UW-River Falls Chancellor Maria Gallo, Ph.D. and State Representative Shannon Zimmerman, Assembly District 30 (River Falls-Hudson areas), on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the training room of the St. Croix Valley Business Innovation Center, 1091 Sutherland Avenue (Sterling Ponds Corporate Park), River Falls, Wisconsin.

St. Croix EDC is accepting nominations for its 2021 Business of the Year awards program.

Here is the recording of Justin Vajko’s presentation on “Fill Your Talent Pipeline”

On October 27th, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced the preliminary September 2021 unemployment rates for Wisconsin’s 72 counties and the 34 cities with populations greater than 25,000 residents. St. Croix County’s September rate was estimated at 2.8%, which is lower than the final rate of 3.3% for both August and July

According to the proclamation, every October since 1964 has been designated as National Co-op Month; cooperatives exist because of its members; rural electric cooperatives serve an estimated 42+ million people across 2,500+ counties in the U.S.;

Over 80% of people would be willing to take a pay cut to work for a company with a better culture. And 46% of Americans are passive candidates: never checking out the job boards but open to the right opportunity. So why don’t more great companies take advantage of this and promote their culture to passive candidates?

On October 15th, Syntegon Packaging Technology, LLC in New Richmond, Wisconsin hosted St. Croix EDC and representatives from the New Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce and City of New Richmond as part of Manufacturing Month in the U.S. The visit included an overview of the company from Syntegon’s management team and wrap-up tour of the facility.

On September 22nd, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced the preliminary August 2021 unemployment rates for Wisconsin’s 72 counties and the 34 cities with populations greater than 25,000 residents. St. Croix County’s August rate was estimated at 3.3%, which is the same as July’s final rate but lower than June’s final rate of 3.8%.

On August 25th, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced the preliminary July 2021 unemployment rates for Wisconsin’s 72 counties and the 34 cities with populations greater than 25,000 residents. St. Croix County’s July rate was estimated at 3.3%, which is lower than June’s final rate of 3.8%

Please join St. Croix EDC on Wednesday, September 8th starting at 11:00 a.m. for an informative conversation on the Regional Business Fund (RBF), a flexible source of financing for new and expanding businesses in the seven county region of west central Wisconsin, including St. Croix.

A cost segregation study can benefit anyone who has, or is in the process of purchasing an existing building, constructing a new one, or constructing leasehold improvements.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is teaming up with the West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission to make the grants a reality.