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MEDC, other Wisconsin lenders get tax credit allocations

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Published Oct. 30, 2009 at 2:13 p.m.

The Milwaukee Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit lending agency associated with the city of Milwaukee, has received an allocation of $25 million in New Markets Tax Credits from the federal government ...

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Opus Corp. shutting down; Opus North remains

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Published Oct. 23, 2009 at 9:42 a.m.

Opus Corp., the Minnetonka, Minn.-based parent company of Opus North and other regional operating Opus development companies, is closing and Opus CEO and chairman Mark Rauenhorst is stepping down from those roles ...

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Local groups receive US Treasury funds

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Published Oct. 2, 2009 at 1:51 p.m.

Two Milwaukee banks and one economic development group were among the 62 organizations serving economically distressed communities that are receiving awards totaling $52.7 million through the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund ...

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Operators of mortgage fraud scheme sentenced to prison

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Published Sept. 30, 2009 at 2:37 p.m.

The operators of West Bend development firm Laufer Builders Inc. and Pewaukee mortgage company All American Mortgage Inc. have been sentenced in federal court to imprisonment for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme ...

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Federal grant supports entrepreneur training

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Published Sept. 25, 2009 at 3:01 p.m.

Gateway Technical College and the Walworth County Economic Development Alliance received a $687,100 grant from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration to deliver an entrepreneurial training program spanning a four-county region in southeastern Wisconsin ...

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Marcus Omaha theater opening on schedule

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Published Sept. 23, 2009 at 12:39 p.m.

Marcus Theatres is on schedule for an early November opening of an upscale four-level movie and entertainment destination that is part of the $300 million Midtown Crossing development in Omaha that’s owned by Mutual of Omaha. (MCS) ...

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UW-Whitewater receives $4.7 million grant

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Published Sept. 11, 2009 at 1:59 p.m.

The U.S. Commerce Department has awarded a $4.7 million Economic Development Administration grant to the city of Whitewater and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for their proposed 125-acre technology park ...

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Grebe says Milwaukee 7 seeing success

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Published Sept. 11, 2009 at 11:20 a.m.

The Milwaukee 7 has been successful in attracting employers and in growing existing businesses in southeastern Wisconsin, said Michael Grebe, who is co-chairman of the economic development group ...

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Cudahy says he won't donate to UWM Tosa campus

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Published Sept. 9, 2009 at 2:28 p.m.

Philanthropist Michael Cudahy has decided not to support the creation of a new University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee engineering research campus in Wauwatosa, but said his decision was not related to the university snubbing a development on the Pieces of Eight site that he controls ...

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Agricultural innovation center gets $4M federal grant

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Published Sept. 4, 2009 at 2:54 p.m.

The Clark County city of Owen has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce for an economic development project expected to create 330 jobs ...

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