Thrive Economic News Today

Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha County announced Thursday that it is expanding its service area to include communities in neighboring Jefferson County to help meet a demand for affordable housing there.

The small number of available housing units for sale was brought up at a recent Beaver Dam City Council meeting. Beaver Dam had a small number of housing units available

Milwaukee-based Palermo Villa Inc., a frozen pizza manufacturer, is planning an expansion into a new Jefferson facility.

Palermo's pizza will create over 200 new jobs by late summer between a new production facility in Jefferson and their Milwaukee headquarters.