The Year of Broadband: Where state dollars are helping with internet projects
January 25, 2021 8:33 AM Leah Linscheid
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BELLEVILLE, Wis. If you ask any school district, parent or student what major challenge impacts their ability to learn online, access to broadband internet tops the list.
The state knows that too. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation listed it as the top three priorities to get the state back to normal post-pandemic and Gov. Tony Evers has even named 2021 the “year of broadband,” with hopes to invest $200 million in infrastructure and grants. That money won’t be available until it passes the Legislature, but there are several programs still dolling out funding for internet that might be impacting your neighborhood.
WEDC investment to help fund development of 60-room Cobblestone Hotel & Suites
MADISON, WI. JAN. 25, 2021 – The City of Superior is receiving a $250,000 state grant to assist in the construction of a 60-unit Cobblestone Hotel & Suites in downtown Superior.
The Community Development Investment Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will support the partnership between the City of Superior and Superior Hotel Group, LLC bring a 36,800 square-foot, four-story, upper-midscale Cobblestone Hotel & Suites branded hotel to the downtown. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2021.
“A vibrant downtown is vital to a community’s overall economic success, and the new Cobblestone Hotel & Suites will play a key role in bringing more visitors to downtown Superior to enjoy the many amenities the city has to offer,” said
WEDC investment to help fund renovation of Bucyrus Club
MADISON, WI. JAN. 19, 2021 – The City of South Milwaukee is receiving a $250,000 state grant to help renovate a historic property in downtown South Milwaukee.
The Community Development Investment Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will support renovations to the Bucyrus Club banquet and meeting center and museum, more than 100 years after the first Bucyrus Club opened in the building.
“A vibrant downtown is key to a community’s overall economic health, and this renovation is expected to bring more visitors to downtown, which will benefit other businesses and the entire community,” said
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Brown County will receive a $500,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to assist in purchasing the former WPS Pulliam Plant property as part of the effort to relocate coal piles away from downtown and expand the economic activity of the Port of Green Bay.
Gov. Tony Evers announced Jan. 4 that Brown County will receive a $500,000 grant from the
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to assist in purchasing the former WPS Pulliam Plant property as part of the effort to relocate coal piles away from downtown and expand the economic activity of the Port of Green Bay.
MADISON Gov. Tony Evers with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) announced Jan. 8 almost 55,000 state small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic received approximately $240 million last year through the We’re All In grants program the largest direct-aid program for small businesses in WEDC history.