Marketplace Magazine

Downtown Hobart

Centennial Centre is the village’s effort to create the heart of the community.

In all of Northeast Wisconsin, there is no community quite like the Village of Hobart.

While Hobart is 101 years old, the Brown County village is just seven years old, having converted from town to village in 2003. Hobart could be described as a doughnut, with no middle, no “downtown.” To get from the western end of Hobart to the southern end, using main roads, requires leaving the village.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: From the Yakima to the Oneida

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Industry Reports: Manufacturing and Small Business Solutions

» Are you ready for green manufacturing?

One survey says most manufacturers aren't.

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» Small Business Solutions: A capital idea

Companies start looking at expanding capital spending again.

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Economic Development: Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac, beyond Mercury Marine

Fond du Lac County’s development efforts aren’t just tied to outboard motors.

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Focus on: Health Care and Health Insurance

Congress' prescription for health care

The effects of health care reform on Wisconsin may not be known for years.

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21st-century senior living

CRL Senior Living Communities look to extend health care improvements to senior-citizen living.

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20 Years of Marketplace

Business Spotlight

When one door closes, an oven door opens

The saying goes if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or, in the case of Marlene Squires-Swanson, lemon crème rum cake.

Business Spotlight

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Marketplace of Ideas

Steve Prestegard

Inside and outside the ring

The deadline for candidates to file to run for municipal office in the April 6 election was Jan. 5.

One positive trend so far is that, as we’ve reported on the Marketplace Today blog, a number of business people have decided to throw their hats in the electoral ring.

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