Marketplace back issues from March 2008:
The largest flag in the U.S. flies thanks to Wisconsin companies
Mar 18, 2008; ... One of the nation's tallest flag-poles can thank wind towers for its newest design. Work crews are installing sections of one of the tallest flagpoles in the nation hundreds of feet above frozen Wisconsin fields. The 338-foot flagpole is on the grounds of Acuity Insurance headquartered ...
Let the sun power your business
Mar 18, 2008; ... When Terry and Nancy Mulville built a new home a few years ago, they decided to incorporate several alternative energy methods into the house. Now, a few years later, they have opened Sunny Solutions in Berlin. Sunny Solutions is designed to help individuals and businesses explore ...
BE interesting OR BE invisible
Mar 18, 2008; ... How many of your last 10 encounters with customer service people stand out as memorably wonderful? If you're like most people, the answer might be one, if that many. Inspiration guru Steve Tyink rues that low number, and he's making it his personal professional business to change ...
Growth on the Upper Fox
Mar 18, 2008; ... The Upper Fox River Valley - Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties - usually escapes notice when compared with the economic growth of larger areas to the east. This doesn't mean that nothing's happening in the Upper Fox Valley. The biggest changes in Ripon aren't visible ...
Slightly moving the tanker
Mar 18, 2008; ... Dr. David Ward is the first to acknowledge that the global economy is a huge tanker that can be turned only few degrees at a time. "But if you persist, you can make a difference," he says. Ward, founder of NorthStar Economics in Madison, speaks from experience. Following a ...
Profits vs. environment 'false dichotomy'
Mar 18, 2008; ... Kermit the Frog said it's not easy being green. But the law firm of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Attorneys at Law, takes the stance that Gov. Jim Doyle's move toward a cap-and-trade program on greenhouse gas emission credits is pragmatic, good stewardship, and even potentially ...
Questions For Rob Tracy
Mar 18, 2008; ... Why did the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay develop the BAS? It was created in response to two needs - the region's economy and the business community. One of the stated goals of organizations like The New North is to increase the number of graduates ...
Construction slowdown? Apparently not here
Mar 18, 2008; ... Despite housing foreclosures at a record high in the United States and news pundits tiptoeing around the diagnosis of recession, the Northeast Wisconsin building scene shows no sign of withdrawal. In fact, one might be tempted to think from a random sampling of those in the construction ...