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Arthur McArthur, Sr., grandfather of famed general Douglas McArthur, was the fourth governor of Wisconsin (albeit for only four days). In addition, Arthur McArthur, Jr., the famous general's father, lived in the state at the outbreak of the Civil War.
Arthur McArthur, Jr. joined the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, seeing action in several battles. He received the Medal of Honor for electrifying his regiment during the Battle of Chattanooga with the cry "On Wisconsin."
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The world's tallest building is the Taipei 101 building located in Taipei, Taiwan. It was built in 2004, stands 1,670 feet high and has 101 stories. The tallest building in the U.S., since 1974, is the Sears Tower - ranking fourth tallest in the world. The Empire State Building in New York is the ninth tallest building in the world.
The world's tallest tower is the Canadian National (CN) Tower located in Toronto, Canada. The CN Tower is 1,815 feet tall.
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Major G.M. Price, a land speculator, platted the town in 1837. He was persuaded to name it Lancaster by a homesick relative who emigrated from Lancaster, PA. The first Civil War monument ever erected in Wisconsin stands on the northeast corner of the downtown square.
Governor Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin's first governor, is buried in a modest gravesite just a few blocks from the town square. Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, just 5 miles west of Lancaster, includes the tombstones of the Shepard and Green families, located near their former farmland. This area was one of the first African-American settlements in Wisconsin.
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Lancaster, a city of just over 4,000 people, has its own municipal golf course. According to their website, 18 holes will cost you $20.00 on a weekday. Weekend rates "jump" to $21.00 Can't beat those rates!
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What makes a cheesesteak a cheesesteak? First, it is the beef, which should be so thin it must be sliced slightly frozen (1/16 of an inch is preferred). Second, the rolls must be long and thin, not fluffy or soft, but not too hard either. Some swear the rolls must be made only in South Philadelphia at an Italian bakery. From there on, there are additions according to taste: sliced onions or mushrooms, and sometimes garlic or green or red peppers.
Finally, there is the cheese. You might guess it is mozzarella or provolone because the sandwiches are served with pizza sauce, but you'd be only partly right. In recent years the craze has been for -- get this -- Cheese Whiz, which, when ordered in Philly is shortened to "Whiz!"
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Dear Reader,
I wanted to take this opportunity to both thank you
for your past support and ask you for your continued
help in making one more "push" for helping Forward
Wisconsin gain more state funding this year. While
the legislative session is winding down, we still have
a brief timeframe to get AB 1017 - a proposal to increase state
matching funding in Forward Wisconsin - through the
Joint Finance Committee and legislative houses, and
ultimately onto Governor Doyle's desk for his
signature.
As I mentioned in last month's Flash newsletter, I
have been acting as a lobbyist over the last
few months and have enjoyed speaking to legislators,
business people and many others about Forward
Wisconsin. It has been a positive experience and it
has given me the chance to express the important
role economic development plays in Wisconsin's
economy and about the need to tell others about the
great things happening in the state.
While I have made many contacts and will continue
to do so, the value you bring as a partner with your
contacts is critical as well. I would again ask that
you contact members of the Joint Finance Committee as well as the
Assembly leadership and
Senate leadership and urge their support of AB
1017. If we can get the Joint Finance Committee to
vote for passage of AB 1017 in the next few weeks,
we still have a chance of gaining more resources for
Forward Wisconsin in this session.
Please visit Forward Wisconsin's Legislative Action Center for
more information, or feel free to give me a call at
608.261.2508 with any questions.
Thank you and have a great Wisconsin day!
Pepi Randolph
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2300+ and Growing
PropertyDrive / Forward WI Partnership Boosts WI Building & Site Database
Wisconsin's available on-line building and site
database continues to grow! Forward Wisconsin is
pleased to announce that we have added over 500
new listings to the system through a newly-formed
partnership with PropertyDrive. With the new
additions, the web-based system now contains over
2300 available buildings and sites from across the
State of Wisconsin.
PropertyDrive, a Wisconsin commercial real estate
data exchange, will supplement the Wisconsin
available building and site database on an ongoing
basis. As PropertyDrive’s commercial real estate
company and agent members add new listings via the
firm’s website - located at
PropertyDrive.com - the listings will be
immediately imported into the statewide database.
PropertyDrive currently has over 500 properties listed
in 30 Wisconsin counties.
The Wisconsin available building and sites database is
provided by Forward Wisconsin and the Wisconsin
Department of Commerce as a free service for use by
businesses seeking space for expansion. The state's
electric utilities also help fund the system.
Quick Click: Wisconsin's On-Line Available Building & Site Database
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Forward Visits "The City of the Dome"
Forward Wisconsin staffers spent the day in
Lancaster on March 22. Stops included the new
business park, Milprint/Bemis Flexible Packaging, Grant
Regional Health Center, as well as meetings with local
community leaders and investors.
This photo above was taken after a luncheon
program attended by Forward Wisconsin and
Lancaster business people and political leaders.
Pictured, left to right, are:
- Mayor Jerry Wehrle, City of Lancaster
- Ted Schacht, President of Forward Lancaster
- Pepi Randolph, Forward Wisconsin
- Abby Hall, Forward Wisconsin
- Scott Reigstad, Forward Wisconsin
- Scot Simpson, City of Lancaster Administrator
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Philly cheesesteaks and WI brats?
Forward Plans Marketing Mission to Philadelphia
Philly chessesteaks and Wisconsin bratwurst may
sound like a weird combination but Forward Wisconsin
is putting together a more appealing couple when it
travels to the City of Brotherly Love later this
month. We are combining attendance at an
international real estate conference with a
mini-marketing mission.
CoreNet Global, the world's premier association for
corporate real estate and related professionals, is
holding its spring summit in Philadelphia on April
23-26. Forward Wisconsin President Pepi Randolph
and Director of Business Development Jan Alf are
attending the conference. Since we will have staff in
Philly for that event, we are are also going to
conduct a mini-marketing mission and call on CEOs in
the area, prior to the conference.
Over 400 letters from Governor Doyle were sent last
month to corporate executives in the Philadelphia
area that are from manufacturing firms, plastics
companies, and biotech/biomedical businesses. The
letters inquire as to whether their firms have
expansion plans and request an appointment with a
member of the Forward Wisconsin team. Meetings
were requested during the timeframe of April 19-21
and follow-up calls to obtain appointments are being
made to every CEO that received a "governor's" letter.
Pepi and Jan will be joined by Forward Wisconsin
Business Consultant Dennis Blang and Nancy Elsing,
Executive Director of the Columbia County
EDC for the mission. More than half a dozen
appointments have been scheduled thus far.
Quick Click: CoreNet Global Conference Information
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