Officials at the state’s economic-development agency have decided to lend $170,000 to Madison-based WholeTrees Architecture & Structures, a company that fashions structural building materials out of timber.

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The Fond Du Lac County Board has decided against a $10 million loan to boat engine maker Mercury Marine.

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Hellermann Tyton Corp., a Milwaukee-based cable maker, on Monday will request a $2.75 million loan from the city for an expansion project.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says a $1.5 million state loan will help a northeastern Wisconsin yacht maker add 315 jobs. Doyle said the loan, from the Community Development Block Grant program run by the Department of Commerce, ...

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By Sean Ryan [email protected] Stepping into the void left by gun-shy private lenders could be the best way for Milwaukee to brighten its development horizon. The first step came with the city’s decision to give a $9.3 million loan to ...

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By Sean Ryan A small, solar electric system can run a homeowner around $26,000. Public grants can cover about $10,000 of the construction cost, but homeowners are on the hook for the rest because banks don’t lend money to build ...

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By Paul Snyder Madison can’t loan money for brownfield cleanup projects, so city leaders want to try giving the money away. But strings will be attached, including a financing match requirement from developers and a guarantee of one full-time job ...

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By Paul Snyder Madison leaders are hung up on the strings to attach to a $4.1 million pot of city money for affordable-housing developers in the city. The city’s Housing Committee is reviewing a proposed amendment to the 2003 ordinance ...

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By Paul Snyder James Westring is getting a lot of phone calls about weatherization work, but not much follow through. “Interest is steady,” said Westring, the owner of Madison-based Westring Construction LLC. “I get people calling me up about weatherizing ...

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By JOELLE TESSLER AP Technology Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday will hand out the first $182 million of a $7.2 billion pot of stimulus money that will go toward building high-speed Internet networks and encouraging more ...

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