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"Our new Southern California office will be important to our ongoing growth in not only the state, but nationwide." — Dave Kievet, group president of Boldt's western operations business unit Corporate Financing is serving as the administrative agent, while GE Capital Markets served as lead arranger. Wells Fargo Capital Finance, part of Wells Fargo & Company, served as joint lead arranger. "The new credit facility provides a significant interest rate reduction and expands the credit facility available to the company," says Tom Riordan, president and CEO for Neenah Enterprises. "This is reflective of the improved financial performance and financial position the company has generated over recent years." EAA brings $110M economic impact Co u r t e s y o f E A A by C i n dy Lu f t regional roundup Boldt opens Southern California office The Boldt Company opened an office in Glendale, Calif. The Glendale location is Boldt's third in the state, joining offices in Sacramento and San Francisco. "Our new Southern California office will be important to our ongoing growth in not only the state, but nationwide," says Dave Kievet, group president of Boldt's western operations business unit. "Most importantly though, this office will benefit our customers as it will give us another location within our national network from which to serve clients on a local level." Headquartered in Appleton, Boldt has 15 offices nationwide, from which it has completed projects in all 50 states and several foreign countries. UWFox has lowest tuition in the UW System The University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley remained the university with the lowest tuition in the UW System. The total cost for residents to attend, including tuition and fees for both semesters, is $5,025. UW-Madison is the most expensive, costing $24,204 to attend for the 2013-14 school year. 14 | Insight • S e p t e m b e r 2 013 The CAF B-29 FIFI arrives at Oshkosh in 2011. The EAA AirVenture event draws about $110 million in economic impact for the region annually. This year's EAA AirVenture Convention in Oshkosh was an economic boon throughout the region, an annual bonus that has consistently benefited the state in its 60-year history. "UW-Oshkosh did a study a couple of years ago – it was an independent study and found that it was a $110 million economic impact for Wisconsin for that week," says Dick Knapinski, senior communications advisor for the EAA. Knapinski says that this year's earnings have roughly matched that number. Running from July 29 through Aug. 4, the event attracted more than half a million people. "Affordable tuition and modest student fees are a hallmark of UWFox's position as a premier provider of an exceptional liberal arts education that offers students of all ages a highly regarded local University of Wisconsin experience that our community values," says Dr. Martin Rudd, campus executive officer and dean of UWFox. The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents set the 2013-14 tuition for all 26 UW campuses, leaving each campus with its 2012-13 tuition rates. Breakthrough Fuel reaches natural gas milestone Breakthrough Fuel of Green Bay has managed more than 3.5 million miles of its customers' compressed natural gas (CNG) trucking fleets. CNG is a fossil fuel substitute. The 3.5 million miles of managed CNG means Breakthrough clients have reduced their emissions output by 776 metric tons. That's the equivalent of the w w w. i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m