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The expansion could create as many
as 15 jobs in the Fond du Lac area.
BUSINESS & MANUFACTURING CENTER
REACHES OCCUPANC Y MILESTONE
The Advance Business &
Manufacturing Center in Green Bay
attained its highest occupancy rate
since moving in 2005 from its former
location on Potts Avenue to its current
location at 2701 Larsen Road.
The center now has 70 percent
occupancy, based on 96 percent
occupancy of the 44 individual offices
and 58 percent occupancy of the
industrial bays, housing 37 companies
with 98 employees.
The economic impact on Brown
County as of June 2014 showed that
incubator clients employed 89 people
with an annual payroll of $4.18 million.
Incubator graduates employed 857
people and had an annual payroll
amount of $37.3 million.
NWTC EARNS NATIONAL RECOGNITION
FOR STUDENT SUCCESS OUTCOMES
Achieving the Dream, Inc., a
national nonprofit dedicated
to helping community college
students earn a college certificate
or degree, announced Northeast
Wisconsin Technical College is one
of 16 community colleges selected
for the 2014 cohort of Achieving
the Dream Leader Colleges — a
national designation awarded to
community colleges that commit to
improving student success and closing
achievement gaps.
NWTC improved the completion
rates for all students receiving a 'C'
or better in their courses from 77.4
percent in 2009-10 to 81.7 percent in
2012-13. It increased the number of
English Language Learner students
transitioning to a degree or diploma
program from 21 students in 2012-13
to 77 students in 2013-14.
"The work of improving student
success is critically important to our
education and economy," says Carol
Lincoln, Achieving the Dream senior
vice president. "Northeast
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