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Here's how the New North region is on the move: DID YOU KNOW? New North venture traffic: 9 venture capital deals in the New North region through 2011 Total jobs in the region: 584,456 in Q3 2011; up roughly 1 % since Q3 2010 The New North region has 1.8% lower unemployment than the nation New North, Inc. Successes in 2012 Data Center Target Market Business Attraction initiative: 3 open prospects Announcing Fast Forward 1.0: A new way to locate and accelerate fast-growth entrepreneurs Wisconsin Wind Works total online Supply Chain Directory members: 295 firms Open projects/open business developments: 15 current projects Our Region is Highly Ranked New North named "#1 Platinum Best Economic Development Agency" by Corporate Report Wisconsin magazine's 'Best of Wisconsin Businesses Awards 2012' – June 2012 Appleton named "Top 10 Great Place to Raise your Kids" by Kiplinger – May 2012 Forbes magazine ranks Appleton (#40), Oshkosh (#70), Sheboygan (#100) and Fond du Lac (#107) as "Best Small Places for Business and Careers" in the nation – July 2011 The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) ranks metro Green Bay as the state leader in job creation over the past year – May 2012 JsOnline.com Our Region is Creating New Jobs 01.10.12 Alta Resources has 100 job openings at its downtown Neenah headquarters, and it anticipates adding another 200 jobs within the next six months. 01.30.12 Sale of two Palmer Johnson yachts insures 150- 200 shipyard jobs will return to Sturgeon Bay. 02.08.12 City of Sheboygan and Sheboygan County EDC announce American Orthodontics is expanding in Sheboygan, retaining over 400 jobs and making a significant investment in the community. 02.20.12 The parent company of Cruisers Yachts and Rampage Sport Fishing Yachts has acquired the assets of Azure sport fishing boats, 4 NEW NORTH, INC. a move expected to add jobs in Oconto. relocate to Peshtigo, bringing 64 jobs. 02.21.12 Precision Iceblast will 02.24.12 Papermaker Appleton bringing 50 jobs to Wisconsin. 03.08.12 Prolamina Neenah hiring exceeds projections. Five years after Kimberly-Clark Corp. announced it would shutter its original diaper plant, good-paying positions are back in part of the massive former K-C plant along N. Green Bay Road. 03.14.12 Sargento Foods announced plans to expand its facility in Hilbert 30,000 square feet at a cost of $12 million, adding 50 jobs. 03.19.12 Marinette Marine gets funding for two more ships. The U.S. Navy said that $715 million has been allocated to build the future USS Little Rock and USS Sioux City. 04.17.12 Winsert Inc. will receive $880,000 in direct tax credits and $19 million in New Market Tax Credits to support creation of 92 jobs and retention of 156 jobs at its plant in Marinette. 05.04.12 Cabela's, a retailer of hunting, fishing, camping and outdoor recreation gear, will anchor the gateway site to the Green Bay Lambeau Development District and create 175 to 200 jobs. 05.15.12 Plexus Corp. will build a $50 million, 410,000-square-foot high- tech manufacturing plant in Neenah that will retain 1,000 jobs and add as many as 350 jobs.