10th ANNIVERSARY July 2002
The premier edition of Lake Winnebago B2B is mailed to nearly 2,200 members of the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce and Fond du Lac Area Association of Commerce. The cover, an aerial photo of downtown Oshkosh, illustrates the inaugural cover story focusing on downtown revitalization projects in both communities.
2002
A timeline through the years October 2002
B2B’s inaugural Best Places to Work Award recognizes 4imprint in Oshkosh and Society Insurance and RB Royal Industries, both of Fond du Lac, as leading employers.
Ten years ago, I certainly couldn’t have predicted how B2B would have evolved in its mission to bring northeast Wisconsin professionals valuable, easy-to-use business intelligence on the issues impacting the business environment in which we all operate. The concept for B2B was hatched in late 2001 with the notion that as the region’s communities continued to increase the commercial and workforce interaction between one another, there existed a greater need to share the economic successes and lessons from our neighbors down Main Street or a few miles up U.S. Highway 41.
Marketplace Magazine had been in existence for 12 years at that point – and along with Northeast Wisconsin Business Review which Bob O’Donnell published from 1988 to 1993 – both had laid the groundwork for the role a regional business media could serve in northeast Wisconsin. And while Marketplace had one framework for a regional business publication already in place, we felt that a more geographically intimate, reader-focused approach to topics tailored specifically for local entrepreneurs and small business owners might better serve the region’s business professionals.
Congratulations to our friends at New North B2B on your first 10 years! We wish you many more years of success. Dr. Susan May President Fox Valley Technical College
Services for Business & Industry
Small Business Success: Best Practices – Thursday, July 12 Connect with other entrepreneurs and learn strategies from various experts. at Fox Valley Technical College
Register at www.fvtc.edu/breakfastseries
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