Fall 2018 Collective Impact (Annual Report)

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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR 2017 - 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERSHIP SERVICES AWARD RECOGNITION GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ACHIEVE BROWN COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAMBER STAFF FROM THE CHAMBER PRESIDENT CHAMBER MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

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LETTER FROM

THE CHAIR

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hat an honor to have served as the chair of the Greater Green Bay Chamber (GGBC) board over the last year, and as an active member since 2013. I have further served as the Advance board chair 2014-2016, and have been an active board member of that Chamber arm since 2009. In that nine-year period, I have seen significant progress made on numerous fronts in our community, and I’m proud I have been a part of it through Chamber leadership positions.

There are three accomplishments/updates in particular I would like to address.

Craig Aderhold Wisconsin Bank & Trust

Second, the GGBC continued work on the extensive strategic planning process that examined every area/line of business of the Chamber last year, culminating in a comprehensive three-year plan. This “global” plan was approved in August 2017. The Greater Green Bay Economic Development Strategic Plan is an offshoot of the Chamber’s strategic plan and is owned by our community. That plan is the third item I would like to visit in some detail.

The Economic Development Strategic Plan for Greater Green Bay rolled out with much fanfare in May 2017. It was the culmination of input provided from hundreds of members of the community. The result was the establishment of seven task forces to drive results related to 11 key initiatives. These initiatives wove together everything the Chamber is about, focusing directly on its mission, “To strengthen member businesses by enhancing economic and workforce development, resulting in improved quality of life in our community and region.”

After visiting with Laurie and Mark Higgins, Johnson Bank, who was the chairman of the board at the time, we determined my focus would be to help navigate the Chamber from the initiation phase of the plan to the next

First, the Chamber was named a finalist (one of three) for the national 2018 Chamber of the Year award. The award is presented by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE), an association of 1,300 chambers across the U.S. and Canada that includes 93 of the top 100 U.S. metro markets. WOW! Congrats to Laurie Radke, president & CEO of the Chamber, and the Chamber team. Qualifying is no easy task, and this year’s competition drew numerous entries. It is quite an accomplishment to earn the finalist title. Well done!

phase, execution. This is a daunting task, as many of us have seen various strategic plans placed on bookshelves to gather dust.

Due to the strong leadership of Laurie and her team, along with the leaders of the seven task forces, the plan is indeed being executed.

Much has already been achieved since May 2017. Several examples include the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) adding a mechanical engineering program (Initiative 4), Foxconn’s entry into downtown Green Bay (Initiative 6) and implementation of a half-percent Brown County sales tax (Initiative 9).

Throughout, the Chamber’s role is to be the “convener of opportunity.” Clearly, the engineering school at UWGB and the half-percent sales tax would not have happened without the vision and tenacity of Chancellor Gary Miller, Ph.D., and Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach. Much remains to be done, and the Chamber will continue in its role as convener as enthusiasm around plan execution remains strong. This is evidenced by the plan update event held in May and attended by hundreds of community members.

Chris Del Moral-Niles, Associated Bank; and Jim Dietsche, Bellin Health. All three took very active roles with the Chamber; Dan as an insightful member of the executive committee, Chris as a past chair of the Chamber and Jim as head of the finance committee and treasurer.

Future Chamber leadership includes Cindy Treleven of Menn Law Firm as 2018-2019 chair, and Steve Baue, ERC Counselors and Consultants, as 2019-2020 chair-elect, and Jim Michels, Schenck, as treasurer. Our Chamber is in great hands to continue the course that has been set.

Cindy, I wish you well as you begin your new role at the Chamber. There never has been a more exciting time to be involved in enhancing economic and workforce development in our community.To the Chamber board, Laurie and the entire Chamber team, thank you for the opportunity to serve.

In service,

Thanks goes out to Mark Higgins, immediate past chair, who provided chair mentorship to me throughout my term. Further, thank you to outgoing board members Dan Fabry, Cellcom;

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Craig Aderhold Wisconsin Bank & Trust

Steve Baue ERC

Hollie Conard Georgia-Pacific

Louise Cornelius Oneida Tribe of Indians of WI

James Dietsche Bellin Health

Cole Buergi Leonard and Finco Public Relations Inc.

Mark Graul Arena Strategy Group

Mark Higgins Johnson Bank

Mark Kaiser Lindquist Machine Corporation

Mike Kirschling Prevea

Mark Matzke Humana

Jim Michels Schenck

Gary Miller University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Rich Otradovec RODAC Development& Construction LLC

Aaron Popkey Green Bay Packers

Pat Schillinger Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

Troy Streckenbach Brown County

Brad Toll Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau

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Membership

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Membership by the

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These businesses employ more than

Big or small,

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The Chamber has made a concerted effort to ramp up its offerings including those that tend to have the most value for small businesses. This past year, membership and marketing highlighted two online resources.

Small Business Resources

1,200

86,000

Chamber member businesses

employees

of those businesses are “small,” employing 50 or fewer employees

We have high retention of our member businesses

of businesses remain members year to year

of our dues revenue was retained year to year

The small business resources page at www.greatergbc.org provides resources to help businesses grow – be it through state or national programs or even those offered by our members — and serves as a one-stop shop to find links to resources. We’re continuing to build on the content.

Member Deals The member deals page is a page for members, by members, offering member-only deals, and it continues to grow in its offerings. Check it out at www.greatergbc.org/memberdeals.

Got a deal idea? Fill out the member deal form on that page.

411 on ROI Every quarter, we host a Membership ROI/Member orientation. But it’s not just for newbies! It’s a great opportunity to refresh yourself on the benefits of membership which include, but aren’t limited to: • Connections/networking • Savings on common business products and services • Promoting your business • Earning recognition for your business • Having your voice heard/advocacy • Building your business • Opportunity to make a difference through Chamber committees, councils, etc.

Feel like you’re ready for a refresher? Call Renae Schlies, vice president of membership and retention, at (920) 593-3418 for a one-on-one conversation.

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Our super-sized scissors participated in 50 ribbon-cuttings or groundbreakings

Ambassadors Club 2017-2018 PERCENT OF CHAMBER BUSINESSES EMPLOYING: NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 1-5 employees (39%) 6-20 employees (28%) 21-50 employees (13%) 51-100 employees (7%) 101+ employees (13%)

Joleen Allard, Green Bay Area Newcomers & Neighbors Janelle Binsfeld, Thrivent Financial

Jonie R. Panick, Northwoods Family Physical Medicine

Mary DeChamps, U.S. Bank

James Peth, Neville Public Museum

Mark Dunning, LaJava Roasting House

Diane Root, Range Bank

Michele M. Germain, Allcox & Associates S.C. Tori Grant Welhouse, Spectrum Reach

Becki Starry, Starry Realty LLC

Tony Hoslet, Hoslet Consulting

Scott Stephens, GPS Education Partners (GPS)

Stew Koskinen, The Benefit Companies of Green Bay Inc. Ila Lardinois, Home Instead Senior Care

Construction/contractors (2%) Distribution (2%) Technology (2%) Government (2%) Employment services/ staffing (2%) Law/legal services (1%) Other (entertainment, transportation, clubs, organizations, convenience marts, various service industries) (29%)

Pamela Seidl, BayCare Clinic

Nancy Steffel, Seroogy’s Chocolates

Jim Knopf, SERVPRO of East & West Brown County

Hospitality (12%) Nonprofit (7%) Medical (6%) Manufacturing (6%) Retail (6%) Advertising/marketing/ broadcasting (5%) Finance/banking (5%) Real estate/housing (4%) Insurance (3%) Education (3%) Architects/ engineers (3%)

Lynn A. Schad, Wisconsin Public Service Corp.

Terry Hetzel, Oneida Nation

Kasha Huntowski, Neville Public Museum Foundation

PERCENT OF CHAMBER BUSINESSES IN SELECT INDUSTRIES

Patrick Olejniczak, Kress Inn

Charles Svihlik, Forsite Benefits LLC Daniel Terrien, Woodward Radio Group — 105.7 WAPL, 95.9 Kiss FM, Razor 94.7, KZ 104.3 Justin Trepes, Spectrum Insurance Group Wendy Willems, LIFE Leadership

Jessica Marceau, Bellevue Retirement Community

Mae Worley, Badger Window Cleaning LLC

Susan L. May, Heartland Business Systems

Dennis Young, AnnieMac Home Mortgage

Susan Nowak, N.E. Wisconsin Job Center

Lynn Zettel, Relyco Inc.

The Chamber is a volunteer-driven, member organization. As such, we couldn’t have the reach or impact we have on our members without our ambassadors! These Chamber member employees are our feet-on-the-ground, event-attending, connection-making, member-visiting, Chamber-promoting entourage.We value all their contributions. (And you can easily identify them at any Chamber event by their green coats!)

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Events Recap

Chamber members report that, more than ever, face-to-face interaction and engagement is integral to building their businesses. We continue to do just that, offering opportunities for professional development, events that teach various ways to enhance your business, recognition of individuals and member businesses, celebrating business development and just plain having fun.

1,043 attendees turned out for the Business Recognition Luncheon, celebrating 36 nominees in five award categories

310 people joined us for the Manufacturing Awards of Distinction event, celebrating nine nominees

1,043 people attended the Welcome Back Packers Luncheon

Our nine Business After Hours events – hosted at member businesses – drew

Almost 550 people turned out for the Current Young Professionals Future 15 event

563

attendees

More than 500 people enjoyed the 25th annual Golden Apple Awards celebration

410 members members attended the 2017 annual dinner

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Fore! We sold out our annual golf outing with 156 golfers

766 attendees made the most of the monthly Power Networking Breakfasts

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Recognition As the convener for business, it’s logical that the Chamber also honor businesses whose practices, growth, expansion, sustainability and other activities made them award-worthy. In addition, we celebrate the accomplishments of many individuals who have made significant contributions to our business community, and ultimately, quality of life in the Greater Green Bay community.

Manufacturing Awards of Distinction

Large Company Award: Green Bay Packaging Medium Company Award: De Pere Cabinet Small Company Award: Pro Products Inc. Workforce Development Award: Robinson Metal Inc.

Annual Dinner Awards

Daniel Whitney Award: Darin Schumacher ATHENA Award: Chris Woleske

Business Recognition Awards

Business Person of the Year: Bridget O’Connor Special Accomplishment: Port of Green Bay Growth: Paper Transport Inc. Cornerstone: Festival Foods Entrepreneurial: American Tent & Sidewall

Future 15 Awards

Miranda J. Bonde, Laura Mossakowski, LCC Katie Guth, Kerber Rose S.C. Jennifer Jones, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Mai J. Lo Lee, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Laura Rowell, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Ben Braun, Associated Bank Lydia Harrer, Capital Credit Union Tony Steffek, Davis & Kuelthau, S.C. Joe Vanden Avond, Ryan Funeral Home Alexia Wood, St. John’s Homeless Shelter and The Micah Center

Sarah Beckman, Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity Emily Jacobson, Green Bay Doulas André Jacque, Wisconsin State Assembly Vanya Koepke, Schneider Josh Mosher, WLUK FOX 11

April White, Suamico Elementary School Edison Middle School: Sixth Grade Mathematics Team — Jared Barker, Andrea Huggett, Debbie Joski, Eduardo Pineda, Holly Snyder Kewaunee School District: K-8 Special Education Team — Dave Chaudoir, Katie Krohn, Sandy Morton, Jason Rohr, Nick Rusboldt, Carrie Siebold

Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Brandon Rohde, LiveTime LLC

Next Generation Best Place to Work Award Schneider

Young Professional of the Year Award

Sarah Beckman, Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity

Leo Frigo Leadership Award Jodi Arndt Labs

John M. and Meredith B. Rose Business Award Schenck

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Government

affairs

The Chamber’s government affairs is continuously adapting to the changing needs of member businesses. Our priorities include providing the best possible business environment for the production, consumption and movements of goods and services in and out of our region. Here’s how we strived to do that this past fiscal year:

The Southern Bridge Corridor is gaining traction as the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has reviewed and approved essential documents such as the traffic analysis.These documents are now in the hands of the Federal Highway Administration for their review and approval. WisDOT has indicated that the only route to meet all of the state and federal requirements is to connect Rockland Road with Red Maple Road and include an interchange onto Interstate 41 approximately one mile south of the Scheuring Road exit, near the Foth building.

The design of the bridge corridor will begin in 2019 and, depending on funding, the project could be completed as early as 2026. A strong and loud voice from community and business leaders in this area is needed to accomplish this project.

Connecting the industrial parks in southern Brown County (in De Pere, Ashwaubenon, Hobart, Ledgeview, Lawrence, Bellevue) is vital for the efficient and safe transport of raw materials and finished goods. In addition, having a southern bridge will provide a safe route for drivers by removing a significant volume of truck traffic from downtown De Pere and the Scheuring Road interchange.

The Green Bay Correctional Institution will cost $1 million per month to operate and more than $200 million to bring the facility up to code. More assaults against staff and prisoners occur at GBCI than any other prison in Wisconsin’s correctional system due to the layout of the facility being extremely difficult for staff to monitor.This legislation will be re-introduced next session.

The Village of Allouez would like to redevelop and repurpose the current site of GBCI for the attraction of talent to the area. Preliminary estimates found that the 64 acres that make up GBCI could have a total economic output of $138 million and create more than 1,400 jobs.

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Representative David Steffen introduced AB 292 to decommission the 120-year-old Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI).

As a result of this legislation, thousands of Wisconsin companies will become part of a large supply chain to provide goods and services to Foxconn.

We traveled to Washington, D.C., to seek the support of the members from Wisconsin’s federal delegation to fix the cap on medical residency programs for area hospitals.

The top concern we hear from members is finding workers to fill the positions of retiring baby boomers.This talent attraction campaign is targeting veterans, alumni of Wisconsin post-secondary educational institutions and millennials.

We supported the Chamber’s Partners in Education board in their quest for equity in the funding of public K-12 education, resulting in AB 835 being introduced by Representative John Nygren.This legislation passed with bipartisan support resulting in several of the school districts within our Partners in Education Coalition being able to better meet the needs of area employers.

The Chamber supported legislation that attracted Foxconn to Wisconsin. In addition to working with local companies, Foxconn is purchasing the WaterMark building in downtown Green Bay to house an innovation center, employing 200 people. The Foxconn legislation passed with bipartisan support.

Solving this problem will help to retain the medical students from the Medical College of WisconsinGreen Bay in our community. It is an attraction/ retention issue, and contributes significantly to the health-care provider shortage we’re experiencing in the area.

The Chamber strongly lobbied for the passage of AB 811, which would provide funds for a statewide marketing campaign to attract and retain young professionals in Wisconsin. AB 811 passed with bipartisan support.

We advised Current’s Young Professional Advisory Council (YPAC) to meet with and discuss issues of importance for attracting and retaining young talent with Mayor James Schmitt and County Executive Troy Streckenbach. YPAC has successfully supported the new LED lights on two of the bridges in downtown Green Bay. They also engaged 80 young professionals to teach them “How to Create Change in Their Own Backyard” during a lunch and learn event.YPAC has also engaged hundreds of community members in support of urban projects through the Greater Green Bay S.O.U.P. event, awarding more than $2,000 to two deserving local projects.

The YPAC is another means of engaging, attracting and retaining young professionals in the community, giving them a forum to shed light on young professional needs and concerns in the community. Attraction and retention of young professionals is essential as we face a growing workforce shortage.

Supporting equitable funding for school districts is vital for the development of the future workforce.

All students must have access to a modern education and life skills so they can become career-, college- and community-ready. The ZIP code a student lives in should not dictate the type of education our future workforce receives.

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Graduation task force The work of the graduation task force is to design a system to ensure that 100 percent of students in Brown County in grades 6-12 have the support needed to graduate high school. While the current focus is specific to mentoring, future work will include additional support targeted at helping all students reach high school graduation.

Academic career planning Academic Career Planning (ACP) programs are meant to align students’ interests with careers and to supply them with the opportunities necessary for attaining their goals. Through ACP, students can gain technical, academic and soft skills that are meant to carry them into future careers.

AmeriCorps VISTAs This year, Achieve Brown County welcomed 6 AmeriCorps VISTAs (Volunteers in Service to America) to its staff. The program increased capacity and enhanced Achieve Brown County’s ability to serve the community. Each of the VISTAs gained professional skills and worked alongside community partners.

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Workforce

development

Serving as true educational partners

Partners in

Education

VISION:

Educational organizations and businesses aligned with a common aim of ensuring Greater Green Bay area learners attain the knowledge, skills and values for achievement of personal and community prosperity and a high-quality life.

MISSION:

Golden Apples, by the numbers:

To be the lead organization for identifying, developing and supporting education and business partnerships within Greater Green Bay to help all learners prepare for productive community life and strengthen the economic vitality of the region.

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While there is an event celebrating teachers in April, the Golden Apple Awards kick off the prior September of each year by thanking the more than 5,000 Department of Public Instruction certified classroom teachers in 134 schools in the Greater Green Bay area.

This past year, we received a record number of nominations:

1,695!

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Golden Apple Awards The silver anniversary of a golden event Fiscal year 2017-2018 marked a silver anniversary for a golden event – the Golden Apple Awards celebrated its 25th year of honoring teachers. Partners in Education celebrated by going back to the program’s roots, honoring Don Long, founder of Imperial in Green Bay, who was largely responsible for starting the event in the area. Long came upon another similar program during his winter time in Florida and was so inspired

that when he returned to Green Bay, he started laying the groundwork for replicating the event here that brings together area businesses, the community, teachers, parents and students to celebrate quality education.

Long, and Partners in Education, succeeded in 1993.Today, the event is one of only three other similar recognition events in the country, and with the help of WLUK FOX 11, it’s televised locally.

Key initiatives: Parental engagment and K-12 funding equity The success of any business is intricately tied to its workforce. Having the right people in the right positions has always been important; however, recently, that has been difficult to achieve. Finding people with the needed skills and experience has increasingly become a challenge.We are at a unique time in history for workforce. Our state is experiencing record low unemployment and low birth rates. Making matters even more difficult for employers is the high volume of workers retiring. If we don’t take action to face the workforce shortage, Wisconsin’s economy will be left behind.

The Partners in Education board is taking on these challenges through its efforts relating to equitable funding of K-12 public education and parental engagement.

Through honest and open conversations, all business members of the board came to realize the sustainability of their business resides within the K-12 system, and educators on the board recognized businesses were their customers.

REALITY:

The way we fund schools in the state of Wisconsin makes achieving career readiness a challenge. Hence, the need to communicate and take action to address equitable funding of education.

GOAL:

We seek equity within the K-12 public education funding system so that every student graduates with a modern education helping our businesses compete globally and competitively.

Every student is needed and needs to be college-, career- and community-ready.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

We were the only business group asked to testify to the Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding.

We created and promoted two videos to help make the public school funding formula understandable – and relevant – to everyday citizens.

REALITY:

To be truly successful, students need both a modern education and life skills (i.e., communication, teamwork, accountability, emotional intelligence, problem-solving, critical-thinking skills).

Parental involvement is crucial for the required development for both sets of skills.

GOAL:

To educate parents and involve them, often through their employers, on resources available to engage their children in exploring interests, recognizing their strengths and helping to plan their children’s future career paths.

HOW WE’VE GONE ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR:

Sign on to the Declaration of Interdependence to show your support. www.greatergbc.org/PartnersinEducation

The “Parents, We Need You” campaign provides resources connecting parents, students and teachers with businesses.

By working with businesses, we are disseminating this information to parents at their worksites during their lunch breaks and raising awareness

of resources through public service announcements.

Through these efforts, parents learn how to engage their children in exploring interests, recognizing their strengths and assisting children with career planning. Check it out at ParentsWeNeedYou.org

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WHERE DOES THE COMMUNITY’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN FIT IN? The workforce development team has participated in the task force related to initiatives four and five of the Greater Green Bay Economic Development Strategic Plan, often referred to as the TalentED task force.

• Expanding the size/scope of regional higher education assets; this includes supporting:

This past year, that task force – with representation

by Sue Zillow, vice president of workforce and leadership development and support from Partners in Education, has worked on the following:

• The efforts of the new School of Engineering for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) including the bachelor of science in mechanical engineering degree; • The STEM Innovation Center on the UWGB campus that will break ground this fall.

• Attract, retain & develop talent • The Chamber’s Your Future Greater Green Bay and Youth Apprenticeship, both of which work to this end, are growing.

• We are currently collecting a slate of activities and programs that work toward this goal.

Leadership development Our leadership development runs the full continuum, from high school students to professionals in the workplace.

GREATER GREEN BAY TEEN LEADERSHIP * Graduated 39 high school sophomores from 10 area schools from the program this past year, all of whom participated in small group projects.

These projects included hosting an ecosystem awareness day at a local area high school, a student outlook planning guide for career goals, a website dedicated to raising awareness on mental health and disabilities (MIDA https://bctlclass2018.wixsite.com/mida ), an arts showcase event taking place this fall, and a partnership with local area schools to raise awareness on the presence of human trafficking.

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our community-based, experiential learning program, by the numbers for 2018:

42 graduates Celebrated six significant community projects coordinated by this year’s graduates

Welcomed nearly 100 speakers to the program’s nine monthly session days

Several of this year’s class graduates serve on the Leadership Green Bay curriculum, marketing and steering committees

All told, the Leadership Green Bay program represents:

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More than 160 completed community projects

of volunteer time invested by program participants, benefiting the Greater Green Bay community

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Youth Apprenticeship Stats you should know from the 2017-2018 school year:

111

participating businesses

85 percent of YA students have been offered full-time employment or are working full-time

129 student placements; this is a 330 percent increase since 2014.

194 students have applied to the program for the 2018-2019 school year

More than

290

businesses have participated in the past five years

Not surprisingly, IT and STEM student application interest has doubled from the 2016-2017 to 2017-2018 school year

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YOUR FUTURE GREATER GREEN BAY More than 150 businesses participate in Your Future Greater Green Bay; join them in establishing a profile on the platform at www.greatergbc.org/YourFuture. The site offers tools for marketing your business and career opportunities to students and parents. Parents can access this by going to www.YourFutureGreaterGreenBay.com.

FIND YOUR INSPIRATION (FYI) CAREER EXPLORATION EVENT Find Your Inspiration is a career exploration experience for nearly 4,000 eighth grade students from across Greater Green Bay developed by the Greater Green Bay Chamber Partners in Education in response to employers’ need for future talent and assisting schools with academic and career

planning. Find Your Inspiration allows students to explore countless career paths, whether they want to work right after graduation, attend a technical college, go into the military, participate in an apprenticeship program, or move on to a four-year degree program or beyond.

FYI by the

numbers

Took place Oct. 10, 2017

Welcomed nearly 4,000 students and teachers from 18 area school districts

Featured nearly 80 exhibit spaces with businesses representing the 16 career clusters and assisting students with academic and career planning The FYI app sustained more than 30,000 individual sessions during pre-lesson plans, the event and post-lesson plans 20

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More than What did eighth grade students attending the event post on the app’s activity stream this past year?

“Yesterday I went home and told my dad I wanted to get a job with tech!”

– West De Pere Middle School student

“I really wish we had more time at this field trip.”

– West De Pere Middle School student

of students found or confirmed a career interest within an organization exhibiting or sponsoring the event

The top three career clusters with students:

Health science – more than 14 percent

“I got to learn so much today!”

– Bay View Middle School student

Hospitality – more than 9.5 percent

STEM – more than 12 percent

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY Each year, Partners in Education plays a role in vetting out the recipient of the Brian LaViolette Scholarship, a $10,000 scholarship presented to a student who has shown exemplary achievement throughout his or her high school career.

The recipient is a student who has a thirst for knowledge, the ability to be a team player, and the desire to be a future leader … aspects of life that were

important to Brian LaViolette, for whom the scholarship is named, while he was growing up and attending school in De Pere. The 2018 recipient of the scholarship was Bailey Conradt, Ashwaubenon High School, who will attend the University of Wisconsin – Madison to pursue a degree in engineering, political science and/or music.

Current Young Professionals The mission of Current Young Professionals network is more vital to our area today than ever before.We work to attract, engage, develop and retain young talent in Greater Green Bay. The attraction and retention of young professionals is vital to the growth and sustainability of our region. Quality of place — more than a mere job or the cost of living — is what initially interests or draws in young talent. Current continues to engage young professionals in our community through meaningful professional development sessions, fun social outings, network building opportunities, and community engagement.

COMMUNITY IMPACT:

• This year, Current focused on empowering its members through a series of thought-provoking lunch n’ learns on important topics such as creating change in your community and bystander intervention. Current is the avenue for young professionals to impact the culture of their community and their employer.

• Current’s Young Professional Advisory Council (YPAC) has seen their hard work pay off with the bridge lighting ceremony for the new LED lights on two downtown bridges.YPAC also raised more than $2,000 for two community projects through Greater Green Bay S.O.U.P.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

The 11th annual Leaders Luncheon placed young professionals at tables with seasoned leaders for another year, drawing more than 160 attendees, and featured a moving presentation from Brown County United Way CEO Robyn Davis.

OTHER

Current hosted EIGHT events during YPWeek that promoted leadership, community partnership and issues of passion for young professionals. Among numerous other activities, YPWeek participants learned how to survive in the wild, solved a Wild Westthemed murder mystery through networking and worked in teams to compete in a catapultbuilding competition.

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550 people celebrated the accomplishments of 15 young professionals, several young entrepreneurs and the businesses nominated for the Next Generation Best Place to Work award at the 2018 Future 15 Awards. (See page 11 for recipients.)

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Jennifer Hill-Kelley, Oneida Nation

Brian Hanes, board co-chair, Ashwaubenon School District

Mark Kaiser, Lindquist Machine Corporation

Laurie Asher, Seymour Community School District Tim Beno, Hometown Bank Ron Bernard, Community advocate

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Glenn Schlender, Luxemburg-Casco School District Kevin Shaw, Notre Dame de la Baie Academy Jill Sobieck, Brown County United Way Tony Steffek, Davis & Kuelthau S.C. Karen Treml, Kewaunee School District

Connie Boerst, Bellin College

Damian LaCroix, Howard-Suamico School District

Eric Vanden Heuvel, Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay

Carla Buboltz, Wrightstown Community School District

Michelle Langenfeld, Green Bay Area Public School District

Ben Villarruel, De Pere School District

Greg Davis, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Karmen Lemke, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

Jeff Dickert, CESA-7

Gary Miller, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Kyle Werych, Cultivate Advisors

Dave Pisani, Camera Corner Connecting Point

John Zegers, West De Pere School District

Ann Franz, NEW Manufacturing Alliance Adam Hardy, Achieve Brown County Tom Hedge, Foth Katie Hess, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Northeastern Wisconsin

Jeff Rafn, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Sue Vincent, Encompass Early Childhood Mike Vogel, Nicolet National Bank

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DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVENESS The Chamber is amplifying the CEO Action Pledge for diversity in a way one company alone cannot. It’s a great statement for our community that we are putting our aspirations out there with humility.

HIGHER EDUCATION ASSETS The task force was instrumental to getting the [University of WisconsinGreen Bay] School of Engineering across the goal line, and is raising how we think about higher education in Northeast Wisconsin.

- Mike Haddad, president, Schreiber Foods

– Chancellor Gary Miller, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

ACCELERATE DOWNTOWN AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT The world we’re competing in is a global economy, and the groups that want our young professionals offer strong urban settings. Evolving our downtown and urban areas isn’t about extra amenities; they’re expectations of the next generation of workforce. That’s why this initiative is so important to our area’s viability.

ENHANCE TRANSPORTATION ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY We’re pulling people from diverse groups in the community – the port, trucking, air travel, etc. – to work on something that’s specific to our industry and, in doing so, can get total buy-in.Transportation matters.

It may not touch everyone in their industry or job, but it definitely touches every one of us on a personal side.

– Paul Belschner, president/CEO, Base Companies

– Jeff Shefchik, president, Paper Transport Inc.

COMMUNITY-OWNED, COUNTYWIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN MAKES HEADWAY Greater Green Bay Economic Development Strategic Plan Progress In May 2017, the community finalized the Greater Green Bay Economic Development Strategic Plan and rolled it out to hundreds of community leaders and stakeholders.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE (REPRESENTING INITIATIVES 1, 2 AND 3)

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Since then, six of the seven task forces tackling the 11 strategic plan initiatives have entered “building mode,” assembling the right people for each task force, naming co-chairs committed to each task force, establishing action steps and

• We are strengthening our partnerships with the NEW Manufacturing Alliance, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and New North, as well as looking at new opportunities for collaboration, particularly with area manufacturers.

strategies and updating the matrices to measure each initiative’s progress.

Here are just a few of this past year’s accomplishments:

• We are targeting the Chamber’s business expansion and retention (BEAR) strategy (largely performed by Josh Bernhardt, BEAR specialist with Advance) to grow it and add more value.The task force finessed his survey questions for use with onsite visits, gauging area employers’ challenges and opportunities.

TALENT AND EDUCATION TASK FORCE (REPRESENTING INITIATIVES 4 AND 5)

PROGRESS INCLUDES:

DOWNTOWN GREEN BAY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE (REPRESENTING INITIATIVE 6)

PROGRESS INCLUDES:

ALIGNMENT (WITH THE GREEN BAY PACKERS) AND CONFERENCES TASK FORCE (REPRESENTING INITIATIVES 8 AND 9)

PROGRESS INCLUDES:

This task force has made great progress with developments in the Titletown District including establishing a partnership with Microsoft for the higher education community with the TitletownTech development.

• The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay obtained approval and funding to establish both: • an engineering school as part of its offerings as well as • a STEM Center that includes $5 million of funding from the state, thanks to sharing this plan with Gov. Walker.

• Initial development of a talent attraction website to highlight the quality of life in the Greater Green Bay area.

• The group vetted out cities with strong downtown development, including Indianapolis, to schedule our familiarization (FAM) visit; • The task force established the need for a subcommittee focused on the role of arts and culture in a strong downtown to develop an asset map of the arts and culture we have in our community and identified two individuals to lead that subcommittee.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVENESS TASK FORCE (REPRESENTING INITIATIVE 10)

PROGRESS INCLUDES:

ENHANCE TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY TASK FORCE (REPRESENTING INITIATIVE 11)

PROGRESS INCLUDES:

This task force has created and introduced a CEO Action Pledge for diversity & inclusiveness, which mirrors one used nationally, by promoting fair and equitable treatment. They will host an informational breakfast in November to introduce the pledge, explain why its’s important and share resources on how companies can embrace more diversity and inclusion in their workplaces.

The committee has enhanced its membership including representation from Schneider and welcoming Marty Piette, the new airport director. They’ve also addressed both airport history and challenges as well as Southern Bridge need and status and will soon do the same with the Port of Green Bay. They are supporting the work being done by the Southern Bridge Coalition is doing on behalf of the Southern Bridge.

Collectively, the task forces will work to clarify and update the performance matrix and to find ways to “activate” the matrix as a communication tool for the community and stakeholders.

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BEAR ADVANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREATER GREEN BAY CHAMBER INCLUDES SEVERAL OFFERINGS:

• Stewards of the Greater Green Bay Economic Development Strategic Plan (see information immediately preceding this section) • Business expansion and retention (BEAR) visits and follow-up to help businesses resolve issues impending their growth, expansion or viability

Greater Green Bay Economic Development Strategic Plan Progress

WHAT IS BEAR?

• Growth/expansion of existing firms (BEAR) • Creation of new firms (entrepreneurial development) • Attraction of external firms to the market area (business recruitment) BEAR is a proactive economic development program designed to foster a vibrant economy by focusing on existing businesses throughout Brown County. This past year, BEAR conducted more than 160 face-to-face business visits, obtaining valuable insights on the overall business climate. BEAR personnel listen to

DID YOU KNOW? Approximately 80% of job growth in a community comes from EXISTING businesses?

• The Advance incubator inside the Advance Business & Manufacturing Center • Other resources and information to help entrepreneurial and existing businesses

business leaders, understand their challenges and respond by bringing business strengthening resources together.

BEAR operates from a mind-set of continuous improvement, looking for ways to add value to the business community and solution providers.

Example: In conjunction with local municipal leaders, we are proactively gathering insights on supply chain opportunities and the use of the Green Bay Austin-Straubel International Airport. The goal: Connect businesses to supply chain opportunities and provide insight to expand air travel options.

This past year, more than 40 percent of businesses visited were referred to business strengthening resources or identified as a future opportunity.

The BEAR program helped us be proactive in improving our business climate by staying ahead of potential problems and listening to our existing businesses for opportunities to assist their growth.The BEAR program makes sure we do not take for granted the businesses already here making our communities strong.

- Paul Evert, administrator,Village of Howard

BEAR

findings

More than 90 PERCENT of companies indicated their employment trend is stable or increasing.

1 IN 3 businesses say expansion plans could happen in the next 2 years.

More than 90 PERCENT of companies visited rated the local business climate as “good” or “excellent”.

The biggest challenge voiced by companies:

WORKFORCE AVAILABILITY. More than half of businesses visited rate workforce availability as “fair” or “poor.”

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BEAR

solutions

BEAR was able to connect local businesses to solution providers to help: • Assist in finding a new building or space • Navigate local municipalities • Network and be engaged in community activities • Further workforce development • Provide information on tax incentives and workforce training grants • Advise on supply chain opportunities

ADVANCE BUSINESS & MANUFACTURING CENTER INCUBATOR EXISTING CLIENTS’ ECONOMIC IMPACT THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR

JOBS CREATED

TOTAL PAYROLL

REVENUES

41.5

$1.57 million

$4.96 million

EST. SPENDING

EST. SALES TAX

$2.54 million

$139,882

EST. HOME PROPERTY TAX

$62,250

ADVANCE BUSINESS & MANUFACTURING CENTER INCUBATOR EXISTING ALUMNI’S ECONOMIC IMPACT THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR These are the businesses that graduated from the incubator and are successfully operating their businesses in the community

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL PAYROLL

REVENUES

EST. SPENDING

1,012

$48.5 million

$205 million

$78.6 MILLION

TOTAL GRADUATE IMPACT

EST. SALES TAX

EST. HOME PROPERTY TAX

EST. BUSINESS PROPERTY TAX

$4.3 million

$1.5 million

$299,794

COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF CURRENT INCUBATOR TENANT BUSINESSES AND ALUMNI:

$84.7 million

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2017-2018 Advance board of directors Craig Aderhold, Wisconsin Bank & Trust

Paul Belschner, Base Companies LLC Sarah Burdette, Town of Ledgeview Randy Charles, Alive and Kickin’ Pizza Crust

Travis Coenen, Village of Wrightstown

Larry Delo, City of De Pere

Paul Evert, Village of Howard Timothy Feldhausen, Davis & Kuelthau S.C. Eric Goerke, Alliance Management LLC

Robyn Gruner, AT&T Dean Haen, Brown County Port & Resource Recovery

Doug Hensler, University of WisconsinGreen Bay

Pat Hopkins

Eileen Jahnke, St. Norbert College

Brad Lange, Village of Allouez Christine Loose, Lodge Kohler

James Mangold, Wells Fargo Bob Mathews, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Scott McMeans, Aurora BayCare Medical Center

Dan Miller, Wipfli LLP

Stephen Pasowicz, Johnson Bank Aaron Popkey, Green Bay Packers Inc.

Cheryl Reed, Jacobs

Chris Roble, Schenck S.C.

John Roth, Town of Scott

Mayor James Schmitt, City of Green Bay Mark Schwei, Consolidated Construction Company Inc.

Lennie Shefchik, Paper Transport Inc. Tom Sigmund, NEW Water

Mary Kardoskee, Village of Ashwaubenon

Carol Karls, Wisconsin Public Service Corp.

Nathan King, Oneida Nation

Greg Sofra, Baker Tilly

County Executive Troy Streckenbach, Brown County Government

Aaron Kramer, Village of Hobart

Steve Kubacki, Village of Suamico

Patrick Wetzel, Town of Lawrence

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Diane Wessel, Village of Bellevue

Reed Woodward, Village of Pulaski

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The incubator brings together like-minded individuals who seek to launch and grow thriving businesses. In 2017-2018 we welcomed nine new businesses: • Elevation Studios • DreamMaps • Thunder Custom Products • Mobile Modular • The Privilege Institute

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Advance Business & Manufacturing Center incubator clients on the move and growing In January 2017, This past year, one business transitioned from virtual status to a full-time office:

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FoamFit Tools Another incubator business, FoamFit Tools, graduated and is now operating in the Ashwaubenon Business Park. FoamFit Tools’ customers include large aerospace companies, NASA and the U.S.

military, several automakers and thousands of smaller companies. It also works with individual customers who need an efficient way to keep their tools organized. Its foam tool organizers allow anyone to easily get and put tools back and reduces time looking for specific tools.

When FoamFit Tools entered the incubator in December 2014, its one-man operation required 1,000 square feet. Upon graduation, it was renting 1,625 square feet and had hired two employees. It graduated into a 5,000-square-foot building and immediately hired another full-time employee.

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COOKING ADVANCE BUSINESS & MANUFACTURING CENTER INCUBATOR SUCCESS STORIES Cherney Microbiological Services Cherney Microbiological Services Ltd. is an ISO 17025 and ISO 17043 accredited food testing laboratory and proficiency program provider. It provides partnerships for companies by mitigating risk through proactive testing approaches, continual improvement and a daily focus on quality. It began as one of the incubator’s first clients. The incubator provided the space along with help developing a business plan and financing the company needed. Cherney Microbiological Services has experienced significant growth since graduating from the incubator to include a 15,000-square-foot expansion and opening a second location in Clovis, N.M.

Full Scope Creative Full Scope Creative, which provides small businesses with website design, graphic design and web hosting, moved into the incubator after being home-based for a few years. Its owner was very impressed by the building and its amenities. “One of the highlights for me being a client of the incubator is that my business is surrounded by so many valuable contacts and resources to keep my company growing,” said Chris Robinson, owner. “Having the SBDC counselors in the building has meant I can receive guidance or advice for issues as they come up.” The company now has several team members who are helping move it along into a larger, more successful business.

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FROM THE CHAMBER PRESIDENT CHAMBER MISSION: To strengthen member businesses by enhancing economic and workforce development, resulting in improved quality of life in our community and region.

CHAMBER VISION: The Greater Green Bay Chamber will be acclaimed as a leader in building prosperous businesses and a thriving community.

This past year was a productive one, one in which we built on our Chamber-wide strategic plan that is rooted in four key areas of focus:

Member success membership

Now, a year after the plan’s establishment, we are moving forward, creating strategies and key performance indicators for each area. We are also embracing and living the plan in terms of the programs and services we offer our membership. Each of these four pillars of the Chamber will continue to assess and reassess what it does to provide the value our members seek. This mind-set of continuous improvement is present in all four Chamber pillars.

Member success this coming year means even further developing our focus and offerings that benefit all size member businesses. For some businesses, that may entail taking advantage of opportunities to serve on the volunteer-driven boards and committees instrumental to guiding the Chamber. For others, value may relate to online resources, timely business presentations and savings options exclusive to Chamber members. In all cases, we

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will continue to look at our deliverables and ask,“Do they provide value to the entire spectrum of our members be it new or longstanding, large or small?” To ensure we are attuned to your needs, we will conduct a membership survey early in 2019 to learn how you use your membership.

Sustainable economic impact in 2019 has everything to do with leading the community’s economic development plan as well as finalizing the implementation of a matrix that drills down to strategies and tactics for those strategies.

Last year’s annual report gave a lot of attention and placed a lot of credence on the then newly unveiled Greater Green Bay Economic Development Strategic Plan. This year’s recap also includes a significant amount of real estate focused on this community-owned, countywide plan. And – no surprise – as I write this focus on looking forward

to our 2018-2019 fiscal year, a large amount of our focus and purposeful effort continues to keep both a steely-eyed gaze and very purposeful work on making elements of the 11 initiatives a reality.

We know that only that which is measured is done. This matrix and the associated measurements will help to hold us accountable as the seven task forces managing the 11 strategic initiatives prioritize strategies, create and take action steps, prioritize time frames and choose metrics to measure outcomes.As a team, we’ll be determining the answers to, “How do we know we’ve realized success?”

There’s an important element of accountability as the task forces report out to stakeholders as well as something we’ve only begun to do: communicate the existence, relevance, importance and headway we’re making related to the plan to the entire community. One of our task force chairs, Chancellor Gary Miller of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, said that for all the communities he’s lived in during his career, he has never seen an economic plan that a) has included quality of life and education so intrinsically and b) is so clear, vibrant and meaningful that we can rally the community around.

So far, we’ve succeeded in rallying many several hundred people around it, But in this coming year, we seek the opportunities to further showcase it to the masses. We will do so not only to tap into the volunteers we need for their time, talent and treasure but as as supporters of the initiatives. It’s hard for people to support something they do not understand, and we are looking to do more communication in 2019 so that we can share the plan we are so proud of. A great example of this will be the introduction of the Diversity & Inclusion task force’s showcasing of the CEO Action Pledge. It aims to engage more businesses in understanding and embracement of a diversity and inclusion policy as part of more businesses’ culture. Stay tuned on that; we anticipate holding a breakfast to that end in November and sharing information that will benefit companies of ALL sizes.

Voice of business through government affairs. We recently finalized our legislative agenda based on feedback from employers regarding what policy matters to them; what policy is crucial for the growth and prosperity of our companies. The legislative

agenda we’re on the cusp of introducing is a direct reflection of what our member businesses are telling us. In addition, we’ll continue to promote civic engagement as we know we need to help more people turn their interest into action and become engaged parties to creating solutions, be it through our Young Professional Advisory Council (YPAC), Business Day in Madison or the Washington, D.C. Fly-In. Workforce development. If there’s one word that summarizes where we’re focusing our attentions related to workforce development in 2019, it’s talent. We will continue to offer the programs that help members through our K-12 efforts with 16 school partners; Your Future Greater Green Bay software promotion that connects students, educators and businesses in a purposeful manner; continuing to offer our For Your Inspiration career exploration event connecting thousands of eighth-graders with potential employers in an effort to understand career paths; as well as working on two of the Greater Green Bay Strategic Plan Initiatives related to attracting and retaining talent while also supporting the size/scope of our region’s higher education assets.

As part of those task forces, we’re helping to lead critical discussions on how we can increase student knowledge of careers, provide access to the talent pipeline and increase the engagement between business and education to strengthen that vital pipeline.

We recognize the world is a dynamic place, and to that end, we know we need to operate from a place of continuous improvement as part of holding ourselves to the standard our members expect. We will continue to look at ways to be good stewards of investment, to provide valuable and meaningful deliverables and to find ways to serve the members who make us a member organization. Please watch for and participate in that member survey I mentioned above in early 2019. Collectively, we can do so much more.

— Laurie Radke

president, Greater Green Bay Chamber

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