NEWS FROM THE VALLEY
Potawatomi gears up to tear down Cargill plants near Milwaukee hotel and casino (Milwaukee Business Journal)
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino plans to demolish former Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. buildings to clear nearly 10 acres around its Menomonee River Valley campus.
Thank you for a great Valley Week!
Thank you for joining us for a week of unique experiences in Milwaukee's Menomonee River Valley!
Valley Week featured 13 events in just one week. From a beer run, happy hour river cruise, job fair, and so much more, Valley Week highlights the many reason the Valley is a great place to visit and a great place to work.
DNR secretary Cole, Potawatomi's Crawford help celebrate Menomonee Valley revival: Slideshow (Milwaukee Business Journal)
Community and business leaders, including Potawatomi attorney general Jeff Crawford and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources secretary Preston Cole, came together Sept. 27 to celebrate the revival of the Menomonee Valley and talk about the next major projects in the neighborhood west of downtown Milwaukee. Check out the attached slideshow put together by Milwaukee Business Journal freelance photographer Jake Hill to see photos from the event.
NUTmobile coming to the Food Truck Wednesday on October 2
Time to go nuts, Milwaukee. Mr. Peanut and his NUTmobile are coming to Milwaukee. Mr. Peanut, of Planters Peanuts, and the NUTmobile will be available for photos on Wednesday, October 2 at Food Truck Wednesday. There will also be snack giveaways.
2 breweries, 1 new beer: City Lights and Third Space collaborate to create ‘Urban Escape’ (Fox 6)
It is an authentic taste of Milwaukee -- and its creators guarantee you have never had it before. It is a new beer called "Urban Escape" -- and it is being offered for a limited time only.
Menomonee Valley celebrates local businesses with third annual Valley Week (Milwaukee Business Journal)
Twenty years ago, the Menomonee River Valley was at its lowest point, executive director of the Menomonee Valley Partners Corey Zetts said.
“There were hundreds of acres of empty factories and vacant land. You wouldn’t imagine kayaking the Menomonee River, and the Hank Aaron State Trail was just a vision,” Zetts said in an email.
The Menomonee Valley Partners celebrate the revitalization of the area that houses Miller Park, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino and many other local businesses with the third annual Valley Week Sept. 21-28.
Limited edition beer 'Urban Escape' celebrates Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley
Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley has undergone a remarkable renaissance over the years.
On Thursday, there was a celebration marking 20 years of transformation in the valley hosted by Menomonee Valley partners Third Space Brewing and City Lights Brewing Company.
Local woman was one of the first female train conductors in Midwest (WTMJ 4)
For more than 100 years a company called the Milwaukee Road was one of the largest employers in the City of Milwaukee. It operated from the Menomonee River Valley, where three sculptures now sit memorializing its history. They represent the stories of thousands of workers, including a woman who overcame resistance in a male-dominated industry and became one of the first female train conductors in the Midwest.
Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest names 16 finalists for 2019 - including Palermo's Screamin' Sicilian Pizza
Several food and beverage manufacturing companies earned a spot in the top 16. Locally, Milwaukee-based Palermo Villa Inc. earned the No. 6 seed for the company's Screamin' Sicilian frozen pizza…
City Lights Brewing and Third Space Brewing collaborate for Menomonee Valley beer (BizJournal)
On Sept. 18 Third Space Brewing and City Lights Brewing, both located in the Menomonee Valley, will release their first collaboration beer called the Menomonee River Valley Urban Escape, a limited edition brew to kick off Valley Week from Sept. 21-28.
‘A great place to visit:’ Valley Week celebrates Milwaukee’s Menomonee River Valley (Fox 6 News)
Michelle Kramer, Kevin Wright and Jimmy Gohsman join FOX6 WakeUp to talk about Valley Week.
Palermo’s plans to add hot press bakery, make more pizza crust types (BizTimes)
Palermo’s Pizza plans to add a hot press bakery to its Milwaukee facility and begin making additional types of pizza crust, an undertaking that carries a $13.3 million price tag.
Palermo Villa plans $13M expansion to make rising pizza crusts (Milwaukee Business Journal)
Palermo Villa Inc. plans a $13.3 million investment in its Milwaukee plant that will increase its production to 50 million pizza crusts a year and create 25 jobs.
Milwaukee’s Secret Salmon Runs
In the spring and fall, watch huge salmon fly up two rivers in Milwaukee to spawn with the city as a backdrop…
City Lights and Third Space collaborate on wild rice lager for Valley Week (OnMilwaukee)
City Lights Brewing and Third Space Brewing have partnered on a collaboration brew that will be launched on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 4:30 p.m. to kick off Valley Week, which runs Sept. 21 through 28, an annual fall celebration that showcases the ever-changing and evolving Menomonee Valley.
Vision, cooperation needed for Menomonee Valley
During the last 20 years our region has seen a rebirth of the Menomonee Valley. An area that not so long ago would have been avoided by many, has transformed into a thriving entertainment and business complex providing opportunities for more expansion.
Menomonee River Valley's growth includes expansions for Palermo, Potawatomi
The Menomonee River Valley’s redevelopment is far from over. Established employers like Palermo Villa Inc. and the Potawatomi Hotel and Casino are planning their next round of growth, and the city of Milwaukee is working on new infrastructure that would unlock large sites for future redevelopment.
Scenes from Business of Growing Milwaukee on transformation of Menomonee Valley: Slideshow
The Menomonee Valley used to be the forgotten area near downtown Milwaukee, often driven by Milwaukee-area residents on Interstate 94 without even a glance. But that has changed in the past two decades as evident by the major redevelopment projects that have occurred in the area just west of downtown, anchored by Miller Park, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino and the Harley-Davidson Museum.
That transformation was the topic of the Milwaukee Business Journal's Business of Growing Milwaukee event Aug. 16, which focused on the redevelopment of the area, along with significant discussion about the next major projects in the Menomonee Valley after the recent completion of the second hotel tower at Potawatomi Hotel.