DWD Secretary Baumbach & WEDC CEO Paul Jadin Visit Madison-Kipp Corporation in Sun Prairie (VIDEO from WisEye.org)

Baumbach and WEDC CEO Paul Jadin Visit Madison-Kipp Corporation

Link to the WisEye.org Video: http://www.wiseye.org/videoplayer/vp.html?sid=6045

Blogger's Note: Thanks to Secretary Baumbach and WEDC CEO Paul Jadin for coming out to Sun Prairie. And a sign of the times that this video is available through WisEye.org the same day as the event.

UPDATE: Click here for the full article in the Sun Prairie Star.

DWD Secretary Scott Baumbach and WEDC CEO Paul Jadin to Visit Madison-Kipp Corporation's Sun Prairie Facility (Sun Prairie Star)

DWD Secretary to Visit Madison Kipp's Sun Prairie Location

Link to Full Article: http://www.sunprairiestar.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=7813

Chamber Announces Leadership XV Class Participants (Sun Prairie Star)

Chamber Announces Leadership XV Class Participants

The Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce recently announced participants in its Leadership XV class:

Amy Bohling - Bank of Sun Prairie
Becky Burbach - US Postal Service
Angie Franke - Buck & Honey’s
Renee Gabel - Beans ‘n Cream
Kevin Henry - Eustice, Laffey, Sebranek & Auby
Jean Hull - Access Community Health Centers
Aimee Joutras - Celerity Staffing Solutions
Jason Lefeber - City of Sun Prairie Police Department
Clark Luessman - Patrick Marsh Middle School
Sarah Menihan - UW Credit Union
Rose Schulze - Sun Prairie Utilities
Ashley Simon - Anytime Fitness
Mary Ellen Strom - M&I Bank
Shawnn Teske - Frontier Communications
Pastor Steven Vera - Bethlehem Lutheran Church

For more information, e-mail the chamber at spchamber@frontier.com.

Blogger's Note: Appropriate post for the 4th of July...

Candace Petry Marks 15 Years at Bank of Sun Prairie (Sun Prairie Star)

Petry Marks 15 Years at Bank of Sun Prairie

Link to Full Article: http://www.sunprairiestar.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=7797&TM=34267.63

Blogger's Note: Yesterday's post was about an up and coming financial professional. Today we recognize a veteran financial career. Did I mention that finance & insurance is one of our target sectors?

Sun Prairie Resident Joshua Satzer Earns Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) Designation (Sun Prairie Star)

Satzer Earns ChFC Designation

Link to Full Article: http://www.sunprairiestar.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=52&ArticleID=7795&TM=19813.16

Who is Checking Out Project 365 After 6 Months? (City of Sun Prairie Office of Economic Development)

We've reached the halfway point for Project 365, and we are thrilled with the results so far. Between Jan. 1, 2011 and Jun. 30, 2011, some notable statistics from Sun Prairie’s Economic Development News Blog (aka Project 365) include:

There have been 228 stories have been posted over 182 days, and we have posted a story every single day (with one exception while blogger.com was down more than 24 hours for maintenance.

There have been...
6,289 Visits
10,465 Pageviews
4,075 Absolute Unique Visitors
1,025 different cities of origin (Top 10 Cities: Madison, Sun Prairie, Chicago, Milwaukee, New York, St. Louis, Cottage Grove, Rochester, St. Ann, and Minneapolis.)
78 different countries/territories of origin

Visits by source:
Search Engines 42%
Referring Sites 31%
Direct Traffic: 23%
Other: 4%

Blogger's Note: Sure seems to me that list is telling us where we should be increasing our marketing efforts. Thanks to everyone who has submitted or written a story that ended up being linked to this blog, and a special thanks to everyone who has followed us so far and helped me promote our story. Looking forward to an even better next months!

151 Main Street Interchange Project Update - Week of July 4th

Pending Work for Week of July 4th (NEW)

The following activities are scheduled for the week of July 4th:

Traffic will be shifted to the south side of Main Street starting on Tuesday July 5th.

The northbound on-ramp and the southbound off-ramp will be closed to traffic starting on July 5th, and are scheduled to remain closed through the first week in August. The northbound off ramp from 151 to Main Street and the southbound on ramp from Main Street to 151 will remain open to traffic. Southbound traffic on 151 wanting to get to Main Street will be detoured to use either the STH 19/Windsor St. exit or the CTH C/Reiner Rd. exit. Similarly, Main Street traffic needing to access 151 North will be detoured to the STH 19/Windsor St. exit. Detour signage will be posted before the ramps are closed. In addtion, portable message boards are up and active, and will be updated regularly.

Persons travelling this route are advised that construction is likely to be occurring on Saturdays for the next several weeks.

People are also strongly encouraged to slow down and watch for construction workers and equipment at all times in the construction zone.

Paving of temporary driveways to Hamilton Place off of Hart Rd. and Wal-Mart semi access off O'Keeffe Ave were scheduled to occur the week of June 27th, however weather has delayed these activities until the week of July 4th.

Temporary signals at the Clarmar Drive / Main Street intersection have been erected. This signal will likely become operational during the week of July 4th due to weather delays last week.

Installation of temporary signals at ramps east of STH 151 will continue but will not be made operational at this time.

Temporary pavement continues to be installed to accomodate lane shifts for future phases of construction.

The next business meeting is scheduled for July 14th at 9:00 a.m.