Wednesday, August 20, 2008
 
 
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Forward Janesville (FJI) is a non-profit association of businesses and other non-profit organizations located in Janesville, Wisconsin.  At FJI our mission is to lead private sector economic and community development efforts to ensure the continued health and prosperity of business and industry in Janesville.  At Forward Janesville we are often thought of as a chamber of commerce because the genesis of the organization was the merging of the Janesville Area Chamber of Commerce (JACC) and the Janesville Economic Development Corporation (JEDCO) in 1991.  Learn More About Forward Janesville


Upcoming Events Minimize
8/21/2008 11:30 AM FJI Golf Outing
8/28/2008 5:00 PM BA5
9/18/2008 5:00 PM BA5
10/23/2008 11:30 AM Business Expo
11/13/2008 5:00 PM BA5
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Welcome New Forward Janesville Members

Special Announcements
8th Annual FJI Golf Outing- SPONSORED BY RSM McGLADREY -

Join us at Riverside Golf Course on August 21, 2008 to enjoy 18 holes of golf, great food, fun give-a-ways, a post golf dinner reception and the best networking in town! RSVP to 757-3160 or e-mail forward@forwardjanesville.com.  Please note that we had to change the rain date to Sept. 4th due to a scheduling conflict!

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The Results Are In! -

Please click the link below to view the results of the Janesville Community Brainstorming Session!

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Member Connect

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Leadership Development Academy

Janesville Design and Development Center

  

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Join Forward Janesville Today There are many benefits available to Forward Janesville members. Not all fit every business’ needs but the one major reason to invest is to support Janesville’s economic growth. In the big picture, all people and employers in the Janesville area benefit from the work Forward Janesville does to improve the economic environment through efforts in government relations, economic development, transportation improvements and workforce development, but there are more benefits including:  networking, member-to-member discounts, targeted advertising, health insurance options, local seminars and more!


Local Janesville News Minimize

UAW and GM reach tentative local contract
The contract will be explained to members of Local 95 on Friday.

Police say husband was shooter
Edgerton Police Chief Tom Klubertanz says Jennifer Vordermann died of a single gunshot wound.

Housing slump felt in Rock County
Rock County feels the pain of a national housing slump

Red Cross blood donors needed
A summer slump hits Red Cross blood drives

Family mourns two deaths in murder-suicide
When police took Shaun Vordermann away Saturday night for a mental health evaluation, his wife's family thought he finally was on the road to recovery.

Crises are handled case-by-case
Julie Ellingson, Jennifer Vordermann's aunt, told The Janesville Gazette that Rock County Crisis Intervention evaluated Shaun Vordermann for 35 minutes before sending him home.

State agency staying out of cable TV dispute
A state consumer-protection agency says it can't help with complaints about Charter Communications' plans to move public-access TV channels to its digital tier.

Commission OKs plan for downtown BID
One speaker likened a proposed Business Improvement District to a train that will carry downtown Janesville and its supporters to a revitalized city center that's been missing from the community's landscape for decades.

Public record for Aug. 19, 2008


Coroner change resolution tabled
Members of a Rock County Board committee are talking about reversing a 2006 decision to change the office of coroner to medical examiner in 2011.

Beloit Town Board won't buy flooded vacation homes
The town of Beloit will not participate in a county plan to buy and raze substantially damaged secondary homes in the floodway outside of the cities of Janesville and Beloit.

Conservation Reserve Program turns poor cropland into wildlife habitat
Lima Township resident Matt Bollerud has a 40-acre piece of land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a program managed by the federal Farm Service Agency that pays landowners to take poor farmland out of production and protect environmentally sensitive areas.

Making money and saving soil
Rock County has 13,884 acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, according to Farm Services Agency data.

Hendricks-backed film to be in theaters Oct. 3
"An American Carol," a major motion picture funded by Ken and Diane Hendricks, will open in more than 2,000 U.S. theaters Oct. 3.

New Milton chief 'conducts' first day
Milton's new chief takes his position as conductor of the diverse orchestra that is the city's police department.

Clinton students fall below state average
Clinton school administrators expect to soon present a plan to improve test scores in the district.

Beloit Town Board will study fire station options
The Beloit Town Board voted unanimously Monday night to contract with Janesville architects Angus Young to study the feasibility of building a fire station next to the current one at 2445 Afton Road.

Contractors inspect, OK bridge
Contractors for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation inspected the Monterey Bridge in Janesville this morning.

Twenty-four tickets written at weekend concert
The Walworth County Sheriff’s Office wrote 24 citations at Saturday's Projekt Revolution Tour concert at Alpine Valley Music Theater.

4-H club celebrates 80 years
This weekend, the members of Lima 4-H will host an open house to mark the end of a summer-long celebration of their 80th anniversary.

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