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Someone said to me today that Wednesday is the worst day of the week. This newsletter comes out on Wednesdays, so I disagree. Tuesday is the worst day of the week, IMHO.
The big deals this week: Foxconn has a new deal, new beer gardens and Milwaukee reacts to the Derek Chauvin verdict.
Let s talk business
Foxconn and the state of Wisconsin have a new deal. It s smaller. A lot smaller. The Taiwanese company is now saying that it will create about 1,454 jobs here by 2025. In exchange, Foxconn will g et up to $80 million in tax credits. When the project was first pitched, Foxconn said it would create 13,000 high-tech jobs in Wisconsin. The state would have given the company up to $2.85 billion for that.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Out-of-state landlords are buying Milwaukee, the GOP won t legalize pot in Wisconsin and the plan to expand I-94 west of downtown is going back for more study.
Out-of-state corporate landlords are gobbling up Milwaukee homes to rent out, and it s changing the fabric of some neighborhoods
Meet the new breed of landlord invading Milwaukee: A couple of former Silicon Valley executives who were crewmates on the Harvard rowing team; a fast-growing Ohio company that owns more than 13,000 rental homes in 14 states; a native of Peru who has run real estate companies in Houston and Palm Beach, Fla.; and a southern California woman who was looking for a place to park her cash windfall. About 6,000 properties, or 14% of all Milwaukee rental homes, are now owned by out-of-state landlords. Here s how to deal with an absentee landlord and a rundown property.
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Its 2020 season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. We are thrilled to announce that we are preparing to deliver smiles, escapism, and much-needed comic relief when we reopen the Bristol Renaissance Faire s gates, the faire s Facebook announcement said.
The faire, located at 12550 120th Ave., Kenosha, will be open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays from July 10 through Sept. 6 and Labor Day, according to its website.
The immersive experience features 20 stages with a variety of entertainment, a fully armored joust, Queen Elizabeth and her court, arts and crafts, food, spirits, music, dance, parades, rides, games and street entertainers, its website said.