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As UW-Parkside students, faculty and staff begin another semester, they do so with an eye on the future and furthering a campus-wide commitment to supporting the evolution of innovation in our region and beyond. Innovation is all around us. Yet innovation is nothing new.
Brandon Hau talks about Parksideâs win.
In 1873, Racine newspaper stories reported local physician and reverend Dr. James Carhart driving around town in a steam-powered vehicle. At a 1908 Paris automobile exposition, Dr. Carhart was called the father of automobiles.
When Nash Motors was founded in 1916, few imagined that a car-maker based in Kenosha could out-innovate the Big Three in Detroit. But it did. Nash developed a heating and ventilation system that is still used today, and pioneered unibody construction and seat belts. Seems fitting that the exciting Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood is planned for the very site where Nash and later American Motors established an important presence in the world of auto
The former Chrysler Engine Plant site in the middle of Kenosha is on the verge of a major rebirth.
The 107-acre swath of land east of 30th Avenue between 52nd and 60th streets, once the seat of a bustling auto industry and later a brownfield barren for nearly a decade, is the target for redevelopment.
Mayor John Antaramian said the SmithGroup, an integrated design and engineering firm, is being commissioned to create a master plan for the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood, a $1 billion project.
The plan is to foster neighborhood opportunities in education, workforce training, entrepreneurial development and job placement, according to Antaramian. They will focus on connecting residents to opportunities in high-growth digital fields, as well as, science, technology and math occupations.