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In commemoration of the science and technology center’s ten year anniversary as an important innovation destination along the Milwaukee Lakefront, community leaders, academic partners, and public supporters attended the annual President’s Breakfast at Discovery World on April 25. President and CEO Joel Brennan previewed the 2015 Community Report, and detailed the incredible impact the nonprofit museum is having on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education in the region. In the next few years, economic projections show a shortfall in the Milwaukee workforce population as older workers retire and are not replace from a skilled talent pool. Even the...

The 5th Annual Milwaukee Earth Day gathering celebrated the empowerment and progress of local sustainability efforts. Rock the Green hosted Milwaukee’s 5th Annual Earth Day Celebration on April 22 to recognize environmental sustainability efforts taking place in Milwaukee. The free event took place within The CityCenter at 735 this year, instead of outside along the adjacent end of East Mason Street, on the Riverwalk, as with past years. Earth Day was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin, who was familiar with the April weather and how the State was often slow to shed its winter-like conditions. But...