On Broadway Inc.

Holiday Helping and Good Will abound in the Broadway District this holiday season. As times get tough for many, many Broadway District businesses are stepping up. They say the lights are bright on Broadway; it’s clear the hearts are too. Here’s a few ways the businesses are helping:

VACANT art gallery opened November 21 in conjunction with the Lighting Ceremony On Broadway, in the vacant space next to KaVarna at 114 S. Broadway. Vacant is a phantom art gallery, a concept that places temporary art installations in vacant storefront windows for the public to view. The project gives local artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while fostering economic development by drawing attention to available retail space.

Stop in and say Happy Birthday to these November Businesses!

KaVarna-112 S. Broadway- 9 years
The Mother Bead-419 W. Dousman-10 years
Liberty Title/Czachor & Polack-107 N. Broadway-10 years

The first downtown location for Shopko Express opened on November 1. This is the first downtown location for Shopko Express, a pharmacy and convenience store. “We believe in supporting communities, and hope to be the cornerstone of the Larsen Green Development,” said Michael MacDonald, Chairman and CEO of Shopko, who officiated at the Grand Opening celebration on November 8. The store will employ 25 full-time and part-time employees.

The facility located at 201 S. Pearl street is expected to make medium response boats for the U.S. Coast Guard. Once production is underway, it could be as many as one new boat nearly every two weeks for the next five years, with a possible three-year extension on the contract. The boats are aluminum, which required a completely separate facility from the one in Marinette, to avoid steel contamination. A.C.E. stands for Aluminum Craft Excellence, and is a subset of Marinette Marine. The facility is expected to employ upward of 100 persons, not including the dozen or so U.S. Coast guard personnel that will also be on the site.