The Business Journal-Milwaukee articles from June 2000

The Business Journal-Milwaukee archives from June 2000

CH2M Hill to leave downtown.
June 30, 2000... One of the largest engineering firms in the state, CH2M Hill Inc., is moving its Milwaukee-area headquarters from the prominent 411 East Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee to the Honey Creek Corporate Center on the city's far west side....

Mouse trap.
June 30, 2000... Germantown toy manufacturer tries to recover assets from defunct Web retailer Brio Corp. maybe the first Wisconsin company to feel the direct fallout of the recent stock-market collapse of overextended dot.com retailers. The...

CMC to fight City Hall for retail center.
June 30, 2000... The president and chief executive officer of CMC Heartland Properties is not intimidated by a threat from the city of Milwaukee to condemn the company's land east of Miller Park, and he is pursuing his plans to develop the site as a retail...

Ex-Wauwatosa mayor named to run Great Circus Parade.
June 30, 2000... Former Wauwatosa Mayor Maricolette Walsh has been named the executive director of Milwaukee's Great Circus Parade. Walsh is taking over the fundraising and organizational chores that were handled by the parade's founders, including those...

Stealing the Rep's new look.
June 30, 2000... The Milwaukee Repertory Theater's new marketing look is being so well received by the public that the company is having trouble keeping its materials on the premises. Two weeks ago, someone stole one of the theater company's oversized...

Funds for the front.
June 30, 2000... Internal Revenue Service documents show that ANR Pipeline Co., Detroit, is the primary financier of a Wisconsin landowners group that is fighting Wisconsin Gas Co.'s proposed Guardian Pipeline. ANR supplied Neighbors Standing United,...

Putting his stamp on public TV.
June 30, 2000... The new general manager of Milwaukee's public television stations heard about previous general manager Bryce Combs' controversial exit, but still wanted the job. Ellis Bromberg, whose appointment was announced June 28, said he's a...

Silent Macs.
June 30, 2000... Onwisconsin.com, the local online site of Journal Communications, has begun carrying 50 audio channels (see the Media Journal on page 8), but don't bother tuning in if your computer is a Macintosh. The company that supplies the audio...

Hail the apprentice.
June 30, 2000... As labor force tightens, apprenticeships are at all-time high Wally Haluska was right out of high school when he started his first job in the machining and tooling business. "I started at this rinky-dink machine shop," Wal1y Haluska...

F&M Bank opens in the Falls.
June 30, 2000... After years of avoiding the Milwaukee metropolitan area and focusing on rural Wisconsin communities, F&M Bank Wisconsin has opened a branch in Menomonee Fails. The new bank branch at N56W16949 Ridgewood Drive also marks the first...

Complaints over mortgage companies rising.
June 30, 2000... Wisconsin customers of Fleet Mortgage Corp. Columbia, S.C., have filed 50 complaints against the company for problems with mortgage servicing over the last two years, more than any other mortgage company, according to state regulators. ...

TYME Corp. still growing in Twin Cities.
June 30, 2000... TYME Corp., Brown Deer, has become the third-largest ATM network in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The company has built its Twin City market share to about 150,000 transactions per month. TYME made its entry into Minnesota about...

Kentucky expects another Kohl's store.
June 30, 2000... Kohl's Corp. maybe planning further expansion into Kentucky, with a possible 86,000-square-foot department store in the Louisville suburb of New Albany. Atlanta-based Halifax Development Co. proposed building the large retail site...

Waukesha software developer signs alliance with Swedish firm.
June 30, 2000... Metrix Inc., a Waukesha software developer, will form an alliance with a Swedish firm in an effort to market its Web-based technology to more customers across the globe. Metrix will align with Industrial & Financial Systems (IFS), the...

Land sales.
June 30, 2000... Imperiale builds wealth with REITs Richard Imperiale loves real estate. Apartment buildings, office towers, factories, shopping malls, hotels. It doesn't matter. Imperiale isn't an architect or a leasing agent. He's an investor who...

Genome discovery poses new questions for biotech commerce.
June 30, 2000... "Today we are learning the language in which God created life. With this profound new knowledge, human kind is on the verge of gaining immense new power to heal." -President Bill Clinton, June26, 2000 Frank Langley paused for a...

Milwaukee finally jumps in the flow of streaming media.
June 30, 2000... Streaming media on the Internet is finally flowing from the discussion stage to the action stage in Milwaukee. In what is thus far the most ambitious use of online capabilities by a Milwaukee television station, WISN-TV (Channel 12) on...

Negotiations prolonged for Family Health Plan acquisition.
June 30, 2000... Family Health Plan and its potential buyers, United Wisconsin Services Inc. of Milwaukee and Wheaton Franciscan Services of Wheaton, Ill., will miss their own target date of June 30 for completing a final acquisition agreement. In April,...

Senate gives ergonomics foes another win.
June 30, 2000... Opponents of OSHA's proposed ergonomics regulation called on the agency to withdraw it after the Senate voted 57-41 to strip funding for the rule's implementation. The House passed the same amendment two weeks earlier. Congress is using...

Immelt: High-tech work force critical for GE Medical's growth.
June 30, 2000... For GE Medical Systems to stay competitive in the global marketplace, the Milwaukee area must shed its image of being primarily a manufacturing and agricultural center, according to Jeffrey Immelt, president and chief executive officer of the...

Bank of Kenosha opens in temporary office.
June 30, 2000... The Bank of Kenosha has opened for business after a year of organizing and raising $7.4 million in investment capital. The community bank received its charter June 26 and opened in a temporary location while building permanent branch in...

Council on Disability urges increased ADA enforcement.
June 30, 2000... The Justice Department will step up its enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act if the National Council on Disability has its way. The council, an independent federal agency, says lack of aggressive enforcement has hampered...

Mitchell will keep new ground radar system.
June 30, 2000... A successful equipment test at Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport has prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to provide 25 midsize airports with a new ground surveillance system to help curb the rapid rise of collisions...

Summer delays impede Amtrak's Chicago service.
June 30, 2000... Railroad track reconstruction has forced Amtrak to add 15 minutes to the schedules of its Hiawatha service trains that operate between Chicago and Milwaukee. Several miles of track north of Chicago are being repaired by crews from the...

Maysteel goes door-to-door to recruit new employees.
June 30, 2000... In past times of recession and depression, many desperate people went door-to-door looking for work. In today's tight labor market, the roles are reversed, as companies desperately try to find competent workers. In an effort to attract...

Lean vs. mean manufacturing: a systematic approach.
June 30, 2000... Manufacturing businesses keep focusing on the elimination of waste, reduction of time and cost, and improvement of productivity. This produces a lean organization. A systematic planned approach is needed to manage the change process. ...

Have CFO, will travel.
June 30, 2000... Small businesses can grow with part-time financial consulting Casper Balistreri, owner of The Venice Club, a traditional Italian restaurant in Brookfield, has no problem drawing large crowds to his business on weekends. Nor does he need...

More ways to cope with the loss of a job you love.
June 30, 2000... In my last column, we looked at coping strategies for dealing with the loss of a job you love. This week, we continue that discussion with more coping strategies. From there, we'll look at new job strategies. * Don't expect too much of...

Bizjournals.com launches Demographics Daily.
June 30, 2000... Bizjournals.com/milwaukee, in partnership with The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee, has launched Demographics Daily, a Web only publication with demographic and metropolitan statistics from around the nation. "Demographics...

Milwaukee's population lags behind Midwest average.
June 30, 2000... Milwaukee is lagging behind other Midwestern cities in population growth, according to a new study conducted by Bizjournals.com's Demographics Daily. The Milwaukee-Racine metropolitan swath ranks 41st among the 70 Midwestern cities...

Have you had your lie checked lately?
June 30, 2000... No, I'm not talking about the score you report I'm talking about the lie angle of your club at the moment it impacts your ball and the turf as you swing the club. If you have a tendency to always hit the ball to the left or right of your...

GOUGED AND GORED.
June 30, 2000... If Vice President Al Gore is to be believed, skyrocketing gasoline prices are the fault of industry "price gouging" that has pumped up oil company profits "500 percent" since January. So oil stocks ought to be a pretty slick investment,...

Largest-ever condo project closer to reality.
June 30, 2000... After a year of haggling over city financial assistance, some angry words and several design changes, the largest condominium project ever in downtown Madison is nearing a groundbreaking. Developers of Metropolitan Place, which calls for...

State Street overture.
June 30, 2000... Arts district will house more than a dozen performing arts groups The elements of Madison's new arts district are falling into place. With a design concept, financial plan and land acquisition in hand, the city is moving ahead with...

Capitalizing on the genome wave.
June 30, 2000... Third Wave Technologies' CEO globe-trots to strike while opportunities are hot Lance Fors, chief executive and founder of Madison-based Third Wave Technologies, is a tough man to reach these days. With all the frenzied activity in...

Mayoral confab puts Madison on the map.
June 30, 2000... When 300 mayors from across the country converge on Madison in 2002, the event will represent a coming-out party of sorts for the city. Civic leaders point to recent and ongoing projects that have put the city on the agenda for the...

On the Pharm.
June 30, 2000... Vienna Pharms calves will produce medicinal milk A new branch of the pharmaceutical industry that uses bioengineered cattle to convert milk into medicine is growing up in a high-tech barn north of Madison. The world's first...

Intergovernmental Cooperation Council.
June 30, 2000... Milwaukee, Cedarburg, the Intergovernmental Cooperation Council of Milwaukee County/Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District have received innovation in government awards from Public Policy...

Huffy Sport.
June 30, 2000... Sussex-based Huffy Sports' Twilight basketball has been named the 2000 NASDAQ-AMEX Sports Product of the Year by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association.

Raabe Corp.
June 30, 2000... Raabe Corp., Menomonee Falls, has received the Founder's Award and the Partner in Prevention Award from the National Council to Prevent Delinquency, an organization that develops anti-graffiti programs throughout the United States. Raabe is a...

Jeanne Milliren Simpson.
June 30, 2000... Jeanne Milliren Simpson, a public relations specialist at marketing images, Waukesha, has received The Award of Distinction from The Communicators Awards 2000. She was honored for an annual report produced for Big Brothers Big Sisters of...

Waukesha County Technical College.
June 30, 2000... Waukesha County Technical College has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

Krejci Family.
June 30, 2000... First Stage Children's Theater, Milwaukee, has presented several awards: the Krejci Family, Milwaukee, Family of the Year; the fourth-grade teachers at Dean Elementary School, Brown Deer, teachers of the year; Richards Elementary School,...

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.
June 30, 2000... Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp., Brookfield, has been honored by Gov. Tommy Thompson as an "exemplary employer" for its progressive employment practices. The firm was nominated by Waukesha County Technical College, specifically for its on-site...

Southwest YMCA.
June 30, 2000... The Southwest YMCA, Greenfield, has honored several volunteers: Jack Herbert Jr. received the Distinguished Leadership Award; George Jonovic was honored for Distinguished Service; and Brian Degenhardt was named Youth of the Year.

Hare Strigenz Design.
June 30, 2000... Hare Strigenz Design, Milwaukee, has received an AAF District 8 Addy and a Citation of Excellence from the American Advertising Federation. The Addy recognized the agency's Quarles & Brady brochure; the Citation was for the Earthgirls...

Modine Manufacturing Co.
June 30, 2000... Modine Manufacturing Co., Racine, has agreed to manufacture fuel-cell engine components for Xcellsis -- a joint venture of DaimlerChrysler, Ballard Power Systems and Ford Motor Co. to develop fuel-cell engines in cars, buses and trucks. Fuel...

Guardian pipeline.
June 30, 2000... The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has given preliminary approval for the proposed 149-mile Guardian pipeline that would ship natural gas to southeastern Wisconsin. The proposed $224.3 million pipeline would be co-owned by Wisconsin Gas...

State Financial Services Corp.
June 30, 2000... State Financial Services Corp., Hales Corners, has completed about half of a stock buyback program it began three months ago. The bank holding company has purchased 317,815 shares at an average price of $10.08 since the program began on March...

The Freedom Group.
June 30, 2000... The Freedom Group, an Iowa subsidiary of Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc., introduced Freedom Lifeline, an Internet-based service for insurance companies. Freedom Lifeline provides online support and training for agents on insurance product...

Children's Hospital.
June 30, 2000... Children's Hospital of Wisconsin has created the S. Bert Litwin Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery. The $1 million endowment goal will support research, clinical programs and equipment of the hospital's heart surgery program. The endowment was...

Midwest Express Airline.
June 30, 2000... Midwest Express Airlines, a Milwaukee-based domestic airline, will begin nonstop service between Indianapolis and Boston on Oct. 1. The airline, which distinguishes itself with first class seats and service at coach class prices, previously...

American Transmission Co.
June 30, 2000... American Transmission Co. LLC., Milwaukee, filed organization papers with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, creating the nation's first, for-profit electric transmission company. The legal filing allows the new company to...

Infigen Inc.
June 30, 2000... Infigen Inc., DeForest, has selected Charleston/Orwig Inc., Hartland, as its marketing communications agency of record. Charleston/Orwig will be responsible for the integrated account management of all marketing communications initiatives for...

MasterLink Corp.
June 30, 2000... MasterLink Corp., Menomonee Falls, has been certified as a Silver Partner by Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking for the internet. MasterLink is one of thirty-seven Cisco partners nationwide and the only one in Wisconsin to earn...

@Link Networks Inc.
June 30, 2000... Telecommunications company @Link Networks Inc. has launched its high-speed data and communications services in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas as part of a schedule that includes launches in 41 markets across the middle third of the country...

Sun Cleaning Systems Inc.
June 30, 2000... Sun Cleaning Systems Inc. plans to consolidate its business into a 23,374-square-foot building at 3889 N. First St., and add 110 employees to its staff of 210. The Milwaukee maintenance and janitorial company applied for a $226,000 loan from...

CIB Marine Bancshares Inc.
June 30, 2000... CIB Marine Bancshares Inc., Pewaukee, approved a 150-fort stock split, payable July 24 to shareholders as of July 1. The $2 billion bank holding company which has the majority of its assets in northern and central Illinois, sells shares...

Harley-Davidson Inc.
June 30, 2000... Harley-Davidson Inc. has dropped its pursuit of a patent for the distinctive sound of its V-Twin motorcycle engine. A spokesman for the Milwaukee manufacturer said the company had grown "tired of throwing tens of thousands of dollars out the...

McGraw-Hill Cos.
June 30, 2000... The value of new construction contracts in metropolitan Milwaukee fell 8 percent in June, driven by a large drop in nonresidential construction activity. Construction contracts in the four county area fell to $151.20 million from $163.47...

Fiserv Inc.
June 30, 2000... Fiserv Inc. Brookfield, will convert Calmco Servicing L.P., a subsidiary of New York-based Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette to its MortgageServ loan servicing platform. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Calmco Servicing, based in Austin, Texas,...

Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.
June 30, 2000... Seven of 14 available metro area economic indicators registered improvement in April over year-ago levels, matching the number of improvements posted in March, according to a a monthly report by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of...

Wisconsin State Historial Society.
June 30, 2000... The Wisconsin State Historial Society and Uihlein-Wilson Architects of Milwaukee have commissioned Milwaukee architectural photographer Eric Oxendordf to photograph the historic H.H. Bennett Studio & Museum in Wisconsin Dells.

The Walgreen Co.
June 30, 2000... The Walgreen Co., Deerfield, Ill., has selected Brien Lee Creative Solutions Inc., Milwaukee, to prepare a video aimed at recruiting pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from rival national chain stores.

Rockwell Automation.
June 30, 2000... Rockwell Automation's headquarters facility in Milwaukee has earned ISO 14001 certification, the company announced. Its facilities in Eau Claire, Mequon, Ladysmith and Oak Greek are also certified.

Life Time Computing Inc.
June 30, 2000... Life Time Computing Inc., Brown Deer, has developed a sales contact management database for Essilor of America, a manufacturer of Verilux and Transitional brand eyeglass lenses.

Ron Sonntag Public Relation.
June 30, 2000... Ron Sonntag Public Relations, Milwaukee, has been selected to handle public relations activities for the Milwaukee/NARI Foundation. The agency will work to increase awareness of the foundation among organization members, trade schools and...

Wisconsin Plating Works of Racine Inc.
June 30, 2000... Wisconsin Plating Works of Racine Inc. has been recommended for ISO 9002. registration by auditors from Perry Johnson Registrars Inc., Southfield, Mich.

Quarles & Brady L.L.P.
June 30, 2000... The Milwaukee law firm of Quarles & Brady L.L.P. ranked 15th among the top 25 legal advisers in bank and thrift mergers in the first quarter of 2000, according to Sheshunoff Information Services. The rankings were published in the May issue...

GRANTS.
June 30, 2000... Alverno College, Milwaukee, has received a grant of $1.18 million from The Pew Charitable Trusts to improve the use and understanding of student learning outcomes in higher education. Alverno will collaborate with up to 25 colleges and...

Wisconsin Professional Photographers Association.
June 30, 2000... The Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer has received $15,000 from the Wisconsin Professional Photographers Association. The Southeastern Wisconsin Professional Photographers Association contributed $3,500 toward the total.

Wisconsin's Biophysics Research Institute.
June 30, 2000... Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin's Biophysics Research Institute have received a $1 million grant from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders & Stroke to study the role of reactive oxygen-free radicals in agerelated...

Ameritech Foundation.
June 30, 2000... The Ameritech Foundation has awarded $50,000 to the Youth Leadership Academy YMCA's Career & Life Skills Institute, Milwaukee. The institute provides jobs skills and entrepreneurship training, internships and leadership development programs...

Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority Foundation.
June 30, 2000... Five Milwaukee organizations have received grants from the Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority Foundation: Social Development Commission, $25,000; Hope House, $25,000; YWCA, $16,960; United Community Center, $19,000; and Our...

Service Club of Milwaukee.
June 30, 2000... The Service Club of Milwaukee has awarded a $2,500 grant to Milwaukee Achiever Program for the purchase of a multimedia computer and educational software.

Zoological Society of Milwaukee County.
June 30, 2000... The Zoological Society of Milwaukee County has received grants totaling $51,350 for its 2000 Animal Ambassador program: $5,000 from Excelsior Lodge No.175, F.&A.M.; $4,400 from the Zoological Society Associate Board; $3,450 each from ANR...

Mount Mary College.
June 30, 2000... Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, has been awarded a grant totaling $1 million from the Jane B. Pettit Foundation in support of the college's $17 million capital campaign. The grant will be used for science lab renovations.

Michael Cudahy.
June 30, 2000... Milwaukee philanthropist Michael Cudahy has pledged $1 million to name the new lobby addition of the Captain Frederick Pabst Theater, Milwaukee. The gift brings the theater's renovation campaign to 80 percent of its $8.8 million goal. The...

Children's Health System.
June 30, 2000... Children's Health System, Milwaukee, has received a funding commitment of $2 million from the Jane B. Pettit Foundation for its "Giant Steps... Promises Kept" campaign to raise money for genetic research, diabetes research, pain management...

Peter Storer & Associates Inc.
June 30, 2000... Peter Storer & Associates Inc., Mequon, has released VersaTrack, a quality control software product for customer relationship management. The combination call center, information desk and contact tracker is a Windows-based program.

Milwaukee Area Technical College.
June 30, 2000... Milwaukee Area Technical College West, West Allis, this fall will offer a 28-credit Bilingual Office Assistant Certificate and a four-semester Bilingual Barber/Cosmetologist Apprenticeship program.

Firstar Bank.
June 30, 2000... Firstar Bank's 24-hour automated telephone customer service, Firstar Express, has been enhanced to include a Spanish language function. To access the service, call your local Firstar Express number and then enter number 5.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
June 30, 2000... The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is launching a Center for Canadian-American Policy Studies. It will he a headquarters for comparative studies of the two countries which are linked in trade, social policy and government.

Alverno College.
June 30, 2000... Alverno College, Milwaukee, has added two new majors: a global studies major and a reading specialization in the Master of Arts in Education program. In addition, the community leadership and development major and the adult education minor...