Racine County

Are you considering starting a business? Are you a new business? Learn how to access local resources to help you start and grow your business during this 90-minute session. Hear from resource experts from the Small Business Development Center at UW-Parkside; WWBIC; and Racine County Economic Development Corporation (RCEDC) Business Lending Partners.

Discover the latest economic development news happening in Racine County! In this edition, we identify multiple development projects commercially and residentially, as well as identify the finance solution for purchasing fixed assets.

Centro Sperimentale del Latte USA Inc. (Cultures Supporting Life), a probiotic company, recently established its first operations in the U.S. with a manufacturing facility in Caledonia, Wisconsin. The investment is part of a multimillion-dollar project expected to create up to 31 jobs over the next four years.

Join RCEDC staff and Leadership Council as we host Brian Andrew, Chief Investment Officer at Johnson Financial Group, for an economic outlook as well as investment insights.

To help encourage business improvement, retention and attraction, the Village of Sturtevant created a new program with favorable loan terms – little to no equity requirement, low-interest, and principal deferrals.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) recently awarded the Village of Waterford $250,000 as part of the Community Development Investment (CDI) Grant program. The grant will go towards construction of what will become the Waterford Lofts, located at 506 E Main Street.

Professionals from throughout southeast Wisconsin explored Racine County as part of the Inaugural Greater Racine County Familiarization Tour.

The newest Racine County grant, the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) was launched in late 2021. Nearly $72,000 has been approved for businesses throughout Racine County that were negatively affected by the pandemic. Fortunately, there is still $330,000 available.

The Greater Racine County initiative was developed by the Racine County Economic Development Corporation (RCEDC) to showcase the abundance of opportunities available to those who decide to take root here. The GRC Newsletter highlights talent recruitment and retention resources as well as community promotion and examples of those who chose Racine County.

The City of Racine is electrifying its transit system by rolling out 9 all-electric buses to serve the public. 25% of Racine’s transit fleet will be electrified, making it the largest electric fleet in the State of Wisconsin.