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Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Bipartisan bill helps fix gap in obstetrics care for women in rural areas
Over the years, we have seen an unfortunate decline of dedicated labor and delivery facilities in rural hospitals. More than 80 rural hospitals across the United States have closed labor and delivery facilities since 2022. Sadly, the picture isn't much brighter in Wisconsin, where a dozen rural hospitals have stopped routinely delivering babies over the past fifteen years across our northeast Wisconsin, where I represent the 8th Congressional district, we also saw the recent closure of ThedaCare's Waupaca labor and delivery center. Even before this closure, many women in our district faced travel times of nearly an hour to safely deliver their babies. As we know, longer travel times increase the risk of complications for both mothers and April 7, I was proud to co-sponsor the bipartisan Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act to help lower these risks and prevent pregnancy-related complications. This bill, introduced by Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, will provide training and equipment for medical staff in rural healthcare facilities and emergency obstetric services during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the postpartum period. The bill will help rural hospitals and doctors prepare to handle any obstetric emergencies that come through their doors by creating training programs to help non-specialists respond to complications during labor and delivery. Opinon: From NFL draft to TitletownTech, Green Bay turns big dreams into amazing realities The legislation also provides federal grants for rural medical facilities to buy better equipment and creates a pilot program for teleconsultation services so that medical professionals at rural facilities can better serve expecting or postpartum mothers. Simply put, equipping more rural healthcare facilities to provide labor and delivery services means shorter travel times and reduced risks for both mothers and their babies. When I ran for Congress, my number one priority was to be a representative for my constituents in northeast Wisconsin regardless of their political affiliations. Rural communities have unique needs, and it is my belief that providing more labor and delivery services to ensure the safety of mothers and their babies is something we can all get behind. The Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act is a commonsense bill that I hope will have unanimous support in the House of Representatives. I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get this passed and ensure that women across Northeast Wisconsin, and rural areas across this country have the access to maternal healthcare they deserve. U.S. Rep. Tony Wied, R-De Pere, represents the 8th Congressional District. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Bill to help moms and babies is something we can all support | Opinion
Business Journals
24-04-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
UNM alum competes for $1M, part of NFL draft
University of New Mexico Alumni Andreas Velten, co-founder of Ubicept is generating national recognition as part of TitletownTech's $1 Million Startup Draft hosted by Microsoft and the Green Bay Packers. University of New Mexico alumus Andreas Velten, co-founder of Ubicept, is generating national recognition as part of TitletownTech's $1 Million Startup Draft hosted by Microsoft and the Green Bay Packers. After competing against 1,000 other startups from across the nation, Ubicept, which operates out of Boston and Madison, Wisconsin, emerged as one of seven finalists. On April 24, the Startup Draft will be broadcasted live, and the competition winner will be announced. expand Ubicept's Sebastian Bauer and Tristan Swedish meeting with a potential partner. Courtesy of TitletownTech The event is part of a collaboration with venture capital firm TitletownTech, a partnership between the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft, which has supported more than 30 startups since 2017. Albuquerque Business First talked to Microsoft General Manager of U.S. Philanthropies, Mike Egan to gain insights into the collaborative effort and Microsoft's activities in the New Mexico region. According to Egan, about a decade ago, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith told him the company needed to think about community engagement on a less traditional level by abandoning the idea that New York and Los Angeles are the only places where technology ecosystems can be built. The company chose six places originally, including El Paso and Juarez, where the company started the Bridge Accelerator program. Last year, in an effort to expand, the company set out to find a nonprofit in every state and allow them to be a TechSpark fellow, and receive funding and resources from Microsoft. Don't miss the latest Albuquerque business headlines! Sign up here for ABF newsletters and make sure to download the app. In New Mexico, it's the Mycelia Foundation, based in Las Cruces, which aims to bridge the digital divide, or improve internet access and digital literacy through education and promotion of better rural broadband access. 'This can happen anywhere. And it's happening in little Green Bay, Wisconsin. … I love the creative thought here, that you can mix these two worlds together. … The two combine in many, many ways,' Egan said of the event's intersection of sports and technology. Business First also spoke with TitletownTech Managing Partner Craig Dickman, who is going into his 13th season as part of the Green Bay Packers' board. Prior to TitletownTech, Dickman founded a company called Breakthrough Fuel, which managed the energy used to move products. The company, based in Green Bay, scaled into 47 countries before it was ultimately sold. Dickman, through his experiences, has learned the business of sport, which helped him as he worked on the board of directors for American Family Field that oversees the stadium that the Brewers operate in, or the time that that I owned a minor league baseball team. 'I've really been fascinated by the business of sports, but more by all business models,' he said. Dickman said this 'unusual' partnership between the Packers and Microsoft, is both bring strong characteristics and credibility to the early venture space. Founders, according to Dickman, might be naturally drawn to brands which are well known and have trusted marketplace engagement from viewers. The real magic, he added, is the engagement of Microsoft, which can help startups work through business problems and offer other valuable insights. 'I think what made this one special was that the NFL draft was coming to Green Bay, and so we really wanted to take advantage of the excitement and kind of the attention that was going to be focused on Green Bay this coming weekend, to highlight what we're doing at TitletownTech. The startup draft became a really, a really elegant way to do that,' Dickman explained. Velten did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
From NFL draft to TitletownTech, Green Bay turns big dreams into amazing realities
This week the NFL Draft will take place in Green Bay, and its population of 100,000 will at least double in size as football fans pour into Titletown. For our community, it was a long process to make the case for hosting the draft – many questioned, and some still do, if a small city like Green Bay can accommodate an event that routinely draws hundreds of thousands of people and millions of dollars. But turning dreams into reality is nothing new in Wisconsin. The Green Bay Packers share a similar story, a community-owned NFL team with over a century of history and hundreds of thousands of shareholders worldwide. The holy grail of NFL stadiums rises from residential neighborhoods, bearing the name of the legendary Earl 'Curly' Lambeau. Across the street sits TitletownTech, a venture capital firm born from a partnership between the Packers and Microsoft, following the same improbable path. For a Green Bay native who started his career at 14 years old scooping ice cream, I couldn't have imagined that I would start a global transportation energy company, sit on the board of the Packers or help launch a venture capital firm, all right here in Green Bay. But seeing the Packers' rise to global recognition, I knew that this was a place where the improbable could be possible. Creating shared impact and financial returns without compromise. That is the driving force for TitletownTech. Central to our foundational discussions was a shared belief: that the strength of an entrepreneurial ecosystem is as crucial to success as the innovation and leadership of individual people. In many ways, we embody the ethos of our partners. The Packers generate impact far beyond the game of football. Similarly, Microsoft continues to play a key role in supporting Wisconsin communities. Just last year the company announced its $3.3 billion investment into the state to build one of the organization's most advanced data centers and the sixth-in-the-world, Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab with TitletownTech's assistance. When you consider shared impact, both the Packers and Microsoft have led with trust, creating a ripple effect far beyond something as straightforward as football or software. Proudly, TitletownTech is another avenue of that value creation. Opinion: Changes to Social Security would cost average Wisconsin resident $7,000 a year With nearly $100 million in assets under management, more than 30 investments in startups, many of which call Green Bay home, and an investor network of dozens of corporate investors catalyzed into action, TitletownTech is hardly a sports-tech VC but a venture firm that leans into the strengths of our region. We've invested in companies solving the world's most significant challenges, such as: RAIC Labs, which leverages AI in national security and commercial sectors; Fork Farms, which combats food insecurity through hydroponic systems; GenLogs, which advances freight intelligence to combat fentanyl smuggling and human trafficking; Oculogica, which pioneers eye-tracking technology for brain health and impairment detection; and Realta Fusion, which is developing compact fusion technology for sustainable energy solutions. And, while we do love our cheese curds and old fashioneds, there is a lot more to what we are doing in Wisconsin. With the NFL draft coming to Green Bay for the first time, it's an opportunity to share everything we have to offer, from the obvious, football and cheeseheads, to the less obvious, innovation, technology, creativity, collaborative partnerships and the powerful engine that is TitletownTech. In February Mark Murphy, President and CEO of the Packers and Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft, joined me to launch our first-ever TitletownTech Startup Draft. Founders from across the country began competing for a $1 million-dollar investment and $350K in Azure Credits from Microsoft. Select Startup Founders then came to Green Bay for the Startup Combine where they did everything from kicking field goals and running 40s to meeting with our team and receiving market feedback from dozens of corporate partners from Wisconsin's leading companies. Opinion: Wake surfing done responsibly is fine. Don't restrict Wisconsin boaters like me. Tomorrow on Startup Draft Day, April 24 in Titletown, the first pick will receive that $1 million-dollar check. We're providing another opportunity for someone to create something that endures, despite its improbable beginnings. Through the Startup Draft we received nearly 1,000 applications from impressive startups from every corner of the country, every NFL media market, and nearly every state. But I can't say I'm surprised. Much like Microsoft launching their AI Co-innovation Lab in our backyard, the NFL Draft coming to town, or TitletownTech making venture capital in Green Bay a reality, our small community continues to turn big dreams into amazing realities with inevitable impact. Craig Dickman is managing director at TitletownTech. He also serves on the board of directors for the Green Bay Packers. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: NFL draft highlights Green Bay innovation in football, tech | Opinion
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NFL draft presentation at City Council promises uniquely Green Bay character. Here's what to know
GREEN BAY — Residents should expect to see the NFL draft build up around Lambeau Field starting March 29 and anticipate the physical signs of the draft to stick around until May 6. NFL representatives and local coordinators gave a 50-minute presentation Tuesday night to the City Council, emphasizing the Green Bay and Wisconsin flavors of the 2025 NFL draft, and pulled back the curtain on several key areas of public interest developed over months of coordination with local governments, businesses, and nonprofits. Much of the information has been reported already, but Tuesday night's presentation collected disparate information in one place and offered new bits of information on how this national event will be hosted around Lambeau Field, which Jon Barker, NFL global head of major events and international games, called the "Mecca of football." "We always say the draft is not the NFL's draft," Barker said to the City Council members and a public gallery where all 50 seats were filled. "This one is Green Bay's draft. This is your draft. You worked really hard to get it. We want to make sure it really feels like your draft." Here's what you need to know from Tuesday's presentation on the NFL draft. The draft stage area will take the longest to construct out of any NFL draft structure, according to the presenters. So, it'll be the first structure constructed and one of the last structures to come down, according to the presentation's four-phase timeline. It will be built in the northeast corner of the Lambeau Field parking lot, near the intersection of South Oneida Street and Lombardi Avenue. The NFL anticipates work on the stage to begin March 29, and work on the NFL Draft Experience to begin April 18. The entire draft area will be taken over by the NFL on April 21 so they can conduct a bomb sweep at 10 p.m. April 22 and the site can be locked down on April 23 before opening to the public on April 24. Once the draft is over, the work to clear the area and open up roads will be similarly staggered, with full access to the area and surrounding roads restored by May 6 at the very latest. According to the presentation, there will be about 70 football fields worth of programming at the NFL Draft Experience situated at Titletown and the west side of Lambeau Field with various activities for all ages, including meet-and-greets with players, autograph opportunities, and youth-targeted football clinics. General admission is free, and fans will be able to enter along Lombardi Avenue at the west end of Titletown and the southwest corner of Lambeau Field at Ridge Road. But premium entry participants will have two exclusive entrances of their own, one near TitletownTech and one outside the Resch Center and Resch Expo, according to the presentation. Once inside, visitors will be free to roam toward the draft theater viewing area at the eastern parking lots of Lambeau Field that the presenters said would be a standing-room-only crowd of green and yellow, as well as the actual draft stage that the presenters said was inspired by the design of Lambeau Field itself. Here's the general schedule of events as it was presented on Tuesday: Thursday, April 24 (Round 1): Noon: Gates open; NFL draft experience opens TBD: NFL draft pre-show 7 p.m.: NFL draft theater opens 10 p.m.: NFL draft and draft experience close (NFL draft experience to close before last pick in Round 1) Friday, April 25 (Rounds 2 and 3): Noon: Gates open; NFL draft experience opens TBD: NFL draft pre-show 6 p.m.: NFL draft theater opens 10 p.m.: NFL draft experience closes (draft experience to close before last pick in Round 3) 11 p.m. NFL draft closes Saturday, April 26 (Rounds 4 to 7): 9 a.m.: Gates open; NFL draft experience opens TBD: NFL draft pre-show 11 a.m.: NFL draft theater opens 6 p.m.: NFL draft and draft experience close A detailed schedule will be exclusive to the companion OnePass app, according to presenters, and will be updated with new activities throughout the draft. Much of the new information in Tuesday's presentation regarded parking, shuttles to get people around within the Green Bay area, and charter buses transporting people from outside of the area to Green Bay. Road closures have already been announced, and the NFL draft presenters added on Tuesday that roads will begin to open up again as the site is cleared out after the end of the draft. It's expected that all roads will be fully open to regular traffic by May 6, according to the presentation. As for parking, Green Bay residents are familiar with parking on people's lawns for a fee. The practice will be institutionalized in the OnePass app where visitors will be able to see a map of all residents who've notified the NFL and Discover Green Bay of how many spaces will be available on their property and when parking spaces will be available. Those interested in making parking spaces available can fill out a survey with Discover Green Bay that has already attracted nearly 300 responses, said Nick Meisner, Discover Green Bay's vice president of digital marketing. What the survey doesn't ask for is price, which visitors will have to find out when they get to their parking spot. Available spots will be updated in real time. Drivers of over 40 shuttles are currently being recruited and vetted by Brown County, Meisner said. More rideshare locations will be available on St. Agnes Drive from Ridge Road to Fisk Street and Reggie White Way from Lombardi Avenue to Tony Canadeo Run. Additional scooters and bike services are yet to be determined. And to get people to Green Bay in the first place, Meisner said he's compiling a list of charter bus companies from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois with the contact information of their dispatchers for a real-time communication to handle logistics. Drop-off points for charter buses from outside Green Bay and shuttles within Green Bay will be at: Lombardi Avenue from Argonne Street to Military Avenue. Bart Starr Drive from Lombardi Avenue to Tony Canadeo Run. Mike McCarthy Way from Bart Starr Drive to Holmgren Way. Pick-up will occur at the parking lot of Cabela's, 1499 Lombardi Ave., next to Interstate 41. Ralph Ennis, the NFL's director of investigations and security, said a team of analysts based in Mount. Laurel, New Jersey, has been assessing threats to the draft. No credible threats have been found. He assured that there would be "a lot of concrete" around the perimeter of the draft event with magnetometers and X-rays at every entrance. Bomb-sniffing dogs will check each vehicle that passes through and patrol the entrances for any explosives on people themselves. Air space around the draft will be restricted; any drones flown in the area will violate the temporary flight restriction. Cameras will monitor for overcrowding. "We have thought of virtually everything that could possible happen," Ennis said in coordination with local law enforcement. The stylistic theme for the 2025 NFL draft is "Built by community," according to Ashley Hamilton, NFL Director of Event Location Strategy and Planning. The creative team at the NFL wanted to "not only leverage the culture of the city, but the state," Hamilton said. A close inspection of the 2025 draft logo shows wooden boards, which are supposed to evoke the region's bonds and nod to Wisconsin's lumber industry, according to Hamilton. Rings of wood show up again in the logos of each of the 32 NFL teams. Continuing with the natural theme, the official draft font, called bristle, is supposed to evoke a handcrafted quality. Other patterning on the NFL's branding for the draft is supposed to resemble the shape of farm fields as seen from overhead and crop lines. Jesse Lin is a reporter covering the community of Green Bay and its surroundings, as well as politics in northeastern Wisconsin. Contact him at 920-834-4250 or jlin@ This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: NFL draft officials at Green Bay City Council emphasize Wisconsin flavor
