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MILWAUKEE
Business cited for 100th year
The Morley-Murphy Co. of Green Bay will be among 18 businesses being honored today by Gov. Jim Doyle at a "Centennial Business Celebration" at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. The event will be held at the We Energies' Corporate Tent in the U.S. Bank Championship Corporate Village.
The recognition program is an annual event coordinated by Forward Wisconsin, the state's business attraction and marketing organization.
Other companies include Armstrong-Blum Manufacturing (Oshkosh); Bethesda Lutheran Homes & Services (Watertown); Dean Health System (Madison); First National Bank (River Falls); Glatfelter Neenah Facility; Grassland Dairy Products, Inc. (Greenwood); Hansen Storage Company (Milwaukee); Independent Bank (Verona); the La Crosse Tribune; Marling Lumber Co. (Madison); Mason Companies, Inc. (Chippewa Falls); N. Christensen & Son Real Estate (Racine); Northwestern Bank (Chippewa Falls); Sentry Insurance (Stevens Point); Sterling Handling Equipment, Inc. (Milwaukee); von Briesen & Roper, s.c. (Milwaukee); and Wilson-Hurd Manufacturing Company (Wausau).
GREEN BAY
Marriott extends ExecuStay franchise into Green Bay
Marriott ExecuStay, the corporate housing division of Marriott International, Inc., has announced that Corporate Accommodations-Wisconsin is its newest franchisee and is operating in Green Bay, Milwaukee, Appleton and Madison.
Corporate Accommodations-Wisconsin is owned by 13-year corporate housing veteran Carl Blandford of Milwaukee. Marriott ExecuStay offers travelers who require stays of 30 days or more full apartment living in 39 U.S. markets.
In Green Bay, Blandford has just under a couple dozen Marriott ExecuStay apartments in his inventory, located downtown at Washington Square and in several apartment communities operated by the Toonen Companies.
GREEN BAY
Bay Area Foot Clinic moves
Bay Area Foot Clinic, operated by Dr. Thomas Komp, has moved to a new location at 2295 W. Mason St. The practice had been at 1747 Shawano Ave. for 12 years. The new building is on the site of a building used by a podiatrist who retired in May. For more information, call 498-2226.