Community News

Standing O!

KABA recently hosted the Ovation Awards program, our annual salute to business and entrepreneurship. This is one of my favorite events of […]

Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood: Revitalizing a Legacy of Economic Growth

Kenosha has long been an engine of economic innovation. From its early days as a manufacturing powerhouse—home to one of […]

Building our Future: Investing in early childhood development

Building Our Future works to strengthen systems to expand programs that make a positive difference for our future workforce. By […]

Positioning Kenosha County for better, more diverse entertainment, restaurant and specialty retail

In the past year, municipal leaders from Salem, Bristol, City of Kenosha, Downtown Kenosha, Inc. (DKI), Pleasant Prairie and Somers […]

Kerkman elected President of statewide county leaders’ association

Kenosha County Executive Samantha Kerkman was recently elected as the leader of a statewide organization of county officials. Kerkman will […]

Honoring a legacy of mentoring

In early 2009, my dear friend and colleague, Jerry Cronin, invited me to join him one afternoon at Brass Community […]

A passion for lifelong learning

Many people don’t know that I first entered college with ambitions of becoming a physical therapist. It was there that […]

KABA President Nicole Ryf named to list of 30 people shaping Milwaukee’s future

Nicole Ryf is leading the Kenosha Area Business Alliance through a period of prolific growth and opportunity for Kenosha County, […]

Downtown Kenosha is where I feel “perfectly centered” to make an impact in our community

June 23, 2017 When I look around at all of the exciting things taking place throughout Kenosha, it’s hard to […]