Little John’s Creating Food Stories Mural on Overture Center Windows

During the months of December and January, Little John’s is creating a mural on the Overture Center windows. This mural is made up of food stories told by our Dane County community – you can submit your food stories here! 

This mural is raising awareness to the solution that Little John’s is developing, access to nutritious meals for everyone through a restaurant that allows visitors to pay as much or as little as they can for that day. 

Be sure to walk by the Overture Center and read the food stories written by your friends, family members and neighbors.

Vogel Bros. Building Co.: $22 million Octopi October Expansion

WAUNAKEE, WIS. – Octopi and Partners begin a $22 million expansion! “This growth, this development is great for (Octopi), it’s great for our community, it’s great for our people.” said Chris Zellner, Waunakee village president.

The groundbreaking celebration happened on Friday October 1, 2021 at 12:00 noon CDT. Octopi kicked-off the beginning of construction on a new 200,000 square foot (sf) facility at 1130 Uniek Drive, Waunakee.

The new facility, developed by SARA Investment Real Estate of Madison, will be leased to Octopi Brewing expanding operations from their main building across the street. The new distribution center, to be completed in the summer of 2022, will house a variety packaging line, shipping, and receiving operations for Octopi. The building features 14 loading docks, a 14,000 sf cooler, a 5,000 sf freezer, and 113,000 sf of open warehouse space. The building has been designed by Aro Eberle Architects and Vogel Bros. Building Co is Construction Manager.

Isaac Showaki, President of Octopi Brewing indicated “This distribution center is critical to the continued growth of Octopi Brewing.”

“It’s humbling to be part of a project for a company that’s just going gangbusters,” said Christina Ballweg, SARA’s executive vice president, who led the groundbreaking activities on Friday.

“Vogel Bros. is excited to support Octopi’s exceptional growth,” said Pete Vogel, CEO and President. “Octopi is a perfect example of our team’s Ideal Customer! They are fast growing and focused on meeting their customers’ rapidly changing needs. We are honored to be their construction partner.”

Vogel Bros. Building Co. (www.vogelbldg.com ) is a fifth-generation construction services company with offices in Madison, WI and Lakeland, FL. As an award-winning company, Vogel Bros. has earned recognition for completing large-scale complex projects, encouraging innovation, embracing new technologies, and making a difference in our communities. We owe our success and longevity to the values established by the Vogel family that have been shared through the generations and are embodied in our employees. Vogel Bros. mission is to continually improve our services in order to enhance the lives of the people in the communities we serve.

One Community Bank Leader in C-PACE Financing

One Community Bank is proud to announce the closing of a $7.5 million C-PACE transaction (Commercial
Property Assessed Clean Energy) with Madison-based hotel developer, North Central Group. The new
boutique hotel project known as, “The Trade Milwaukee”, is a 205 room Autograph Collection Hotel by
Marriott located within the Deer District Entertainment Area in downtown Milwaukee, WI, which
surrounds the Fiserv Forum, home of the Milwaukee Bucks.

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Gebhardt Development multifamily proposal approved by Village of Windsor

This month, The Village of Windsor Board unanimously approved Gebhardt Development’s latest multifamily proposal; the project will consist of 122 market-rate, workforce housing apartments located in Windsor at the intersection of Lake and Gray Roads.

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Artisan Dental Receives B Corp Certification; Dr. Nicole Andersen Named topDentist

Fantastic news about our B Corp Certification!!! 

Thanks to our AMAZING team members, their collaboration, creativity and dedication to introducing a range of new initiatives, our collective efforts have allowed us to re-certify and to increase our score from 82.3 to 95.7!!

We’re thrilled to be a Certified B Corporation.

Dr Nicole Andersen named topDentist

We are happy to share that Dr. Andersen has again been named one of Madison’s best dentists by her peers in topDentist polls for 2021 as featured in Madison Magazine. This is the eleventh consecutive year Dr. Andersen has been named a topDentist. Area dentists and oral healthcare specialists are asked to consider their peers’ years of experience, continuing education, manner with patients as well as the incorporation of new techniques and technology.

Past awards and standing in various dental academies (Academy of General Dentistry, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry) and the actual physical outcomes of their clinical work are also factored into the selection process. Listings in topDentists can not be purchased and no payment is required to be listed. As a result, inclusion in topDentists is considered an honor.

What is topDentists? topDentists was started in January 2007 with the intent of identifying the best dentists and oral health care specialists in the country. topDentists is the only list of its kind, chosen by dental professionals themselves.