Spare Time Madison Now Open!

For Immediate Release

Contact: Rachel Crowder
Phone: (802) 655-3468 ext. 81020
Email: rcrowder@bowlne.com

Spare Time Madison Now Open!

Spare Time Entertainment is proud to open their latest state of the art Entertainment Center in Madison, WI on Thursday, October 12th. The brand new luxury entertainment venue has been under construction at 7415 Mineral Point Road in Madison since early summer. This location will mark Spare Time’s eighteenth location, and first in Wisconsin.

The new 50,000 square-foot facility is the perfect place for friends and family to come together, relax, and celebrate. The venue is features amenities and entertainment for groups of all sizes, ages, and abilities, including:

• 21 Luxury bowling lanes with plush couches and massive HD Video walls, including 14 in the main area and 7 in the private Elite Suite event space
• The Elite Suite also features a private bar, bowling lanes, and dining area.
• State-of-the-art Laser Tag arena with heart-pounding music, fog, and special effects.
• Massive Game Zone arcade with more than 80 state-of-the-art arcade games and redemption prize store.
• 2 “Mind Games” Escape Rooms, designed to entertain and puzzle groups of up to 2-8 guests at a time for each one-hour or 30-minute adventure.
• Full-service restaurant and bar, featuring hand-tossed pizza, hand-breaded chicken, signature burgers, craft cocktails, and much more.

Corporate and private event guests will surely be surprised and delighted by Spare Time’s beautiful venue, crave-worthy catering, and exceptional service, which will leave them talking about their event for years to come.

“We’re so excited to be opening Spare Time in Madison, Wisconsin. Family is important to us and our brand is perfect for young children, teenagers, parents and grandparents. We offer something for everyone. Spare Time’s family-friendly environment is a place to bond. Whether you’re planning to host your child’s birthday party, corporate executives, girl’s night out or a school spirit night – events are our specialty. We take great pride in Creating Memorable Experiences. Every Guest, Every Visit.” said Heather Provost, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Spare Time Entertainment.

With sixteen existing locations throughout the Northeast, Southeast and now growing in the Midwest area, Spare Time Entertainment looks forward with excitement to being an active member of each of the communities. They will continue to demonstrate that they care about the places where their employees and guests live.

Spare Time Madison | 7415 Mineral Point Road, Madison WI, 53717
Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday 11AM-11PM, Fridays 11AM-12AM, Saturday 10AM-12AM, Sundays 10AM-11PM
Website: https://www.sparetimeentertainment.com/madison/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sparetimemadison/
Instagram: @sparetimemadison

Middleton Chamber of Commerce Foundation Launches Mission: Workforce Alliance to Tackle Workforce Shortage

Kate Miller
Executive Director
Middleton Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 608.827.2752
Email: kate@middletonchamber.com

Middleton Chamber of Commerce Foundation Launches Mission: Workforce Alliance to Tackle Workforce Shortage

Middleton, WI – The Middleton Chamber of Commerce Foundation is proud to introduce “Mission: Workforce Alliance,” a groundbreaking program developed in partnership with Mission Wisconsin. This visionary initiative aims to address the ongoing workforce shortage while propelling economic growth by harnessing the incredible potential of military talent within the state of Wisconsin.

According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs, each year, approximately 250,000 service members and their families transition from active duty, representing a wealth of skills and experiences. The Middleton Chamber Foundation’s, Mission: Workforce Alliance, offers its members access to this exceptional pool of individuals, presenting an unrivaled opportunity to tap into a talent pipeline overflowing with qualified and skilled candidates.

Mission: Workforce Alliance offers a range of key features that benefit both military service and veteran families as well as chamber members. The program serves as a valuable bridge between transitioning service member families and our business community. Chamber members gain access to a diverse pool of talent with varied skills and experiences. The program includes providing professional support to facilitate the seamless integration of these families into the civilian workforce.

“Mission: Workforce Alliance represents a significant step forward in addressing the workforce challenges faced by our community and businesses,” said Kate Miller, Executive Director at the Middleton Chamber of Commerce. “By connecting our members with the incredible talent pool of transitioning military families, we aim to not only fill critical workforce gaps but also honor and support those who have served our nation.”

When asked about the partnership, Steve Janke, CEO of Mission: Wisconsin expressed enthusiasm for expansion of the program. “This partnership with the Middleton Chamber of Commerce represents the first step in providing military talent attraction to a greater percentage of the business community. Leveraging the network and community that the Chamber has allows us to connect more efficiently with small to medium sized businesses while maintaining our high touch concierge services provided to the military community! We look forward to growing this type of partnership throughout the Great State of Wisconsin with the Middleton Chamber of Commerce.”

For more information about Mission: Workforce Alliance and how to participate, please visit mcocfoundation.org.

For more information about Mission Wisconsin, please visit mission-wisconsin.com.

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Great Lakes Roofing Corporation Lends a Helping Hand to RMHC-Marshfield on Volunteer Day

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       
October 12, 2023

Contact: Tiff Brennan
(608) 402-6072
tiff@brandhouse.marketing

GLRC Lends a Helping Hand to RMHC-Marshfield on Volunteer Day

Marshfield, WI, September 15, 2023 – Great Lakes Roofing Corporation (GLRC), a leading provider of commercial and industrial roofing and 2022 recipient of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Torch Award for Ethics, eagerly participated in a volunteer day at Ronald McDonald House Charities of Marshfield (RMHC-Marshfield). 

“As a new supporter of our House, GLRC demonstrated its commitment to local communities and the well-being of families and their children through the generous donation of a new roof,” said Iilee Pederson, executive director of RMHC-Marshfield. “Furthermore, they have gone above and beyond by dedicating a day to volunteerism, helping us transform our House into a true home for families with hospitalized children.” 

GLRC previously donated time and materials to re-roof RMHC-Marshfield, and their Crew sought a similarly tangible contribution. 

GLRC volunteers completed various tasks including fall yard maintenance, washing windows, disinfecting toys, and dusting and disinfecting railings and switches. A company-wide supplies drive helped restock the House’s pantry. To cap it off, three large meals were cooked to support RMHC’s “Home for Dinner” initiative. By sharing of their time and talents, GLRC aims to create a comfortable and supportive space for families who are guests at the House.

“Our visit began with a tour to familiarize ourselves with the House’s layout and the multifunctional spaces utilized by the community. This made our team feel right at home within the RMHC facility, enabling us to confidently and efficiently tackle our tasks. As we concluded our visit, our volunteers kept expressing their enthusiasm, eagerly inquiring about future opportunities to return and participate in similar activities,” Kris Moran, marketing director at GLRC, shared their excitement, adding, “The resounding questions were: ‘When can we do this again?’ ‘Can I be on the list of people who get to come for the next visit?'” 

Pederson added, “Volunteers help make our Ronald McDonald House a home. They assist in relieving costs, allowing our charity to direct donations toward underwriting the costly expense of housing. This enables families to stay at Ronald McDonald House for free, regardless of the length of their stay. We are deeply grateful to GLRC for generously donating their time and talents to our House and families.”

GLRC and RMHC both celebrate their 40th anniversaries this year, marking four decades of commitment to their respective causes. Their partnership in the RMHC-Marshfield Volunteer Day showcases their shared dedication to giving back to their communities and supporting families in need. 

RMHC-Marshfield provides several opportunities for individuals and organizations to support their cause. Upcoming events include the Sweet Affaire Auction + Gala and the Adopt-A-Room Program. In addition, the charity accepts pop-tabs, wish list items, and gift cards to stores or gas stations. For more information on how to support Ronald McDonald House Charities-Marshfield, its upcoming events, and opportunities to make a difference in the lives of the children and families it serves, please visit their website at https://rmhc-marshfield.org/. 

RMHC has 165 chapters across the U.S. The nonprofit seeks to support children’s access to medical care and ensure their families’ active involvement by providing secure and comfortable shelters near top children’s hospitals. GLRC, a member of the Roofing Alliance, has serviced the roofs of RMHC-Madison since 2017 and RMHC-Marshfield since 2022.

Headquartered in Germantown, Wis., Great Lakes Roofing Corporation is a national award-winning roofing company providing commercial/industrial building owners with the solutions they need to keep their products and people safe. GLRC is celebrating 40 years as a quality construction company that maintains its core values and family culture while providing clients with the safest and best services. GLRC’s mission is to be a client’s trusted partner and first choice in roofing solutions. Learn more at www.greatlakesroofing.net. 

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Madison College President Jack E. Daniels III to Retire

In his eleventh year of stewardship, Madison College President Jack E. Daniels, III has announced he will retire in June of 2024. The announcement was made at a meeting of the Madison College District Board on October 4.

In an email to Madison College faculty and staff, Daniels reflected on some of the transformative work that they have collectively accomplished:

We’ve established Madison College as an engine of innovation, a driver of economic impact, and a collaborator in far-reaching community and educational partnerships. We’ve significantly changed the physical landscape of our facilities and reshaped the perception of a high-quality, community college experience.

Daniels came to Madison College in 2013 from Los Angeles Southwest College and quickly became a leader in the community as well as at the college. He has served area non-profits, the business community, and worked with multiple organizations all while cementing Madison College’s role as a catalyst for economic and workforce development.

“It’s been a privilege to serve this community and this institution,” said Daniels. “Madison College stands head and shoulders above most and is exceptional in what it does and provides. And our faculty and staff understand, fully, our role in the community, and how we can best serve and have meaningful and lasting impact that changes lives.”

Among his many noteworthy accomplishments are the vision for and creation of Madison College’s Goodman South Campus and the dedicated coalition of area leaders he assembled to execute that vision of intentionally serving and supporting the south Madison community. His leadership was also instrumental in instituting the college’s shared governance model and philosophy for participatory decision-making practices. He worked with college leadership to expand program and apprenticeship offerings, craft new curricula to meet the needs of a changing workforce and institute numerous new transfer agreements with four-year colleges and universities.

Daniels helped guide the college’s extraordinary response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which included continuing to provide high-quality, accessible educational opportunities while prioritizing the health and safety of students and employees and ensuring access to necessary services and aid. His tenure also coincided with challenging and tumultuous societal moments during which the school remained steadfast to its unwavering commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Under his leadership, the number of students of color served by Madison College increased from 22% to 35% over the past decade. Similarly, the number of employees of color has also grown. Since 2015, full-time staff of color has grown 44% and full-time managers of color has grown 45%. Additionally, Black full-time faculty has grown 20% and Latino full-time faculty has grown 15%.

“Dr. Daniels’ leadership and vision leaves Madison College in a strong position for the future and uniquely suited to meet the opportunities ahead,” said Donald Dantzler, Madison College District Board of Trustees Chair. “Both the college and community have benefited from his guidance, voice and steady hand, and we are indebted.”

Madison College will be launching a national search for Daniels’ replacement in the coming weeks.

For all media inquiries, please contact Mel Charbonneau, Madison College’s Director of Communications at 906.361.7263 or mcharbonneau@madisoncollege.edu.

Naviant, Inc. Forms a New Alliance with Jadu to Offer Accessible, Automated, Digital Self-Service to its Customers

VERONA, Wis – U.S; LEICESTER, England – U.K. – October 2nd, 2023 – Naviant, Inc., a leading provider of  Hyland and  ABBYY intelligent automation solutions  has partnered with Jadu, a leading provider of Web Experience Management, portal, eForms, and CRM software. Through the new partnership, the companies will deliver accessible, Section 508-compliant, automated solutions to enable organizations to streamline digital self-service offerings to their customers and constituents.

Jadu builds its software to support accessible design principles and standards to deliver solutions that work for everyone. Web accessibility is an issue that is becoming increasingly more mainstream as large organizations begin to focus on equality and diversity. The US has also seen a sharp increase in the number of lawsuits for failure to meet Section 508 and The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility law, particularly in the education sector, as recently reported by Usablenet.

As a provider of expert consulting services for customers who leverage Hyland OnBase, Naviant will offer Jadu’s web portal and CRM platform, which integrates seamlessly with OnBase and ‘WorkView,’ the low code workflow tool by Hyland. Naviant will also add the full Jadu Digital Platform to its solution suite to offer its other customers.

“We are thrilled to offer the Jadu Platform to our customers,” says Michael Carr, President, and CEO at Naviant. “Being able to offer Jadu’s powerful self-service portal, eForms, and CRM opens up a new level of digital transformation, bringing the ‘Amazon-like experience’ to our customers. The opportunity to offer solutions at a level of accessibility that leads in the digital experience market will open up vast opportunities for our customers and the market.”

“Jadu is on a mission to become the world’s most accessible digital platform, and we’re focused on building alliances with organizations that want to deliver inclusive web experiences,” says Suraj Kika, Founder and CEO at Jadu. “We could not be more excited to be partnering with Naviant, who, with their leading expertise in content services, will offer unique value to organizations wishing to provide automation and self-service to their customers and constituents.”

Jadu will be joining Naviant at the Hyland CommunityLive conference in Las Vegas on October 1st – 5th.

About Naviant

Business processes and solutions that empower better and faster decisions are what we do best. As a nationally recognized intelligent automation solutions integrator and business process consulting organization with over 30 years of experience headquartered in Verona WI, our clients do more with less by streamlining processes and gaining visibility into the information they need to make better decisions. As a long-standing key partner of Hyland, Naviant helps organizations operate more efficiently using Hyland’s OnBase enterprise information platform, Brainware intelligent capture platform, the Hyland Cloud, and Hyland RPA, as well as the ABBYY intelligent capture. Naviant’s “process-first” approach brings focus to the importance of process improvement prior to implementing best-in-class enterprise content management (ECM) solutions and technology. Naviant is a top-tier partner for Hyland’s OnBase, an enterprise information platform for managing content, processes, and cases, that combines ECM, case management, business process management (BPM), records management, compliance, and capture functionality on a single platform.  To learn more about Naviant, visit Naviant.com.

About Jadu

Jadu has over 20 years of experience digitally transforming hundreds of government, education and private sector organizations around the world.  With offices in the UK, North America and Australia, Jadu is a leading global provider of accessible web experiences, specializing in low code, CRM, accessible websites (CMS) and online forms, customer case management for the enterprise and expert digital design services. Millions of users use Jadu to access important digital services every day.  Jadu focuses on using technology to connect communities and empower effective self-service. Their expert team continues to deliver solutions to transform the way the public sector delivers services to communities, focusing on low-code platforms and tools, accessibility, automation, and user-centered design.  By providing the foundation of many accessible, responsive and award-winning websites and digital transformation projects, Jadu helps to improve processes, service delivery, and saves companies valuable time and money to be invested in other vital services – that help citizens, students and staff. For more information, please visit Jadu.net, and follow its accounts on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter (X).