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Selected area businesses, many offering significant savingsare found in the Business Directory Section, sorted by category. The Guide can save you both time and money while providing you a continuous resource tool as you become more familiar with the metroplex. We do hope you find our Relocation Package to be of assistance to you. If you do not find something you need, or if you have any suggestions for future issues of the Guide, please give us a call. We will be happy to assist in any way. (866) 595-3792 Toll Free From everyone at NewMarket Services Welcome to Milwaukee! 6 ] Milwaukee Information Guide www.newmarketservices.com Milwaukee Information Guide [ Volume 11 [ Number 4 LOCAL INFORMATION The State of Wisconsin 6 Area Codes, Important Phone Numbers 13-14 Weather 14 Travel Information 15-16 Milwaukee Overview 9-10 Historical Background 10 Publisher: NewMarket Services, Inc. Milwaukee Neighborhoods 11 Cultural Attractions 17-18 President: Patrick Morgan Sports & Recreation 18 Managing Editor: Rebecca Wallace Media 19 Executive Editor: Jason Gerali MOVING Contributing Writer: Amy Tennant Smooth Transitions 23-24 Executive VP Sales & Marketing: Robert Fischer Choosing a Moving Company 23 Regional Sales Manager: Beth Hurley Packing Tips 24-24 Staying Organized 24 Art Department: Sprague Design Settling Into Your New Home 24 Graphic Designer: Dean Sprague What’s All the Talk About? 27 NewMarket On-Line: Total Web Design, Inc. Pre-Move Checklist 28-29 Relocating Your Pet 30 IT and Web Development: Larry Bongiovi Research Assistant: Stephanie Cooper, Lora Price Circulation: Little Drummer Boy Dist., Inc. 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Who’s Who in Building 54 Selecting a Builder 55 In preparing this publication, every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of Selecting a Contractor 56 the information contained herein, but Banking & Mortgage Information 57-60 authenticity cannot be guaranteed. Listings are subject to omission, error or change without notice. BUSINESS DIRECTORY Business Directory Listings 61-66 All material in this publication is copyright protected and can only be reprinted with permission of the publisher. Milwaukee Information Guide [ 7 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN California, and it leads the nation in cheese production. Although California has overtaken Wisconsin in the production of milk and butter, Wisconsin still produces more milk per capita than any other MI state in the Union. In addition to dairying, Wisconsin ranks first in the production of corn for silage, cranberries, ginseng, and snap beans for processing. Wisconsin is also a leading producer of oats, potatoes, carrots, tart cherries, maple syrup, and sweet corn for processing. Given Wisconsin's strong agricultural tradition, it is not surprising WI that a large part of the state’s manufacturing sector deals with food Minneapolis/ processing. Some well known food brands produced in Wisconsin St. Paul include Oscar Mayer, Tombstone and Jack’s frozen pizza, and MN Johnsonville Bratwursts. Kraft Foods alone employs over five thousand people in the state. Milwaukee is a major producer of beer Milwaukee and the home of Miller Brewing Company’s world headquarters, the Madison nation's second largest brewer. IA Wisconsin is represented by major league teams in the three Chicago most popular spectator sports in the United States: American football (Green Bay Packers), baseball (Milwaukee Brewers), and basketball (Milwaukee Bucks). The Green Bay Packers have been part of the National Football League since the league’s second IL IN season in 1921 and currently hold the record for the most NFL titles, he state of Wisconsin is located in the upper Midwest earning the city of Green Bay the nickname “Titletown”. region. Wisconsin is bordered by the states of Iowa, TMinnesota, Michigan and Illinois, as well as Lakes Michigan and Superior. Today 42.6% of the population is of German ancestry, making Wisconsin one of the most German-American states in the United States, although there are many other major ethnic groups, Fun Facts including one of the larger Hmong populations in the nation. POPULATION: 5,536,201 ( in 2005) Since its’ founding, Wisconsin has been ethnically CAPITAL: Madison heterogeneous, with New Englanders being among the first to LARGEST CITIES: Madison, Green Bay, Milwaukee arrive; for many years they dominated the state’s industry, finance, politics and education. Large numbers of European immigrants AREA: 65,498 sq mi followed them, including Germans, mostly between 1850 and HIGHEST POINT: Timms Hill 1,951 ft 1900, Scandinavians and smaller groups of Belgians, Swiss, Finns, Irish Catholics and others; in the twentieth century, large numbers LOWEST POINT: Lake Michigan 579 ft of Polish and African-Americans arrived in the state. NICKNAME: Badger State Wisconsin's rural economy was originally based on furs; in the 19th century, emphasis shifted to mining, lumber, farming, dairy, STATE MOTO: Forward and tourism. Large-scale industrialization began in the late 19th STATE SALES TAX: 5% century in the southeast of the state, with the city of Milwaukee as its major center. In recent decades, service industries, especially AVR PERSONAL INCOME: $32,157 in 2004 medicine and education, have become dominant. Wisconsin's WEB SITE: www.wisconsin.gov landscape, largely shaped by the Wisconsin glaciation of the last Ice Age, makes the state popular for both tourism and many forms of outdoor recreation. The economy of Wisconsin is driven by agriculture, healthcare and manufacturing. Although manufacturing accounts for a far greater part of the state's income than farming, Wisconsin is usually recognized primarily as a farming state.
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