Public helped brand bottled Milwaukee water

The Milwaukee Press Club invited the public to vote to decide the best brand name for a special, limited edition, bottled water to celebrate the City of Milwaukee’s 163rd Birthday. The club’s water-naming contest was launched in October, resulting in nearly 200 brand name suggestions. The club selected 15 names as finalists, based on creativity and ability to reflect the importance of water as a resource for Milwaukee and the region.
The public was able to vote for its favorite by visiting the press club’s Web site. Six-packs of the limited supply of bottled water were given out at the City of Milwaukee’s 163rd Birthday Party January 27, after press time.

The finalists included:
• MKE H20: Better Than Beer

• Pure Midwest: The Water That Made Milwaukee Famous

• Brew City Blue: From the Bluetiful Shores of Lake Michigan

• Blueski: The Next Best Thing on Tap

• H2 Oh Milwaukee!: Drink It In

• BrewTown Blue: The Foundation of Milwaukee’s Fame

• Milwaukee On Tap: H20 that’s pure, clean and refreshing!

• Lake Effect:  It’s Cooler by the Lake

• Great Lakes Gold: From America’s Fresh Coast

• Wi-Brew 2-0: Only the best brew from Wisconsin! (Pronounced, “We-Brew Two-Oh”)

• Bubbler Brew: Unparalleled Taste from the City of Bubblers

• Brew City Blue: The water that made the beer that made Milwaukee famous

• Fresh20: Same Great Taste; Lots More Technology

• Brew City Bubbler: Milwaukee’s Best Brew

UWM offers summit focused on the business case for sustainability

Senior business leaders will hear strong evidence supporting the business case for sustainability at the “Executive Summit on Sustainable Business: Tackling a Tough Economy with Sustainability Strategies,” from 7:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., March 3, at the UWM School of Continuing Education.

The program exclusively for leaders in roles such as CEO, President, COO, CFO or Vice President will explore how strategies to improve organizational sustainability can result in competitive advantage and higher profits.

Industry experts and representatives from Wisconsin companies, including David Kohler, executive vice president of the Kohler Co., will present case studies on how their organizations benefit from sustainability strategies that deliver cost reductions, sales growth, energy savings and positive ROI.

Keynote speaker Dr. Bob Willard, former IBM senior manager, sustainability expert and author, will lay out the business case for sustainability.

A complementary program, “Green Tier Advantage 2009: Sustainability for Wisconsin Businesses,” follows the Executive Summit. . Participants who attend both events receive reduced registration fees. The GTA conference runs March 3 from 2-5 p.m. and March 4, from 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m., also at the UWM School of Continuing Education.

Information on each event is available at www.sce-greensummit.uwm.edu. Registration is available online or by calling 414-227-3200 or 800-222-3623.

Lisa Waukau, Chair of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, says the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin will challenge in court last month’s rejection by the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Tribe’s application to build an entertainment center and casino at Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha.

“The Department’s action in rejecting the Tribe’s application is not based on the facts or the law. It is the product of an illegal guidance memorandum that is the current subject of litigation between the Tribe and the Department. The Department’s action ensures that the Tribe will pursue this litigation vigorously. The only viable legal argument that the Department has put forward in the litigation is that it had not made a final decision on our application; therefore, the Tribe’s lawsuit was premature. The Department’s latest action removed that argument, and we are supremely confident that the Court will overturn this illegal action. “The rejection is not the end of the project, only a temporary setback.”