Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced today that more than 60 Wisconsin small businesses have already received loans to expand, create jobs and help move our economy forward as a result of the recently enacted Small Business Jobs Act. A complete list of the Wisconsin businesses is below. Feingold supported the bill, which was signed into law on September 27, 2010. Today, Wisconsin small business owners joined Feingold in highlighting how the bill helps small businesses in Wisconsin.
“Small businesses are the engine of our economy and create the majority of jobs nationally,” Feingold said. “But the lack of available credit has really hurt small businesses’ ability to expand and create new jobs. That is why I supported the Small Business Jobs Act, which as we now see, is already helping free up credit for Wisconsin small businesses and moving our economy forward.”
Russ Klisch, the owner of Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee, says the small business bill helps businesses like his create jobs. Today, it was announced that Lakefront Brewery received a loan of $1,425,000 to help it expand and create jobs.
“The SBA loan will allow us to hire local contractors to enlarge our tour center, buy equipment from local Wisconsin manufactures to expand our brewery, and improve our distribution terminal. From these expansions I’ll be looking to hire three more full time employees in our brewery and six more part time in our tour center. Our brewery currently produces a gluten free beer in which 10 percent of our production is exported and another 20 percent goes out of state. The loan will enable us to improve our distribution center to help us meet our growing demand for our product,” Klisch said.
Cindy Haley is the President of J&C Trucking, which recently announced it was relocating to Baldwin in November where it is constructing a 9,100 square foot facility, creating 19 new jobs and bringing with it another 31 jobs. J&C Trucking received an SBA loan of $284,000.
“We are so excited to make the move to the state of Wisconsin. Everyone in Baldwin is so nice to work with. We will be using the money for our new facility to be constructed by Durand Builders,” said Haley.
Dr. Carin LaCount is an optometrist with Family Focused Vision Care in Sherwood. Despite the fact that her practice is growing and loan payments have never been missed, her lender is requiring her SBA loan be 90 percent guaranteed. As a result of the new small business bill, Family Focused Vision received a loan of $285,000 to help it stay open.
“This bill will ensure the success of my practice and I’m sure many other businesses. Efforts like these are what needs to be done in this economy and I appreciate Senator Feingold’s support to help small businesses like mine,” LaCount said.
Read more about the Small Business Jobs Act and the Wisconsin small businesses it will help here. The following Wisconsin small businesses have received loans as a result of the recently enacted Small Business Jobs Act:
Chequamegon Bay Engineering, I
Ashland
$75,000
J & C Trucking Of Baldwin Inc.
Baldwin
$284,000
Animart Inc.
Beaver Dam
$1,720,000
Golf Gifts And Gallery Inc.
Bristol
$406,000
Cook Auto Supplies, Ltd.
Brookfield
$546,500
Dvi Consulting Llc
Cedarburg
$150,000
Paul Davis Restoration
Cottage Grove
$500,000
Earth Sense Energy Systems, In
Dale
$1,644,000
Advantage Learning, Inc.
Eau Claire
$285,000
Lit’l Bits, Inc.
Eau Claire
$150,000
Kehl School Of Dance Llc
Fitchburg
$249,000
Agromatic, Inc.
Fond Du Lac
$1,600,000
Ma & Pa’s Grocery Express
Fond Du Lac
$630,000
Michael R. And Sarah A. Davis
Germantown
$234,000
S3 International, Llc
Glendale
$100,000
Budzies Bread Llc D/B/A Breads
Green Bay
$117,700
Kimps Corporation
Green Bay
$655,000
Grand Avenue Dental
Hartford
$560,200
Culver’s Of Hartland
Hartland
$802,000
B&P Business Services, Inc.
Hayward
$25,000
Olson Trucking Direct, Inc.
Holmen
$1,595,000
Andrews Drywall & Construction
La Crosse
$80,000
Laurie Haake (Epc)
La Crosse
$1,350,000
Liggon Enterprises Llc D/B/A T
Madison
$72,500
The Echo Tap Inc.
Madison
$152,000
Mdc Lc Wis Llc D/B/A Little Ca
Manitowoc
$222,500
V Parkway Rental Llc (Epc); Ha
Marshfield
$842,000
Elizabeth Lightfoot
Mc Farland
$416,600
Facility Gateway Corporation
Mcfarland
$1,650,000
Brillion Eyecare, Llc
Menasha
$545,500
Community Eyecare, Inc.
Menasha
$280,000
Menasha Eyecare, L.L.C.
Menasha
$145,500
Thompson And Associates, L.L.C
Menasha
$340,000
Bda Sales Llc
Milwaukee
$2,000,000
Dietz Electric Co., Inc.
Milwaukee
$100,000
Frieschsky’s, Llc
Milwaukee
$75,000
Kay Hospitality, Llc
Milwaukee
$1,680,000
Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
Milwaukee
$1,425,000
Northwest Funeral Chapel Inc
Milwaukee
$1,400,000
Ttmt, Inc.
Milwaukee
$2,325,000
Behrens Properties, Inc
Muscoda
$462,000
Tecc Security Systems, Inc.
Neenah
$175,000
Kevin J. Wilson
Niagara
$350,000
Oakfield Elevator Company, Inc
Oakfield
$658,300
Ganos Decorative Concrete, Inc
Oconomowoc
$15,000
Needle In A Haystack
Peshtigo
$45,000
Millennium Technologies Llc
Plymouth
$457,000
Otter Creek Associates
Plymouth
$1,000,000
Remington Oil Company Inc.
Rhinelander
$433,000
Snap Fitness
Rice Lake
$214,000
Jas Ventures, Llc And Jas Of S
Sheboygan
$750,000
Family Focused Vision Care, In
Sherwood
$285,000
Slinger Shell
Slinger
$375,000
Tassler Timber Operations Llc
Tomahawk
$105,000
Reetz Funeral Home Inc.
Viroqua
$625,000
Rock River Laboratory, Inc.
Watertown
$258,000
Broesch & Co., S.C.
Waukesha
$325,000
Marriott Drywall Materials, In
Waukesha
$1,250,000
Safeclean Llc D/B/A Fibe-Con F
Waukesha
$25,000
Woodcraft Renew-A-Kitchen Inc
Wausau
$25,000
Wj Pizza Llc
Wauwatosa
$265,000
City Wide Insulation Company I
West Allis
$250,000
Bridges Of Wisconsin, Inc.
West Bend
$47,000
