FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Carrie Korth
Fox Valley Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Office: 920-720-5600 ext. 300
October 1, 2018
Fox Valley Workforce Development Board Honors Fond du Lac Employers J.F. Ahern and Grande Cheese;
Recognizes FDL
County Executive for 25 Years of Service
The Fox Valley Workforce Development Board (FVWDB), in
partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD),
held an open house on September 26 at the newly remodeled Fond du Lac Job
Center, 349 N. Peters Ave., Fond du Lac. The event was open to the public
and featured tours and a celebration of the 10th anniversary of
Job Center of Wisconsin –
Wisconsin’s online job board and workforce information center.
During the event, FVWDB held a special presentation
honoring J.F. Ahern Co. and
Grande Cheese Company, two local
employers with a commitment to workforce development in Fond du Lac and our
entire region. Representing Grande Cheese, founded in 1941, was
Aimee
Hostettler, who also serves as Chair of the FVWDB Board for a second
year. Representing J.F. Ahern Co., founded in 1880, was
Kimberly Wachholz. Also in attendance were representatives of local
partner agencies,
Fond du
Lac City Manager Joe Moore,
DWD Job
Service Director Debra Warga, other employer representatives and local
residents.
County Executive Allen Buechel delivered remarks to
congratulate Ahern and Grande for their ongoing commitment to workforce
efforts. Buechel shared some thoughts about his time in leadership noting
that 10 years ago, we were in the depths of the great recession and our
region’s ultimate concern was keeping our local employers in business.
Today, Buechel said our greatest struggle is to find our thriving employers
the skilled workers they need.
Buechel thanked Grande Cheese, JF Ahern and all the local employers for
their partnership with the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board and for
supporting the Fond du Lac Job Center.
Following his remarks, Board CEO Anthony Snyder presented
County Executive Buechel with a plaque recognizing his 25 years of
service to workforce development in the FVWDB region. Buechel was named FDL
County Executive in 1993, following 17 years as a member of the county
board. In his role, Buechel
serves as an officer in the
Fox Valley Workforce Development Board’s County Consortium, a coalition
of six counties – Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Waupaca, Waushara and
Winnebago – that provides a governance and fiscal role to the FVWDB.
For more information on the Board
visit http://www.foxvalleywork.org/.
For more on the Fond du Lac Job Center, visit
www.foxvalleyjobcenters.com.
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Fox Valley Workforce Development Board
(FVWDB) is a not-for-profit working to build a world-class workforce in
northeast Wisconsin. Serving six counties — Calumet, Green Lake, Fond du
Lac, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago — FVWDB collaborates with a number of
state and local agencies to help job seekers gain the skills needed to find
employment, and to help businesses find the highly skilled workers they
need.
FVWDB is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Service Provider.
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