they'll join companies like uline or hudson, collaborative conning or shop go in green bay, city brewing in lacrosse, all of whom announced in uh jobs during the past year. i was in superior just a few weeks ago when they announced they're adding 600 new jobs. [ applause ] this was a great team effort. and, in fact is the major said that day to us it was the largest jobs project in the region since world war ii. [ applause ] but the inspiring don't come from company owners or managers, they come from employees. sandy is one of those people who has one of those great stories. when the economy took a dive a few years ago, she took a pay cut. not long after that, she lost her job. but today, however, she's working at g3 industries. g3 is one of those companies that added jobs in the past year and now has plans to add even more in the future. now, the owner told me he's creating more jobs in wisconsin because he likes the way we're moving our state forward. that's important to remember, because without the positive changes, he told me he would not have had the confidence to grow his business