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Sunday, May 27, 2012- Today the FirstPathway Partner’s funded Downtown Milwaukee Marriott was featured in the Business Journal.  The project is slated for completion in 2013. It will be the first full-service hotel built downtown in more than 20 years.
The project will be located in the heart of the downtown central business district of Milwaukee, WI, USA on the southwest corner of East Wisconsin Avenue and North Milwaukee Street, surrounding the Johnson Bank building.

The iconic $56 Million dollar, 10-story, 197,000 square foot hotel will feature a luxurious high-end restaurant, lobby bar, Starbucks, and a jeweler. Hotel amenities will include a fully equipped fitness center, a swimming pool, business center, concierge service, and gift shop.

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May 21, 2012 – This week Ms. Xiaoshu Xu, Chief Editor of the Educational Channel at SOHU.com ( 搜狐)  and a central delegation from China’s education sector visited FirstPathway Partners (FPP) corporate headquarters to interview FPP Chairman and CEO Bob Kraft.

During his interview Kraft spoke about educational opportunities here in Milwaukee and EB5. A full transcript of the interview is available on the sohu.com website. Also interviewed at FPP corporate headquarters was: Former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle of Foley and Lardner, Paul Jones CEO of AO Smith, Rocky Marcoux Commissioner of City Development, Tim Sheehy President of MMAC, and John Wheeler International Media Relations at Harley Davidson. FPP was honored to host such a prestigious group.

Sohu, a search engine headquartered in Beijing, China and its subsidiaries offer news reporting, search engine, informational and other services. Sohu was ranked 3rd and 12th fastest-growing company by Fortune in 2009 and 2010 respectively.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012- Bob Kraft Chairman and CEO of FirstPathway Partners was honored to moderate the 48^th annual Wisconsin International Trade Conference China Session. Speakers included Damian Felton, U.S. Department of Commerce; Siva
Yam, US-China Chamber of Commerce; Hai Yan Zhang, Gordon Pacific, LLC.; John Powalisz, Sentry Equipment; Shuke Miao, Mortenson China Ltd. and Randall Birchfield/ John Fox of Covance Laboratories, Inc.

During the sessions, Kraft commended the efforts of Milwaukee for expanding international trade, of products, services, education and culture with China.  This year’s highlights included “The Summer of China,” featuring the US Table Tennis Open and The Milwaukee Art Museum’s, The Emperor’s Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City, Cernet’s MOU with The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee to bring thousands of students to UWM and the reciprocated gift from the City of Milwaukee to sister city Ningbo.

Earlier that day, during the Wisconsin International Trade Conference Export Awards Luncheon Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker, gave remarks on the regions International activities. In his speech, the Governor encouraged efforts to further increase international trade and investment in our community and expand exports. The Governor also touted the regions job pool, technology and innovation as key factors in attracting business to Wisconsin exporters.

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