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TexasTowelie

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Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:27 AM Feb 2017

Young workers say Fox Cities region a hidden treasure

APPLETON - If millennials knew what the Fox Cities has to offer, they'd want to live here, according to local young professionals. The problem? Getting them to visit the region in the first place.

"We have a lot of amenities – arts and culture, good education system, good quality of life – it's all here," said Nathan Litt, a 30-year-old Appleton resident. "It's just that we're not always the best at telling that story until people come up to experience it.

"It has everything a big city has, but with a small town feel."

Enticing young professionals to live and work in the Fox Cities is a growing topic among government and community leaders. Young professionals like Litt say the region has more to offer than initially meets the eye, but still has some room for improvement.

Read more: http://www.postcrescent.com/story/money/companies/state-of-opportunity/2017/02/08/young-workers-say-region-hidden-treasure/97365208/

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Young workers say Fox Cities region a hidden treasure (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
Kid moves to Appleton this weekend dembotoz Feb 2017 #1

dembotoz

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1. Kid moves to Appleton this weekend
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 09:21 AM
Feb 2017

Graduated from sloshkosh and now has a real live job...He loves the area

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