Community Celebrates Brass Rooster's National Honor

Brass Rooster Owners John & Kate McLaughlin
receiving their check from US Cellular

Back in Novermber we reported that Milwaukee's own The Brass Rooster won U.S. Cellular's very first Spotlight on America’s Backbone Contest. Last night we were luck enough to join the community in helping Owners & Operators John and Kate McLaughlin celebrate the official receipt of the award.

US Cellular may have created, awarded, and presented the award but it was the community that celebrated alongside Brass Rooster. Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele was there to honor the couple and City of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, though not able to make it, sent a declaration celebrating the feat and declaring yesterday 1/23 Brass Rooster Day in Milwaukee.

But while there were all of those bigwigs there, it was Brass Rooster and their neighbor small businesses that took center stage.

Yes, that hat is made of chocolate

The message was all about small businesses and promoting them to promote the economy and to that end the food & drink for the party was provided by Brass Rooster's neighbors Boone & Crockett, The Packing House and Anodyne Coffee. Nearby ChocoBella, a craft chocolatier across the street, presented the McLaughlin's with two chocolate life-sized hats.

Rumor had it at the event that Brass Rooster may expand with a mobile shop in a vintage vehicle - the 'Hatmobile'? - and moving onto a women's line in the 'The Hen House'.

Brass Rooster won out over 1,400 applicants and in a way Milwaukee won with them. With all the great stuff going on in Milwaukee we need all the recognition we can get and we applaud Brass Rooster for being at the front of Milwaukee's boom and helping get the word out on how great we are.

Congratulations again to The Brass Rooster for making Milwaukee Great.

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City Lights Cans Water. Why its better than bottles.

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Make Men's Health Month About You

The month of November is (one of the) Men's Health Month(s), popularized by the Movember movement. (June is another recognized annual event but since it is November now, November it is.) It's a great foundation, it has been successful and is highly rated for its impact. But, one thing I see with the movement is that while they speak about men's health to the participants, I feel the participants themselves promote it outwardly rather than inward, at them. I personally fell victim to that selfsame issue, but no longer. As of this November, I am taking care of myself.

Greater Milwaukee Men

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