Fox Cities
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The Fox Cities of northeastern Wisconsin are the cities, towns and villages along the Fox River as it flows from Lake Winnebago northward into Green Bay. Together they form the core of the third largest metropolitan area of Wisconsin, with a population exceeding 220,000.[citation needed] One of the nation’s longtime leading centers of papermaking and printing, the area is one of the 50 top manufacturing regions in the nation.[citation needed]
The Fox Cities communities include the cities of Appleton, Kaukauna, Menasha, Neenah, and Oshkosh, the villages of Combined Locks, Hortonville, Kimberly, Little Chute, and Sherwood, and the towns of Kaukauna, Menasha, Neenah, Buchanan, Clayton, Freedom, Grand Chute, Greenville, Harrison.
The area's shopping includes the Fox River Mall, the second largest mall in the state.[citation needed] Appleton, the largest of the Fox Cities, was the hometown of Harry Houdini.
In 2007, the Appleton and Oshkosh-Neenah metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) received 5-star ratings in Expansion Management magazine’s rating of public school systems, as did every MSA in Wisconsin.[1]
Fox Valley Technical College is ranked among the top five such colleges in the nation,[citation needed] with programs in law enforcement, security and safety, flexographic printing, and the culinary arts.
Lawrence University, located on the eastern edge of downtown Appleton, earned recognition as one of U.S. News and World Report’s top 50 liberal arts colleges in the country.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ "PRESS RELEASE: Penton's Expansion Management Magazine Releases 2007 "Public Schools” Metro Rankings". http://www.expansionmanagement.com/smo/articleviewer/default.asp?cmd=articledetail&articleid=19390. Retrieved 2009-06-01. "All 11 Wisconsin MSAs made the “5-Star” list"
[edit] External links
- Fox Cities Online is another excellent directory for the Fox Cities and surrounding towns and villages.
- Foxcities.org provides excellent visitor information to the Fox Cities.
- FoxCitiesTV.com is an online community full of information and discussion about Fox Cities television.
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