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Developments
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October 2007
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The autumn colors are making their final colorful
displays in Door County as we enter the final quarter
of the calendar. The hectic tourism season begins to
wind down, while other sectors of our economy (and
the DCEDC staff) remain busy and active.
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New Tenants in the Business Development Center
The Door County Business Development Center, the
business incubator in the Sturgeon Bay Industrial
Park founded and managed by DCEDC, has three
new tenants to add to our roster of entrepreneurial
ventures in Door County.
NorthStar Economics is a private economic
consulting and research firm dedicated to the
development and implementation of New Economy
economic development strategies. NorthStar was
founded by Dr. David J. Ward and has served a wide
variety of clients in both the public and private sectors.
NorthStar and Dr. Ward should be familiar as the lead
authors of the Door County Economic Development
Adjustment Plan. Dr. Ward recently made Sturgeon
Bay his permanent residence and relocated his
offices. www.nort
hstareconomics.com.
Idiomics, LLC is a biotechnology company
providing health providers, healthcare payors and
pharmaceutical companies informatics and
biotechnology tools and platforms to personalize
medical care to the individual patient. cbeam@idiomic
s.com.
Peninsula Land Consultants LLC provides
expertise and practical experience in the surveying
and construction disciplines. Owner Joe Schroedel, a
registered land surveyor, has over 30 years of industry
experience. He is able to help in all aspects of
construction and developmental needs. Services
include property surveys, condominium plats,
topographies, subdivisions, wetland delineations,
floodplain determinations, certified survey maps, lot
line locations, soil tests, land divisions, site locations
for planning purposes and zoning interpretations. penlandcon
1@hotmail.com.
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DCEDC Leads Improvements to Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park
DCEDC, in partnership with fourteen private
businesses and the City of Sturgeon Bay, led a recent
effort to make significant landscape improvements
along State Highway 42/57 where it borders the
Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park. The project involved
cutting and thinning trees and brush, stump removal,
grass cutting and the installation of five flower and
shrub landscape beds.
Private businesses made contributions of labor,
materials and over $13,000 in cash to support the
project. Murrock Landscaping donated the
project design and coordination, while Sturgeon
Bay Sand and Gravel contributed the landscape
bed stone. Sturgeon Bay Utilities and
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation shared
the $3,400 cost of tree and brush cutting and
trimming, and the Sturgeon Bay Parks Department
donated landscape materials and labor, cut the grass,
poison ivy and brush, and will water the new plants
and maintain the grass in future. Murrock
Landscaping and Dave's Tree Service served
as contractors for the improvement project.
More...
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Healthy Lifestyles Co-op
After an introduction facilitated by DCEDC, fourteen
peninsula companies have chosen to join the
Healthy Lifestyles Cooperative to explore an
affordable healthcare alternative for business owners
and their employees. The Healthy Lifestyles
Cooperative permits organizations to band together
to "pool" health care insurance purchasing, which
provides members critical benefit management,
health education opportunities and price stability
enjoyed by large organizations. The Cooperative
recently announced it had selected its current
insurance provider, Destiny Health, to serve its
second pool of members, who will be insured as part
of a three-year contract beginning in 2008.
The Healthy Lifestyles Cooperative (www.healt
hylifestylescoop.org) is open to any self-employed
person, for-profit or non-profit organization or
partnership. The Cooperative allows members to
obtain large group premium structure, take advantage
of administrative efficiencies and benefit from a wide
array of non-insurance initiatives, such as wellness
programs, that can significantly help to contain
healthcare costs. For more information, interested
businesses and organizations should contact Mary
Paitrick, DCEDC Operations Manager, at 920-743-
3113 x 202 or mary@
doorcountybusiness.com.
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DKBEP High School Home Construction Project
The Door Kewaunee Business & Education
Partnership (DKBEP), Northeast Wisconsin Technical
College (NWTC) and the Door County Home Builders
Association (DCHBA) have joined forces in an effort to
grow the construction industry's skilled workforce,
while providing real-world learning experiences and
credits for Door County high school students. A
groundbreaking ceremony for the DKBEP High School
Home Construction: Build a Home, Build a Future
project was held at the project site, 1837 Kentucky
Street, Sturgeon Bay on Monday, September 17.
Fourteen Door County high school juniors and
seniors will participate in the homebuilding project
this year. The students will frame the home and do
the finishing work under the direct guidance of NWTC-
contracted instructor Miles Zastrow. Upon successful
completion of the project, each student will earn three
high school elective credits and 16 transcripted
credits for advanced placement in the Wood Technical
Diploma program at NWTC. Recognizing the growing
need for skilled workers in the construction industry,
many local businesses and individuals have come
forward to donate or contribute in some way toward
the success of this program in its first year.
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Door County I&E Club
The Door County Inventors and Entrepreneurs (I&E)
Club meets at 6pm on the first Tuesday of each month
at the Sturgeon Bay campus of NWTC (229 North 14th
Avenue), providing monthly networking and learning
opportunities for the many entrepreneurs, small
business owners and inventors currently present in
Door County. I&E Club monthly meetings are free and
open to the public. Our next three guest speakers and
presentation topics are:
- November 6, 2007 Paul Linzmeyer, Bay Towel
Inc., "Environmentally Sustainable/Socially
Responsible Business Practices"
- December 4, 2007 Chuck Chouinard, former
owner, Yogi Bear Campground, "Franchises as a
strategy for business start-up and expansion"
- January 8, 2008 Andy Welborn, former buyer,
Craftsman Tools, "How to Sell Your Product to Major
Retailers"
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Board Moves
We are pleased to add new Door County Visitor
Bureau CEO & President Jack Moneypenny as an
ex-officio member of our Board of Directors. This will
continue the important working relationship between
DCEDC and the Bureau, which represents the
important tourism industry in the Door County
economy.
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