Packers President/CEO Will Keynote DCEDC Annual Investors Meeting
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DCEDC is pleased to announce the details for our annual investors meeting and luncheon on Wednesday, April 25, at the Stone Harbor Resort and Conference Center in Sturgeon Bay. The keynote speaker will be Mark Murphy, President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers. His remarks will discuss "Building and Sustaining a Winning Tradition."
In addition to the keynote address by Murphy, the annual investors meeting will include the presentation of the Door County Industry of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. The luncheon meeting will also include the annual report to the community about the accomplishments of DCEDC during 2011.
The DCEDC annual investors meeting will start promptly at 12pm. Tickets for the April 25 luncheon are $30 per person or $280 for a table of ten, and are available from the DCEDC office. For more information, please contact Cindy Wick at (920) 743-3113 x200 or cindy@doorcountybusiness.com. Tickets are selling fast, so your quick RSVP is HIGHLY recommended! |
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Jim Olson Motors Expansion
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 The City of Sturgeon Bay recently approved a $400,000 revolving loan to the James Olson Automotive Group to support their ongoing expansion and growth. In addition to significant upgrades on their existing Jim Olson Motors Chevrolet/Buick/Cadillac franchise, the company is establishing a new Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Ram Truck dealership at 812 Green Bay Road, near the intersection of Highway 42/57 and Duluth Street. The new project will create 26 new jobs in the County. This comes on the heels of 2011's new Jim Olson Express service facility on Egg Harbor Road. In both cases, Olson was able to utilize existing buildings that had been empty in two of Sturgeon Bay's primary business corridors.
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 The Door County Buy Local Ag-Grow Local sub-committee is holding a special mixer and farm tour event on Tuesday, May 1st, 4-7:30pm at Waseda Farms, 7281 Logerquist Road, Baileys Harbor. The family-friendly event will feature guided farm tours, exhibits and samples from more than a dozen Door County food producers, and will include a presentation from Waseda Farms owner Tom Lutsey on "The Importance of Local, Sustainable Agriculture." A $5 donation is requested to defray costs, and attendees are reminded to dress appropriately for a farm.
Anyone interested in joining the Buy Local initiative, hosting or sponsoring a networking event, or learning about the importance of buying locally should visit the Door County Buy Local webpage. |
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Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park Growth
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Two Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park companies are expanding their facilities in Door County. HTF Inc. ("Heat Treat Furnaces") recently completed constructed of an expansion of their facility, doubling the size of their plant after purchasing a one acre lot from the City of Sturgeon Bay. The new building will accommodate the company's projected sales growth, which is anticipated to retain 6-8 jobs for the company and create 3-5 new jobs.
Food-service appliance manufacturer Hatco Corp. recently broke ground on a 2,000-square-foot on-site health and wellness clinic at its manufacturing plant. Scheduled to open this summer, Hatco's Health and Wellness Center will provide a range of wellness services to the plant's 300 employees and their dependents, including preventative health screenings, adult immunizations, acute medical care, prescription services and chronic disease treatment. The clinic will include two exam rooms and a physical therapy room, and will be staffed part-time with a nurse practitioner and physical therapist. |
The Economics of Well-Being ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Sustain Door is bringing architect and facility planner George Owen to Door County for Earth Day weekend to conduct a program entitled "Building Wealth without Money - the Economics of Well-Being". The program targets people who have already been thinking about the topic and are having a hard time seeing how economics fits into a positive vision; key to this positive vision is building strong local economies based on community values. Owen's presentation will take place at the Bertschinger Center in Egg Harbor on Saturday, April 21st, 3- 4:30pm.
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Sunset Hills #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We're thrilled to report that both of the model homes built last year at the Sunset Hills #2 subdivision (the former WireTech Fabrications site) have been sold! We are pleased that the buyers for both homes are active members of the local workforce, which is one of the goals of the project. DCEDC and the City will be working with our developers to get at least two new model homes built this year. Contact Cindy Koutnik at Action Realty for more information. |
Four-Seasons Market Feasibility Study
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The City of Sturgeon Bay and DCEDC are working with consultants Vandewalle & Associates to study the feasibility of the four seasons market as part of the redevelopment of the city's west side waterfront. If you have input or interest in the study and redevelopment project, please contact Bill Chaudoir. DCEDC assisted the City in the successful application for a grant that is partially funding the study.
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