Buy Local Mixer Tonight!
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 The Door County Buy Local Steering Committee is holding a Door County BUY LOCAL business networking mixer TONIGHT Tuesday, June 5th, 5:30-7pm at Wulf Brothers Inc., 155 East Walnut, right off Highway 42/57 at the Neenah Street stop light in Sturgeon Bay. The event will feature a presentation by Steve Tyink, Vice President, Business Innovation at Miron Construction, speaking on exceptional customer service. Additionally, Mad Dog & Merrill, nationally recognized and self-proclaimed grillologists will be serving up food and Door Peninsula Winery will be providing beverages. We will also provide an update about the status and activities of the Door County Buy Local program. The networking event is open to anyone interested in learning more about the Buy Local initiative in Door County. Attendees are asked to make a $5 donation to help defray costs. To RSVP, or if you have questions, please call or email DCEDC: 920-743-3113 ext. 200 or bill@doorcountybusiness.com. |
Coastal Byway Public Meetings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The Door County Coastal Byway is beginning the process of developing an interpretive master plan for the scenic byway, and is holding a series of meetings to gather input from the public. The resulting long-range plan will guide the Byway in preservation, promotion and education, and enhancement goals within the northern 42/57 highway corridor for residents and travelers. The public meetings will be led by representatives from Schmeeckle Reserve Interpreters of UW-Stevens Point, the consultants recently selected by the Door County Coastal Byway Council to help with the master planning process. Read More
The public meetings are scheduled as follows:
- Wednesday, June 6th, 4pm - Baileys Harbor Town Hall, 2392 County Highway F
- Thursday, June 7th, 3pm. - Sister Bay Fire Station, 2258 Mill Road
- Thursday, June 7th, 7pm - Jacksonport Town Hall, 3365 County Road V
- Monday, June 11th, 3pm - Sevastopol Town Hall, 4528 State Highway 57
- Monday, June 11th, 7pm - Gibraltar Community Center, 4097 Highway 42, Fish Creek
- Tuesday, June 12th, 2pm - Bertschinger Community Center, 7860 State Hwy 42, Egg Harbor
- Tuesday, June 12th, 7pm - Liberty Grove Town Hall, 11161 Old Stage Rd, Sister Bay
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Anna's House Groundbreaking
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 DCEDC Executive Director Bill Chaudoir participated in the May 3rd groundbreaking ceremony for a new $5 million health-care facility in Sturgeon Bay. Anna's House, owned by Tammy and Tim Begley, will be a 58,336-square-foot community based residential facility (CBRF) with 62 resident suites and 67 total beds, adult day care, physical therapy, a chapel and many more amenities. Construction begins this month and be completed in November. Anna's Healthcare expects to add 45-50 new health-care jobs in the Sturgeon Bay area and create more than 125 construction jobs. In his remarks, Chaudoir said Door County is known not only for tourism but as a retirement destination and facilities such as Anna's Healthcare will help attract retirees as well as bring more jobs to the community.
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TTX Expansion & Recognition
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 Therma-Tron-X, the Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park company that designs, fabricates and installs custom paint finishing systems for industrial clients, recently added 4,000 square feet of manufacturing space to their existing building. Therma-Tron-X was also showcased on "Manufacturing Marvels," which airs during The Neil Cavuto Program on The Fox Business Network.
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RLF Activity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DCEDC and the County of Door recently provided Revolving Loan Fund program financing to Renard's Cheese Shop and HTF Inc. for business expansion projects. Renard's is building a new facility to replace and greatly expand capacity from their existing building on County DK. HTF (Heat Treat Furnaces) is using the funding to provide bridge financing as they complete a $3.2 Million project for a customer.
DCEDC administers Revolving Loan Fund programs for the County of Door, City of Sturgeon Bay and DCEDC Board of Directors, providing low interest financing for new or expanding businesses. There are currently 23 active loans between the three revolving loan funds. Visit our Business Financing page to learn more about the Revolving Loan Fund program.
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Electronic Marketing Seminars ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 DCEDC and the Door County Visitor Bureau were proud to bring Jason Schultz and Udo Misch with NeoCloud Marketing, Constant Contact Authorized Local Experts, to Door County for two training sessions for local businesses on email marketing and social media. Between half-day sessions in Fish Creek and Sturgeon Bay, 45 local business owners and leaders learned best practices for two highly effective and inexpensive business marketing tools.
On Tuesday, September 18, Steve Robinson from Constant Contact will return to Door County to present a full day seminar on "Supercharging your Facebook Marketing" and "Social Media Marketing for the Off-Season." Mark your calendars now - details will be coming later this year! |
Workforce Housing Initiatives
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now that both of the homes built last year at the Sunset Hills #2 subdivision (the former WireTech Fabrications site) have been sold, there are three more currently under construction! Two are model homes and one is a custom home. Contact Cindy Koutnik at Action Realty, 1-800-972-3667 or Cindy@CindyKoutnik.com for more information on the available model homes. DCEDC administers a Down Payment Assistance Program forthe City of Sturgeon Bay which provides a$5,000.00, zero-percent interest, forgivable loanto help fund the down payment for thefirst ninequalified home buyers in the development. For further information or an application for this program, contact Bill Chaudoir at 920-743-3113 x203 or bill@doorcountybusiness.com.
Developer Keith Garot reports that his Stony Ridge project in Sister Bay is continuing to progress nicely. He has already built and filled one 8-unit rental building, and the second rental building will be completed in August. The first four 8-unit condominium buildings are complete, and full; the fifth and sixth 8-unit buildings are under construction and are currently available for sale. He is also building five 4-unit condo buildings; the first has been constructed and the first unit has already sold. Keith estimates that of all the condo units sold, only 2 or 3 have gone to seasonal residents. The rest have all been purchased by year-round members of the Northern Door community. |
Entrepreneur & Business Resources ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 DCEDC will start to regularly post informative and inspiring resources, links to articles, notices of conferences, events and other business information that comes across our desks to our Facebook page. Go to www.facebook.com/DoorCountyEDC and click Like to make sure you are connected to DCEDC and receive our postings in your news feed.
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