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Volume 1 Issue 2 March 2013
In This Issue
"Sno" Time
Taste of Chocolate
President's Column
Meet the DRI Board
DRI Committee News
Quick Links
Like us on Facebook 
DRI March Events
16th St. Patty's Day Parade
18th Book Group 5:30 p.m.
DRI Meetings
11th Organization 1 p.m.
12th Design 8 a.m.

13th Promotions 8 a.m.
13th Parking Advisory
       5 p.m.
18th Potato Fest Meeting
       10 a.m. Curran
       Building
19th Economic Restructuring
       10 a.m.
20th Executive Comm.
       5 p.m.
27th DRI Board Mtg.
       5:30 p.m
Downtown Architecture
Each Month we will show one downtown architectural feature to see if you know on which building it is located. 


Architectural Detail DRI

Answer next month

February photo was at Associated Bank
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Blast from the Past 
Rhinelander's first post office was in a tent - exact whereabouts  unknown.(Do you think the post master slept there to guard the mail???)

March
Blast: Four years after the Village of Rhinelander was established, the community had 2?
     a. bars
     b. hotels
     c. banks
     d. restaurants
DRI Board Members
Executive Officers

President  

Mark Gutterer

   Rhinelander Caf� & Pub

Past President

Sally Latimer

   Winifred Photography

Vice President  

Michelle Smith-Grage

   Lattitudes

Secretary  

Kurt Hildebrand, Carpetiers Carpet One 

Treasurer  

Ray Burgan

   Former business owner

Committee chairs

Design, Pat LaPorte

   Inside Story

Promotions, Open

Economic Restructuring  

Dan Kuzlik, UW Superior  

Organization, Joan Belongia

   Former business owner

General Board Members

Pat Deau, Pat's Tap

Ken Juon, ArtStart 

John Mason, Elbo Room  

Chad Novak

   Peggy's Emporium

Mark Pelletier, City Council     

Ex Oficcio Members   

Mel Davidson, Oneida County 

   Economic Development

Sandy Kinney,  Nicolet College

Lara Reed 

   Chamber of Commerce

Kim Swisher

   Rhinelander School Dist.

Welcome New Businesses 2013
Jean's Gems and Treasurers -Internet Sales located at Curran Professional Park
Masthead
Volume 1 Issue 2

Downtown Rhinelander, Inc.

Maggie Steffen
Executive Director

21A South Brown St
P.O. Box 1638
Rhinelander WI 54501

Phone 715-362-7374
Fax 715-362-7340
downtownrhinelander.com
Next Month's News

  * Annual Report
  * New DRI office location
Good Bye Friends
  • Jim Stoehr's Jewelry Store  
  • Matt's Art Supplies  
  • Spice of Life

We will miss you downtown! 

 

Downtown Talk 


Randy Zadnik of Zadnik's
Brick Oven Bistro was approached on whether they would be having an Open House.  His response was, "There will be a Grand Opening in the future but right now we are really busy, really busy.  We make everything from scratch, using all natural ingredients- no preservatives ... We are establishing our business,
Plate by Plate."
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Greetings!

Welcome to downtown Rhinelander's second newsletter of 2013. Each month you will read news about what is happening or going to happen in our downtown.  Hope you enjoy our St. Patrick's Day theme this time. 

 

This is your newsletter so please let us know if you have news to include such as quotes, short articles, photos, etc. Send your information to Joan and Sally, the editors, at [email protected].

  
St. Patricks Day Parade watchers
2012 St. Patrick's Day Parade watchers
2nd Annual
St. Patrick's Day Parade
Saturday, March 16th
2:00 p.m.
Rhinelander's Second Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade is scheduled for Saturday March 16th @ 2p.m in Downtown Rhinelander.  Jack Winkler, organizer of this year's event is planning this year's to be more than just a parade......it's going to be a St. Patrick's Day WEEKEND celebration in downtown Rhinelander. The event will run from Friday March 15th through Sunday March 17th.  

   

Everyone's invited and for this great Downtown event everyone's Irish. There will be fun, music and Merchants' Specials. Join the Pub Crawl. And support the Safe Ride program.

    

Anyone interested in joining the parade call Jack at 715-369-3030. This year there is a real effort to enlist music for the parade....especially bagpipers!  

 

The party starts on Friday March 15th....Be There!!

written by Dick Timmons 
"May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light"

'Sno' Time Like the Present

 
by Dick Timmons

 

Downtown Rhinelander has entered late February and early March with what your English teacher would have described as a "plethora "of snow!

 

What do we do with all this white stuff? For starters, every business in Downtown is required to clean the sidewalk in front of that business promptly after the snow has stopped. The City's job is to clear the streets.

 

So what about that hump of snow at the edge of the sidewalk but not in the street? In the words of City Hall, "That's yours, baby!" What annoys many as they attempt to go from their car onto the sidewalk is the problem of a few Downtown merchants who don't open a pathway from the street onto the sidewalk.  Many do.  So shame on the rest. The snow is causing folks to walk along on the street until they can find a shoveled opening. That's unfortunate because they just may have walked right past your business.

 

Downtown Rhinelander at present has a fairly large amount of snow separating the sidewalk from the street. Opening an area for easy access from curb to street will make it nicer for everyone if each of us tries to do our part to welcome shoppers to Downtown Rhinelander

 

"May your days be many and your troubles be few"

Call Out for Volunteers

The Main Street Program works because of the enthusiasm and dedication of volunteers and community support.  Volunteers range from board and committee memberships to events and project participation.  Volunteer involvement is truly the driving forces behind the program's successes.

Volunteers are welcome and wanted.
  • Do you have an hour or two a month?  Or more?   
  • We would love to have you as a volunteer.   
  • Please contact Maggie by phone or email at the DRI office.

"You'll never plough a field by turning it over in  

your mind." 

 

Brown Street "Book Discussion Group"

    Downtown Rhinelander has a book discussion group that meets each month downtown at Patty's Northern Coffee Haus on the third Monday at 5:30.    

  This book group began meeting at Brown Street Books and when it closed the group wanted to continue meeting so we moved across the street to the Coffee Haus.

  The book group, Brown Street Book Discussion Group, invites any one to attend one or more discussions.  

March 18th will be our next meeting discussing books on Orphan Trains.   

For more info. contact Joan at 715-362-3844 [email protected].

Taste of Chocolate Revisited
Taste of Chocolate-Mel's 2013
Mel's Trading Post Tammy Flory and Hannah Bowen serve up the "taste"
by Dawn Rog
Where were you on February 8th the night of downtown Rhinelander's Taste of Chocolate?  Visiting the businesses for chocolate treats?  Or perhaps working at a downtown business that night?  Dawn Rog visited with a few Chocaholics and Chocolatiers.  Sally from 13 Gifts overheard one participant say "
I didn't know about this store, I will be back to shop."

More quotes from the Taste of Chocolates participants 

"Thank you.  The treats were delicious"  

"Liquid refreshments were divinely chocolate"

"All the places that opened up their doors were inviting"

"The Pub did a great job with their Butterfingers"

"All the businesses put their best foot forward to welcome people"

"Great experience to just walk through the doors to see the variety of goods available"

"The fact that a church, Zion, opened up its doors with treats and tours was nice"

"Some of the sidewalks were quite slippery and difficult to walk on with snow packed on them" 

"Walking into the House of Spirits you see how much they have to offer"

"So refreshing with all the flowers and  lovely things at Trig's Floral and Forth Floral"  

 

Clever Ideas from the Taste of Chocolate

Lund & Taylor

used Taste of Chocolate night to pass out their chocolate treats wrapped with a $10 Lund & Taylor Bucks coupon to be used on any sale dress thru February. She noted that sale dresses start at $10. If you have not used your coupon or did not purchase a Taste of Chocolate $5 ticket you missed out.

 

Rhinelander Brewery shared their Chocolate Bunny Stout Cake and gave everyone a recipe card so you can make it. Just purchase some of Rhinelander Chocolate Bunny Stout Beer available at downtown's Trigs and House of Spirits.

"May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten"

Mainstreet with Maggie
by Maggie Steffen, DRI Executive Director

My thanks to everyone; downtown businesses, community and visitors for making this year's Taste of Chocolate event the best one yet! Congratulations to the Printpack $1000 Downtown Bucks winner - Maren Zahn, Rhinelander.   

March 16-17 brings another fun event, the St. Patricks Day Celebration which includes a Parade on March 16th. Please call Jack @715-369-3030 if you are interested in being the Parade.   There is also a Pub Crawl and don't forget to visit the businesses downtown as many will have special hours, sales and discounts. 

 

  Hope to see your Irish Eyes a smilin that weekend in Downtown Rhinelander.  


WhMark in St. Patty's day hatat's Up Mark? 

Message by DRI President Mark Gutterer, owner of Rhinelander Cafe & Pub 

 

The first annual POTATO FEST    

   By the time you are reading this, the first planning meeting will have occurred.  It's finally coming, starting this fall on Labor Day weekend, the first annual POTATO FEST.  This promises to be a fun filled, action packed event.  Many have talked about it, and now it is going to happen.  Is there room for people to get involved?    Who knows what direction this festival will take? 

  What ideas do you have?  Will your famous family recipe be judged the best?  Will your grandchild win the potato sack race? 

   Will we have music, food, fun?  Yes to all three. Mark your calendars now and plan to participate in the first annual POTATO FEST.


"You've got to do your own growing, no mater how tall your father
"

A BUY LOCAL business in downtown Rhinelander

Dubl Digits

115 West Davenport Street I buy local

715-362-6234 www.dubldigits.com (on Face Book)

 

   Danielle Miller, owner of Dubl Digits, has been a BUY LOCAL business since last spring. "Any time that we can shop locally, we do."    

   What is new?  Dubl Digits is always trying new techniques and applications of our products to perfect what we find works. We are just getting the new spring collection of Shellac colors. This year they are pastel colors. I have recently added a new facial to our relaxing facial menu - the Repechage Biolight Brightening Facial.  

   We also just installed a new pipefree Spa Pedicure Chair. ... now we can offer pedicures to two people at the same time.  So, friends,  mothers and daughters can have their pedicures together.   We have several men that come to have either a full pedicure or just a monthly toenail trim. 

   Dubl Digits has recently started to sell Isotonic health supplements.  We are also selling and applying a makeup artist grade makeup.  If you are interested, you may come in and we can apply the right color of makeup for your skin type and complexion. 

   What ideas are you adopting that will change your business? Very soon we will be offering sugaring services to remove hair.  This will most likely eventually replace waxing.  We are replacing products with organic products whenever possible.  We are always trying to be green.

   We continue our education and we use only the best products.  We stay up on or licensing and really care to give the customer what they want without any surprises.  We have retained many clients and strive to continue making people love themselves and their accessories (the nails). 

The end result: a happier you!

(check out her brochure on her website)

"May you always have work for your hands to do. May your pockets hold always
a coin or two
"

Meet the DRI Board of Directors
Each month a board member will be featured.
Pat LaPorte

Although not a native to the area Pat has many ties to the community. As a child, while visiting her grandparents who owned property on Crescent Lake, she and her family spent a lot of time exploring the area.

   

Pat by profession is an interior designer and has owned and operated The Inside Story of downtown Rhinelander since 1981. Prior to that she attended the UW Madison, where she obtained a B.S. Degree in Interior Design, then took a job in the Milwaukee area before moving to the Northwoods.  She was employed by the Sherwin Williams Co. as an interior designer prior to making the leap to establishing her own business.  She has served as a juror for the National Council for Interior Design Qualification on a national level.

 

Locally Pat has been very active in the community as a member of the Rhinelander Rotary Club since 1987 serving as President in 1993. Also, Pat is a member of the Board of Trustees for Ministry Health Care since 1995, Board of Directors for the Rhinelander Chamber of Commerce, Board member for Rhinelander Downtown Development Association, as well as board member for Downtown Rhinelander Inc. where currently she serves as chairperson for the Design Committee.

    

In her spare time, you may see her on the highways and byways on her bicycle enjoying the scenic woods of the Northwoods. Wintertime turns to the challenge of the ski slopes of Northern Michigan and beyond. And then to the golf course to chase that crazy little white ball around the fairways and greens of Wisconsin and the Southwest. Then there is still time for some fun in the sun in the Florida Keys where life is so laid back.

    

"The reason I joined the Downtown Rhinelander Inc. board of directors is my passion for history especially historic architecture and the preservation of it and the love for small town America - it is the heart and soul of our country and we need desperately to preserve it. What is found in our small towns is the uniqueness of our people, whether involved in a small business or just a local character of the community."


DRI Committee News... 
Design 
by Pat LaPorte, Chair 
  • Watch for a smaller sized hodag this year for our
    Hodags on Parade Event - maybe one for your garden!!
  • We are looking for volunteers to help with maintaining The Plaza - we love the look it gives our downtown but need a list of people who would be willing to help with clipping, weeding and mulching.  If you have an interest in helping with this beautiful space please contact our DRI office to have your name on a list of people we can contact and we can give you a call or email when the help is needed. Spring may be here soon.  Bring a group of friends or family and make it a fun project.  

(Editor's note: The Plaza is located across from the downtown theatre.  If you are volunteering to help, you can do it one time, a few, or several times - your choice.) 

 
 

Economic Restructuring

by Dan Kuzlik, Chair  

Some of the issues that were discussed this month in our committee included: 

ER members: Scotty King, Dan Kuzlik, Mark Gutterter, Jay Anderly  
  • The "I Buy Local" program
  • The Downtown Works revolving loan fun
  • Received an update from Sally Latimer regarding the DRI Strategic Plan
  • Talked about various opportunities to move DRI to a street level office
  • Brainstormed ideas for a Business Think Tank series
  • Reviewed options to schedule a downtown open house of vacant properties
  • Noted that the state Department of Tourism will be presenting a "Customer Service" workshop on May 8 of this year.
  • Scheduled an initial meeting to create a fall "signature event" in Rhinelander
Organization:
by Joan Belongia, Chair 
  • Our committee is growing. Dawn Rog and Dick Timmons are helping get downtown news stories so if you see them around give them some news.  
  • Maggie put the newsletter on our DRI Face Book page so "like" us.    
  • Jim Hext is developing our website and will have all our issues of newsletters this year on the DRI website so you can pull up back issues.  Soon. 
  • We are fine-tuning our email data base. 
    All downtown businesses have been or will be visited to make sure they have received our newsletter.   

Promotion:

We still don't have a chair person but are being lead by volunteers from the Executive Team.

  • A planning group has met to begin planning the " Rhinelander Potato Fest" scheduled for this fall.  If you are interested contact Maggie and get on the planning team. This is a collaborative effort so we are looking for other organizations who will be part of this community-wide event.  Come join the FUN!
 

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We would love to hear about your downtown news. Please contact us with any information regarding downtown at [email protected].
Joan
Joan Belongia, Editor
Sally Latimer, Editor
Downtown Rhinelander, Inc.