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Vote on Your Favorites!
Please help us choose the
2013 Downtown Eau Claire Annual Award Winners!
Vote in these categories:
Development of the Year
Renovation of the Year
Best New Business
Restaurant of the Year
Retailer of the Year
Best New Event
To vote, click here!
Please share it with others!
The winners will be honored at our 2013 Downtown Eau Claire Awards Banquet in February!
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Committee Meets to Discuss Future Barstow Street Designs
Design Committee Meeting
January 17th, 9 am, City Hall
Topics to be discussed include: sidewalks, terrace area, street lighting, landscaping, streetscape, loading zones, costs, timetable
Also.. there will be a meeting for all affected property owners
Wednesday, January 30th, 7 pm at RCU |
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Downtown Eau Claire in the Winter Snow!
Photo by Eau Claire's Tim Abraham |
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Thank you to This Week's DECI Member Renewals!
Nicole's Salon and Spa
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Learn What it Takes to Build a Thriving Business
To find out more about the
Entrepreneurial Training Program
and to register just go to this website! |
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Jazz Dinner at the Ramada!
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Art Show at Saylon Seven!
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Wall Street Journal Notes Eau Claire
is a Great Place to Retire
The Wall Street Journal's Market Watch says Wisconsin is a great place for people to retire, and they name four cities in particular, one being Eau Claire.
Reprinted from the Wall Street Journal, by Catey Hill:
The first thing that attracts many retirees to Eau Claire is its affordability. The cost of living is nearly 10% below the national average and the median home costs just over $127,000. But the town has plenty going on, too, thanks in part to the presence of The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. People 60 and up can audit classes at the university, and the school opens its planetarium and many of its music and speaking events to the public.
The city's arts offerings, including an 1,100-seat theater, symphony orchestra and free summer concerts, are big draws as well, says retired professor Miller, who relocated here 20 years ago. "In the past 10 days there have been 11 or 12 shows here; the local talent is quite good and we get traveling shows," she says. The best part: "You don't have to make reservations days in advance, you can just pop down to a show, and they're very affordable." The downtown has experienced a rebirth in the past 10 years with dozens of new restaurants and shops, and you can take a roughly two-hour car trip to Minneapolis-St. Paul for more to do.
Eau Claire is a safe city that hosts two hospitals and a strong volunteering community. "I volunteer a lot at the state regional arts center, and there are so many other organizations you can help out with," Miller says. These include opportunities at the theater, library, parks and the visitor's bureau, says Linda John, the executive director of VISIT Eau Claire, the area's tourism office. The city's senior center is open to people 50 and older; "you can take language and computer classes, dance and exercise classes and go on trips," John explains. The biggest downside of Eau Claire is its weather: The average January low is 4.7 degrees F., which is even lower than the state's average.
To see the full story go here. |
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Would you like to help organize this year's
Urban Living Tour?
We are in need of volunteer committee members to help with out goal of promoting urban living! DECI will be organizing an Urban Living Tour in 2013. It's a
self-guided tour through lofts and apartments that vary in size; new construction to adaptive reuse of historic buildings. In addition, some downtown residents will up their personal homes for the tour.
The next meeting will be held Thursday, January 17th, at 1 pm in the Planning Conference Room of City Hall, 203 S. Farwell
Committee Mission
The Urban Living Committee's main goal is to unite property owners, builders, and interior designers to foster the renovation of upper floors downtown into stylish urban lofts and encourage people to live downtown, provide accessible information for potential tenants and promote creation of new apartments in the downtown area.
Are you interested in getting involved?
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Get the Word Out!
Would you like a little more help publicizing your Downtown event? Just put it on our calendar! Go to our website and submit your event! It's that easy!
(The link is near the bottom of the page under the calendar)
And when you're done with that don't forget to 'like' our Facebook page
Downtown Eau Claire!
or visit our YouTube channel Downtown Eau Claire, Inc!
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