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The Marketplace (page 2)Creating Regenerative Community--3/9By borges, Section The Marketplace
Creating Regenerative Community
TUES, MARCH 9 at 7 PM WESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE - 220 S. MAIN ST. A free public talk with Ariane Burgess, founder of Regenertive Culture She offers an overview and Q&A about her ground breaking leadership training course designed to give you the skills and tools to transition your community to a resilient and regenerative future. Come hear how we can become the leaders our communities need to deal with the issues:
Mary Christenson voice 608-637-8504 x1 PduC I&E --Understanding & Reaching Your MarketsBy borges, Section The Marketplace
Prairie du Chien -McGregor- Marquette Area
Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club meeting
Wednesday March 3rd, 2010 This month's topic will be "Understanding & Reaching Your Markets" with Sarah Arendt, Marketing Director for AVS Marketing Group, La Crosse Meetings are held every first Wednesday of the month. "Understanding & Reaching Your Markets" will help businesses get new customers, retain existing customers and tailor a marketing message to reach the right audience. The speaker, Sarah Arendt, will share the importance of understanding customer wants, needs, and what they base their purchasing decisions on; practical tips on just what information get to better understand customers, how to find that information; and finally, how to effectively use this information to improve marketing. Sarah Arendt is the Marketing Director for AVS Group, a La Crosse-based marketing agency specializing in strategic marketing and branding. Her responsibilities include conducting customer research for AVS Group's Business to Business and Business to Consumer clients. AVS group provides marketing resources online www.avsgroup.com including a library of informative articles about strategic marketing and branding, Web design and development, video production, graphic design, writing, and trade shows as well as a quarterly marketing e-Newsletter, "WAVES", that includes tips, tricks, and marketing insights based on business case studies.
The Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club provides a dynamic venue for businesses to network with creative people and find resources to start or grow a business. Everyone is welcome and the meetings are free and open to the public. The Prairie du Chien-McGregor-Marquette Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club is supported by the Prairie du Chien Area Chamber of Commerce, the McGregor Marquette Chamber of Commerce and the Crawford County UW Extension Program in Economic Development. For more information about this and other I&E Club meetings, visit www.bit.ly/crawfordcommunity or contact Laura Brown 608-326-0223. Viroqua Partners Annual Bash and Mardi GrasBy borges, Section The Marketplace
The Viroqua Partners will be holding their Annual Mardi Gras Bash & Recognition Banquet on Monday evening, February 22, 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Firehouse Restaurant. This year, the Viroqua Partners are please to host Viroqua Tourism Committee's premiere of Discover Wisconsin's newest episode: "Viroqua, Doorway to the Driftless Region".
Please join us for a night of fun, for local business awards, and recognition of our amazing volunteers. You will also be among the first in the state to view Viroqua's Discover Wisconsin television debut. The producer, host, and staff of Discover Wisconsin will be in attendance, and share their impressions of Viroqua as they created this episode over the past two years. Many of Viroqua's finest residents and business owners are soon-to-be television stars, and please help us celebrate their fame! Lastly, this is our annual fundraiser, and your attendance at the bash plus contributions from local businesses for our silent auction help us maintain our important non-profit organization. We thank you for your continued support in 2009! Appropriate attire: whatever you'd wear for a night on Bourbon Street! (Or, whatever is comfortable.) We will give Viroqua Bucks to the two "best dressed" guests!
Dinner is $25 per person and includes some of the best Cajun food this side of the mighty Mississippi.* Our Mardi Gras Bash is a lot of fun and I'm sure you will enjoy it! Just a reminder: RSVP's are due February 18th.
Social Hour.................................... 5:30-6:30pm
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To RSVP, please email I&E Club 2/10 about Business WebsitesBy borges, Section The Marketplace
The next Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 10th at Western Technical College in Viroqua. Networking starts at 5:30, the program begins at 6:00 pm. Stephen Woessner of the UW-La Crosse Small Business Development Center will present "Getting Your Business Web Site Online", including the steps to registering a domain name, sources to consider for Web site templates, and plenty of time for Q&A. Woessner has been involved with the development of hundreds of Web sites and has over 15 years of Web-related experience. He has also owned four businesses and is the author of "The Small Business Owner's Handbook to Search Engine Optimization".
Whether you have an idea or just like to think business, plan to attend for a dynamic evening of networking with lots of creative people. Everyone is welcome! For more information, go to http://www.veda-wi.org/inventors_club.html or contact Sue Noble at 608-637-5396.
Thank you!
Susan Noble Kickapoo Kitchen Project Meeting 2/10By borges, Section The Marketplace
Is "foodism" a fad?
Economic experts don't think so. They believe creative food entrepreneurs are good for the economy, here in Southwestern Wisconsin and elsewhere.
That's why economic development dollars are being spent for a variety of innovative projects this year. Some of those dollars have been committed to You have helped us demonstrate that there is substantial local interest in such a facility. Now we'd like you to help us design it and decide how to equip it. Learn how the kitchen will be organized and see a preliminary plan for its layout. Learn how some entrepreneurs are already making plans to use the kitchen. And most important, tell us how you'd like us to support your food enterprise.
Who: Brad Niemcek, Kickapoo Kitchen Project Team When: 6 p.m., Wednesday, February 10 Where: Gays Mills Community Center Why: We need your ideas.
-- Local Food Movie "Fresh" 2/6By borges, Section The Marketplace
Local Food Community Celebration Viroqua Movie Premier of "FRESH"
Winter celebration of local food and farmers. Sat, Feb 6th from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Greenman Music Hall, downtown Viroqua. A local, light dinner with dessert will be served at 3:00 p.m. followed by the Viroqua premier of the critically acclaimed movie FRESH.
Contact Valley Stewardship Network for more info 608-637-3615 PduC I&E Club 2/3By borges, Section The Marketplace
Prairie du Chien -McGregor- Marquette Area
Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club meeting
Wednesday February 3rd, 2010 Meetings are held every first Wednesday of the month.
This month's topic will be "Quest Industrial Robotics - Integrating Innovation and Industry"" with Quest Industrial Founder Don Wickstrom The meeting will feature Don Wickstrom, founder of Quest Industrial in Monroe, Wisconsin. Don will tell the story of how innovation has played a key role in the development of his successful robotics firm. Quest Industrial specializes in making robots for companies of all sizes. These have included robots to do plastic injection molding, metal grinding, slicing cheese, and decorating cakes. The Quest Pro Pick Pack is the first robotic cell that will automatically erect a box, pack and seal it. Don will show videos and slides of some of these amazing robots in action! An extraordinary presentation that you wont want to miss! More on the presenter and event in the full story... (375 words in story) Full Story 13th Annual Winter Rummage Sale: 1/22 to 23rdBy borges, Section The Marketplace
13th Annual Winter Rummage Sale: January 22 & 23. Friday & Saturday 9-4 pm. NO EARLY SALES! Snow or Ice date is Sunday afternoon if needed.
The Kickapoo Exchange in Gays Mills is having its annual rummage sale. Many diverse items go up for sale and all proceeds will benefit the coop, as well as provide reuse of all those donated items. See you there for the shopping.
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