A glance at Door County business news

• Door County Economic Development Corporation, Door County Visitor Bureau and 
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College present a (free) Marketing Seminar Series for Door County Business Owners April 20. The seminar will be held at the Gibraltar Fire Station, 3496 County F.

Steve Tyink will present “Standing Out: the Clues & the Cause.”
 This high energy, interactive workshop focuses on the revolutionary, breakthrough concept of Customer Attachment. Learn how to design an experience that will elicit the emotional outcomes you desire from your customers and employees.

Tyink, Vice President of Business Innovation for Miron Construction Co. Inc., is known throughout the U.S. as the creator of Customer Attachment and the tools, methodologies and systems for developing the necessary strategies to identify performance gap behaviors. He will supply the award winning attachment dimensions required to create and sustain a relationship-driven, emotionally-connected, customer-centered organization.

To attend the session RSVP via e-mail to [email protected].

Ann LeMere

• Unity, leaders in hospice and palliative care, announced the appointment of its Director of Compliance, Anne LeMere, to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Regulatory Committee.

NHPCO’s Regulatory Committee is charged with monitoring federal activity related to hospice and palliative care. LeMere joins over 40 representatives from across the country on the committee.

• The Sister Bay Advancement Association (SBAA) has hired Paige Funkhouser as the first, full-time, year-round coordinator of the SBAA.

Paige Funkhouser

The SBAA Board of Directors decided to hire a coordinator to help improve the marketing and communication efforts of the association.

“SBAA has gotten so busy that volunteer help can no longer do the job adequately,” said SBAA President Ron Kane. “Many people don’t think it takes the hours it does to do what the SBAA accomplishes. But we’ve found that for one person, it’s more than a 40 hour a week job.”

The big picture goal of the coordinator’s job for Funkhouser is to increase and improve communication with SBAA members, village residents and northern Door County. Ideally, the new coordinator will help increase tourism and awareness of Sister Bay in the minds of visitors, as well as improve the business climate in the village. For more information, contact Paige Funkhouser at 920.559.1560 or [email protected].

• The Door County Economic Development Corporation offers free, one-on-one business counseling sessions on Thursday, April 1, from 9 am – 5 pm.

Chuck Brys, Business Counselor for the Small Business Development Center, will provide advice on business planning, financing and other issues. Brys is a CPA and former Chief Financial Officer for several Wisconsin companies, with over 30 years of business experience and knowledge to share with local entrepreneurs.

Individual, confidential sessions will be held at the Door County Business Development Center, 185 East Walnut Street, Sturgeon Bay. An appointment is required and can be made by contacting Janet Frick-Warecki at 920.743.3113 x 200 or via email at [email protected].

• Saquaro Day Spa recently introduced the Zyto Compass Bio-Survey and Consultation to their line of spa services. The new service measures an individual’s responses to a specific library of nutritional products and produces a report showing which products a person’s body prefers. A consultation with Saguaro Day Spa’s Herbalist to discuss the results of the report is included, guiding a person toward better health.

The compass puts people in touch with their body and helps them choose the best supplements for their body. An Initial Compass Bio-Survey and Consultation is regularly $60 but until April 28, Saguaro Day Spa is offering it for just $40. To schedule an appointment call 920.743.5380.

• Door County photographer Matt Normann hosted a studio grand opening March 13 at his new location in the former Fairfield building on 3rd Avenue in Sturgeon Bay. The first-floor space has a clean, comfortable and contemporary look.

“I wanted to create a space were my clients will be comfortable and have an enjoyable experience meeting and reviewing their images,” said Normann. “Every detail was important to me in getting the look just right. With the Fairfield building’s downtown location and modern interior, it was a simple decision to make given the features and location of the new studio. I am extremely excited to be part of Sturgeon Bay’s downtown business climate!”

Much of Normann’s work is shot on location with the natural beauty of Door County as the backdrop. The studio will offer improved opportunities for indoor shooting as well.

For more information on Matt Normann photography call 920.256.9691 or visit http://www.normannphoto.com.

• Van’s Lumber and Custom Builders of Dyckesville congratulates Virgil J. Gueths, a framing foreman with Van’s Lumber, for 20 years with the company this month. Wisconsin’s own Van’s Lumber & Custom Builders—with locations in Dyckesville and Egg Harbor—has been building homes for over 50 years. For more information visit http://www.vanslumber.com.

• Baylake Bank Premier Club is sponsoring a “Travel Show” and “Spring Decorating” program to be held at Baylake Bank Conference Center, 222 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay, March 24 from 1:30 – 3 pm.

Joyce Ohrmundt, Group Sales Director from Nationwide Travelers, will share the travel portion of the program, and Bette Sternard, manager of Maas Floral and Greenhouse, will present a spring decorating program.

Register by March 19 by calling Barbara Malzahn or Stefanie Fish at the Baylake Bank Conference Center at 920.743.5551.

• Heather Olson, Broker/Owner of Kellstrom-Ray Agency in Sister Bay has been awarded the Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES) designation by the Seniors Real Estate Specialist Council of the National Association of REALTORS.

SRES Council, founded in 2007, is the world’s largest association of real estate professionals focusing specifically on representing senior clients in real estate transactions.

Heather Olson

Olson joins more than 16,000 real estate professionals in North America who have earned the SRES designation. All were required to successfully complete a comprehensive course in understanding the needs, considerations and goals of real estate buyers and sellers aged 55 and older.

For more information call 920.854.2353, email [email protected] or visit http://www.kellstromray.com