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Business Notes from Jan. 8 – 22

• The Peninsula School of Art is hosting a workshop series for artists who would like to learn business techniques needed to successfully market their artwork Jan. 29 and 30.

The program will be facilitated by Springboard for the Arts, a Minneapolis-based consulting firm that specializes in providing training and career services for artists and arts managers.

Included in the series are: “Your Promotional Toolkit,” which focuses on materials such as business cards, portfolios and resumes; “Pricing Your Work,” which entails how to price for both services and selling artwork; and ”Artists and Web 2.0,” which introduces Web 2.0 concepts, applications and websites – including RSS feeds, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, among others.

The school is also offering a free networking event on Friday, Jan. 29, from 3 – 4 pm. Participants are encouraged to bring a piece of their work and current marketing materials to share. Snacks and beverages will be served.

Space for the Business of Art Symposium is limited to 20 participants. The symposium costs $150.

The Peninsula School of Art is located at 3900 County Road F in Fish Creek. For more information call 920.868.3455, email [email protected] or visit http://www.peninsulaartschool.com.

• Jody Jessup, RD, MS, LPC, NCC, has opened an office in Sturgeon Bay to see clients for psychological counseling.

The new office is located in the historic Fairfield Building on 3rd Avenue. Jessup will also continue to see clients at her Northern Door office in Sister Bay.

Jessup is a professional psychotherapist licensed by the state of Wisconsin and certified by the National Board of Certified Counselors, the largest national counseling credentialing association in the US. She holds a master’s degree from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an RD from Eastern Michigan University.

As one of only a handful of professional psychotherapists in the country who is also a registered dietitian, Jessup holds unique qualifications to deal with the entire range of food issues and body image concerns. She has over a decade of experience working with women and adolescents who struggle with disordered eating, including binge eating, anorexia, and bulimia.

In addition to working with food-related issues, Jessup has extensive experience in life skills enhancement and in counseling couples, adolescents, and adults struggling with depression, anxiety, and communication problems. She is also available for food/nutrition/wellness coaching via telephone.

More information is available at http://www.BeMyFoodCoach.com or by calling 920.839.9900.

• The Door County Economic Development Corporation and the UW-Green Bay Small Business Development Center will offer free, one-on-one business counseling sessions on Thursday, Feb. 4, from 9 am – 5 pm. The sessions are open to any new or existing business owners in Door County.

Chuck Brys, Business Counselor for the Small Business Development Center, will provide advice on business planning, financing and other issues.

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 e-mail at [email protected].

• An upcoming training program will help area builders meet new Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements.

The state and EPA will require people involved in renovations in homes built before 1978 to have Wisconsin Lead-Safe Renovator certification by April 22.

The Door County Home Builders Association (DCHBA) is teaming up with Wisconsin Builders Association (WBA) in a lead safe renovator training from 8 am – 5 pm on March 2 at Stone Harbor Resort and Conference Center in Sturgeon Bay.

People can also choose to attend the training at the same time and location on April 14. The training is open to DCHBA members and non-members.

The eight-hour course meets required training to apply for certification through the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. People holding a Dwelling Contractor Qualifier will also earn eight hours of continuing education credits.

The class, which has limited space, costs $225 for WBA members and $275 for non-members. Register online at http://www.wisbuild.org or by calling 608.242.5151 x 24. More information is available at http://dchba.org or dhs.wi.gov/lead/.

• On Saturday, January 9 six business students from Gibraltar advanced to the state level of competition after dominating the District DECA Competition in Kimberly, Wis. Nathan Fearing, Samantha Thorn, Hannah Mickelson, Rachel Mickelson, Billy Appel and Zach Schopf will represent Gibraltar at the State Career Development Conference in March at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, where approximately 2,000 students will compete in over 80 different marketing and business events.

The Gibraltar DECA Chapter was also awarded the Acts of Kindness Award from the Department of Public Instruction and Wisconsin DECA for their Muscular Dystrophy Association Miracle Minute fundraisers held during halftime of basketball games and the DOOR CANcer fundraisers.

Area businesspeople Kim Thorn, Bob Loss ,and Sam Perlman served as judges for contests that did not involve Gibraltar students. Approximately 180 judges assisted in evaluating student performances in the 16 marketing events.

Community businesspeople interested in working with the Gibraltar Business Program can email Mary Witteborg at [email protected] or call her at 920.868.3284 x 259.