March 5 – 19

• Gibraltar’s Entrepreneurship Class, under the direction of Mary Witteborg, launched GT, Inc. a customized t-shirt business managed by a student board of directors. President of the board is Isaac Lent, Vice President of Marketing is Tyler Hanusa. The VP of Finance is Dana Goelz, VP of Production is Cody Becker, VP of Human Resources is Jordan Alberts, and VP of Public Relations is Chris Janisse.

Students will issue stock to finance the company and market their products to students and community organizations. Gibraltar uses a model similar to Junior Achievement in which they start, operate and liquidate a company in a 12-week time period. Each of the four previous businesses the program has launched has earned a profit after paying wages, salaries, commissions and donating to an area non-profit organization. Individuals or organizations in need of customized t-shirts can call 920.868.3284 ext 259.

• Inn at Cedar Crossing announced a United Way March fundraising drive – United Way Wednesdays. Twenty percent of dinner sales from Wednesday nights in March will be donated to United Way of Door County.

Warm up with a hearty meal like Italian Wedding Soup, Grilled Pork Tenderloin or Sausage Penne, ending with sinful scratch desserts made on-site. Experience delicious food made from fresh ingredients, warm hospitality and friendly service. The full menu can be found at http://www.innatcedarcrossing.com.

• J R Vacation Rentals has launched Door County’s first APP for your iPhone, iPod touch or the new iPad.

This APP shows all the vacation rental properties managed by J R Vacation Rentals, a family owned and operated rental agency established in 1996. Features of the APP include viewing a list of properties in a given town, property amenities, a breakdown of rental prices for each vacation property, and detailed photos. This gives you the same property details as the J R Vacation Rentals Web site, but in the palm of your hand, allowing you to make your Door County vacation plans wherever and whenever you want.

Visit J R Vacation Rentals at http://www.jrvacationrentals.com to download your free APP. Call 1.888.481.1935 or email [email protected] for more information.

• If a familiar voice came over the television set during the Super Bowl and the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, it’s because it came from Sturgeon Bay.

Shady Nook Creative of Sturgeon Bay provided voiceover talent and production for a television commercial promoting Affinity Health Care Services of Menasha. The ad is running in Wisconsin through the end of March, and was broadcast statewide sponsoring the two events.

The voiceover portion of the ad was recorded and produced at Shady Nook, with Jordyce Bryntesen providing voiceover talent services and Ralph Valatka recording and producing the voiceover track.

The ad was produced by creative director Shelly Young of Arketype, Inc. in Green Bay, with Shady Nook providing services over the Internet. Musical underscoring is Victoria Vox’s Summertime.

Shady Nook also produces regional and local radio and television ads, videos and other creative projects. They can be reached by email at [email protected] or at 920.743.8304.

• Van’s Lumber and Custom Builders of Dyckesville congratulated three employees on employment milestones. Kevin Ledvina, a framing foreman, celebrated 15 years with the company, Joseph Paye, a finishing foreman, attained 15 years, and Brian Hanson, an architectural designer, reached 10 years of service with the company.

Van’s also welcomed Jeff Peterson back into its fold. Peterson had worked as a salesman at Van’s Egg Harbor office for over 25 years before leaving briefly last year.

Van’s Lumber & Custom Builders has locations in Dyckesville and Egg Harbor. For more information visit http://www.vanslumber.com.

• The Door County Economic Development Corporation offers free, one-on-one business counseling with Economic Development Manager Sam Perlman on Tuesday, March 16 from 8 am – noon.

The individual, confidential sessions will be held at the Sister Bay Fire Station, 2258 Mill Road. An appointment is requested and can be made by contacting Perlman at 920.743.3113 x 204 or via e-mail at [email protected].

• Five businesses have advanced into the prize-winning round of the Northeast Wisconsin Business Plan Competition. The finalists represent the best of 20 business plans submitted. Among the finalists is Door Landscape & Nursery (Clifford Orsted) of Door County.

The winner will be announced Monday, March 8. The first place winner will receive $10,000, second receives $6,000, third gets $4,000, fourth gets $3,00 and fifth place gets $2,000.