Category: Business

Foodies are invited to take a bite of Door County’s best eats at Uncork Summer on June 28, with the help of a $10,000 Joint Effort Marketing (JEM) grant from the Department of Tourism.

The Stuff-o-Rama flea markets of 2014 need more vendors. Bring garage sale leftovers, attic and shed cleanout, redecorating surplus and other items to the market to earn some cash.

The Second Story Restaurant at Ephraim Shores Resort is hosting a culinary intern, Abigail Skiba. Skiba is a student at Fox Valley Technical College and is working under the mentoring of Chef Seth Campbell and Jackie Nelson.

Help celebrate Eagle Harbor Inn’s 20th anniversary with an Ice Cream Social on the front lawn of the Inn on June 28, 1 – 3 pm. The Inn will feature some of its signature food such as ice cream toppings, Nueske’s candied bacon, secret recipe brownies, homemade granola, caramelized Montmorency cherries to soft gingersnap cookie topping.

Featured this year at The Jacksonport Craft Cottage are Amish-made solar lighthouses. These sturdy three-foot lighthouses are crafted from boards made from recycled plastic and come in a variety of colors.

Door County Dental Care, located in Sturgeon Bay, is hosting its 6th Annual Free Mouthguard Day on July 24 starting at 1 pm. All area student athletes are invited to receive a free custom-fit, team color-coordinated mouthguard.

The Door County Trolley is adding a new tour for the 2014 season: the Classic Beer Tour. Guests will be navigated to three unique Door County beer destinations with beer tastings at each location and an appetizer pairing at Mojo Rosa’s Restaurant in Egg Harbor.

Insight Creative, Inc. recently hired Zane Statz as a designer/web programmer to help expand their creative team and meet the needs of their growing client base.

With its high-definition, 36-foot mobile production truck, Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) will record the Birch Creek Percussion and Steel Band concert on June 28, and the Symphony concert on July 3.

Baylake Corp. (NASDAQ:BYLK), holding company for Baylake Bank, recently announced the company has been added to the ABA NASDAQ Community Bank Index. Launched in 2003, the Index currently tracks the performance of approximately 374 community banks with a total market capitalization of approximately $175 billion.

The Savory Spoon Cooking School announces they have partnered with Cornucopia Kitchen Shop in Sturgeon Bay to expand their offerings in the Savory Spoon Marketplace.

Governor Scott Walker recently approved a $2,309,022 Harbor Assistance Program grant award to Bay Shipbuilding for construction of a new dock wall to allow for the docking of large vessels for maintenance and construction.

Orchard Country Winery & Market will release the seventh edition of its Door County Lighthouse wine series on June 13. The new release features the Sturgeon Bay Canal Pierhead Lighthouse and local photographer Daniel Anderson.

From June 20 through 22, the Harbor Club Marina, at 133 North Madison Ave., Sturgeon Bay, will host the annual SkipperBud’s Sturgeon Bay Boat Show. This boat show has more than $10 million in new, used and brokerage inventory on display.

Door County Women in Business will meet on June 26 at 5:30 pm at the Peninsula Gun Club, 3702 Juddville Road, Fish Creek. The topic of meeting is Gun Safety, Living with Guns in Our Society.

Robert J. Cera, president and CEO of Baylake Bank, Sturgeon Bay was elected to serve as the 2014-2015 chair of the Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA).

Schoolhouse Artisan Cheese is open for business in Egg Harbor, and at their online cheese store, schoolhouseartisancheese.com. Choose from a variety of Wisconsin artisan cheeses that are hand selected by their cheesemongers.

During the last three years, Harbor Ridge Winery has continued to achieve recognition at the Tasters Guild International Competition. At this year’s event, all four of their entries earned medals.

Wisconsin winemaker Steve Johnson does not take offense at being called a mad scientist. In fact, he considers it a compliment. After all, Johnson just created two new wines that are both firsts for the U.

Door County Distillery’s Cherry Brandy was proclaimed Best of Class and Oak-aged Brandy took gold at the annual International East Meets West Wine Challenge, conducted earlier this month in Sonoma, Calif.