Category: Business

Jacksonport Craft Cottage Gifts features fine arts and crafts from more than 125 artists, and continue to offer their solar lighthouses. This solar model is three-feet high and handcrafted by the Amish from recycled plastic.

When businesses get grant help from Door County Economic Development Corporation, the funds and the red tape on those funds comes all the way from the top.

Roundy’s, Inc., a leading grocer in the Midwest, last week announced a joint venture with the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative (WFHC), a member of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) Something Special from Wisconsin program, in an effort to provide communities with locally grown produce in its Wisconsin market grocery stores.

Join the Center for Optimal Health, Door County’s only integrative and nutritional-based healthcare clinic, for the grand opening of its new location in the Fairfield building in downtown Sturgeon Bay at 242 Michigan St.

Bay Lakes Builders has been awarded a 2013 Guildmaster Award for exceptional customer service. GuildQuality, an independent customer satisfaction surveying company, has powered the Guildmaster Award since 2005 to celebrate service excellence in the building, remodeling, contracting and home services professions.

Cupcake Heaven and Linger Coffeehouse are hosting separate fundraisers to benefit the United Way. In August, Cupcake Heaven in Sister Bay is partnering with United Way of Door County.

Brian and Jeanee Linden, owners of the Linden Gallery in Ellison Bay, were recently recognized in the New York Times for the Linden Centre – their boutique hotel in China’s Yunnan Province.

Gibraltar Grill owner Tom Young will donate 10 percent of sales from 11 am to close on Aug. 14 to Birch Creek. Enjoy dinner at Gibraltar Grill, located at 3993 Main St.

Door County Trolley recently added a Bloody Mary and Brunch tour on Sundays only. Guests will enjoy three stops for those popular Sunday morning cocktails, Bloody Marys and Mimosas.

Noralea Lautenbach of Sturgeon Bay is the winner of the six-week Baylake Bank Premier Club Refer-a-Friend promotion; she won a first place prize of two tall ship tickets for an August sail on the Denis Sullivan.

The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) announces Paul Feit, DDS of Dentistry by Design in Sturgeon Bay and Sister Bay, received the association’s Fellowship Award during the AGD 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibits, held from June 27 – 30 in Nashville, Tenn.

The Sturgeon Bay Target is helping Altrusa Club of Door County get ready for the Aug. 10 Back to School Fair with donations toward backpacks for the students.

For an interior designer, staging a 35,000-square-foot mansion is an opportunity that comes along once in a lifetime. Marilyn Jensen, owner/designer at Sister Bay Trading Company, recently had that opportunity as she worked with the owners of Wisconsin’s largest private home, Ellison Bay Manor.

After six years behind the bar at Sister Bay Bowl, Kate Hastings (now Rispens), has traded in making whiskey old fashioneds for computer training and marketing.

Segway the Door Tours will soon reach the milestone of serving 10,000 people having enjoyed a full length Guided Segway Tour in Door County in places like Peninsula State Park and Washington Island.

Hot, sunny days and warm nights are just what the doctor ordered for area farmers after a late start to the growing season. The University of Wisconsin Agronomy Department recently issued a report saying, “The 2013 growing season was one of the most extended planting seasons since record-keeping began in 1979.

Door County Trolley, Inc. has added the newest trolley to its fleet – a restored trolley from Walt Disney Company in Anaheim, Calif. The trolley holds 29 passengers and has a handicap accessibility option.

The Landmark Resort Board of Directors announce the resort has received a 3-Diamond Rating from the American Automobile Association (AAA). AAA Diamond Ratings represent a combination of the overall quality, the range of facilities, and the level of services offered by a property.

Hot Games & Puzzles LLC announce the publication of its first coloring book – Color Door County, a new kind of high-definition coloring/finishing book.