Are you thinking about taking the leap into entrepreneurship? Have you already started your own business but could you still use a hand, a sympathetic ear, or some inspiration? The Chippewa Valley offers a rich environment to create and expand your own .
Since relocating to from Chicago a few years ago, JP Fry and Alyssa Rivera toyed with the idea of opening a comedy theater in Eau Claire. JP got involved in improv comedy as a student at Memorial High School in Eau Claire before moving to Chicago .
Just days before graduating from UW-Eau Claire, a local entrepreneur won a business idea competition with his plan for a swimming lesson and hydrotherapy startup. Fitness & Strength Aquatics and its founder, Jackson Anderson, won the $5,000 grand prize .
These budding business owners will make their final pitches and receive awards on Dec. 14 as part of the Idea Challenge, which was founded in 2007 by the Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corp. According to the EDC, the contest “accepts ideas from .
It’s not just your imagination: From big public projects to industrial properties to housing, construction has been booming in Eau Claire County, and some new state statistics show just how much. The county experienced a total of $373 million worth of net new construction in the 2023 fiscal year.