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 .
Planette Kids, a brand-new kid-oriented boutique in downtown Eau Claire, is located within a family friendly solar system: the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library and the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire are nearby, as is Phoenix Park and a pair of .
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Question of the Day By RYAN PATTERSON - Associated Press - Monday, February 15, 2021
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) - Margaret Leonard and Jill Heinke Moen initially expected their store to close for just a little while.
It was last March, and like many others at the time, they figured the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic would be relatively short-lived and that their business, Dotters Books, could soon reopen to in-person customers. When it was clear the pandemic was here indefinitely, Leonard‘s basement was converted into a de facto bookshop.
Shifting the operations to Leonard’s home was a significant change, but not totally unfamiliar. For about its first year, Dotters Books operated as a pop-up shop at various local events until the summer of 2018, when it moved into a brick and mortar store at 1602 Hogeboom Ave.