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 .