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Q&A
Distilling a “Real Thrill”
Nick Quint, Yahara Bay
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AWARDS
Tri-North honored for
serving citizen soldiers
Tri-North Builders was recently honored
with an Employer Support of the Guard and
Reserve (ESGR) State Chair Above and Beyond
Award at the annual Wisconsin ESGR
Employer Award Banquet.
Additionally, the company received one
of two ESGR Pro Patria Awards for the state
of Wisconsin.
Suttle-Straus wins 55 awards
Suttle-Straus won a total of 55 awards for
outstanding achievement in the eighth annual
2008 Graphics Excellence Awards, a
statewide printing competition hosted by the
Printing Industries of Wisconsin, the state’s
trade association for printing and graphic arts.
The firm competed against over 1,100 entries
from printing firms across the state.
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Completing
the Circle
Brian Vandewalle
When Death’s Door brand spirits hit the market two years ago, the
vodka, gin and now whiskey, made from grain grown on Washington
Island off the tip of Door County, was emblematic of lengthy redevelopment
efforts of the island community by one of its leading
investors. Brian Vandewalle, head of Madison’s Vandewalle & Associates,
already owned the island’s Washington Hotel, Restaurant & Culinary
School when he and chef Leah Caplan negotiated with island
farmers to grow organic wheat for use in the restaurant and school. READ
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6 for Survival
Tips to maneuver through a down economy
By James J. Hartmann, CPA
Clifton Gunderson
With the recent failures in subprime lending,
falling interest rates and inflationary
pressure, many businesses are feeling the
crunch. The crunch happens when customers
become reluctant to spend money. In addition,
the crunch comes when the costs of
labor and goods increase. Both of these
trends can have a detrimental effect on the
bottom line. Here are six proactive strategies
to think about if you are feeling a crunch in
the economic downturn.
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Want to lower
business costs?
It’s time to Focus on Energy
by Debra Illingworth Greene
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A free program that’s good for the environment
and your business’s bottom
line? If it sounds too good to be true, read on.
Focus on Energy, the state’s energy-efficiency
and renewable energy program, is open to
nearly all Wisconsin businesses.
“Businesses spend a lot of money on
wasted energy,” says Amanda Wollin, marketing
manager for Focus on Energy–Business
Programs. “The main feedback we get
from participants in the Focus program is how
the projects and changes businesses make
help improve their bottom line. Many businesses
don’t realize that energy costs are not
fixed costs.” Through its technical expertise, training and
financial incentives to help implement energy
management projects, Focus on Energy has
helped Wisconsin businesses save more than
$100 million in energy costs since 2001.READ
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P.O. Box 44327 Madison,
WI 53744