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Jim Servais – President Reggie Nelson – Vice President Dave Maxwell – Secretary Jeff Gohlke – Treasurer Mike Breckel 632-8041 jaemslie@gmail.com
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Elvin (Al) Hanson Kathy Neidert Chuck Peterson Nora Roughen-Schmidt Attorney George Wilbur |
The next Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club meeting is Wednesday, May 9th at the Food Enterprise Center, 1201 North Main Street in Viroqua. Networking starts at 5:30, program begins at 6:00 pm.
“Go Nuts! Opportunities with Hickory Nuts” brings Sam Thayer, an organic fruit and nut grower and harvester of wild food products. Learn about the history of hickory as a nut crop in North America, the economic potential of hickory nut oil in the Driftless Region and how to identify hickories in Wisconsin. He will share practical details of producing hickory oil: tree management, yield, harvest times and methods, post-harvest storage, de-husking, drying, cracking and sorting, pressing, filtering, bottling, and marketing.
The club meets the second Wednesday of every month at the Food Enterprise Center starting at 6:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome to attend.
WWBIC award for work with entrepreneurs
The Food Enterprise Center and Viroqua are featured in national online Ozy news magazine
Read national online news about the economy of local food in our region
VEDA is celebrating their Tenth Anniversary
See three local businesses on Wisconsin Public Television's "Wisconsin Foodie" program
Read the economic impact of the Kickapoo Valley Reserve Winter Festival
Read about Vernon County in national e-magazine, Business in Focus
Read 2016 USDA Rural America report
Read Vernon County 2015 Workforce & Economic Profile
Read Regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Report
Read about Wisco Pop in the Wisconsin State Journal
Food Enterprise Center's Wisco Pop featured in Milwaukee magazine
Read about bike friendly towns through Travel Wisconsin
Read about food insecurity in the region
Read newsletter from Fifth Season Cooperative
Food Enterprise Center is highlighted in national news
The work of the Community Hunger Solutions project
USDA grant helps businesses grow
Solar project at the Food Enterprise Center
Smart Rural Community Award for Communication Infrastructure
Exploring Home Care issues in Vernon County region
Read the Wisconsin Economic Outlook report
Food Enterprise Center receives Top Rural Initiative award
Vernon Electric Co-op's Community Solar project
Read Rural Wisconsin Today 2014 report for rural trends
MRRPC's Business Financing Guide
Susan Noble
Executive Director, Vernon Economic Development Association
1201 North Main Street,
Suite 6, Viroqua WI 54665
608.638.8332
snoble@veda-wi.org