Find a few of your favorite things at Prairie Quilters Quilt Show and Competition (April 3-5, 2011 at St. Albert's Center, 2420 St. Albert the Great Drive)
As of March 29th, 2011, the status of this project is unchanged. Marcus Corporation owns their site in the Prairie Lakes development, and their zoning has been approved. Due in part to a slow economy, there has been no commitment to any timeline from Marcus officials as to when they may begin construction. However Bruce Olson, President of the Marcus Theatres Corporation has said "Please know that we are still very excited to build a terrific new prototype entertainment complex on our site in your city."
Frontier Communications has started a new web site for their operations here in Wisconsin. The site, located at www.frontierwis.com, includes local contact information as well as announcements about local company activities and events. A link just added today will list all the locations of upcoming events where people can register for their chance to win an HDTV, laptop or tablet computer.
There's a Lot to Like About New Sun Prairie Eatery
BID Board Finalizes Mission Statement
Prairie Flowers and Gifts Celebrates Five Years of Memorable Moments
Economic Development professionals from the 8 county THRIVE region met at Wisconsin Distributors in the Sun Prairie Business Park on March 24th for their first meeting of 2011. Hosts were Neil Stechschulte, Economic Development Director for the City of Sun Prairie and Shane McPeak, Human Resources Director for Wisconsin Distributors. Mr. McPeak provided a brief overview of Wisconsin Distributors' operations in Wisconsin. Mr. Stechschulte gave a brief presentation on economic development activities in Sun Prairie. 
On March 24th, Rhonda Lutzke and Terry Kucera and the rest of the Sun Prairie crew for Frontier Communications hosted 16 people from local businesses to sit in on a nationally broadcast webinar on social media and its application to business. 
Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce Hosts Business Seminar on Branding
What is Restaurant Week Sun Prairie?
Madison, WI March 15, 2011 - Datastore, the region's trusted provider of advanced information management solutions today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Madison Records Center. The acquisition, which formally closed on March 10, 2011 - represents the continued expansion and growth of Datastore as the premier provider of records and information management solutions to the Madison, Milwaukee and Chicago business communities.
Milwaukee comedian Mike Marvell puts on thousands of miles a year, traveling across the country, telling jokes and stories about his family and life in Wisconsin. Married for over 20 years with three kids, his comedy offers material that everyone will definitely relate to. When Mike hits the stage, it’s like you’ve known him forever. He’s the guy next door, that crazy cousin, or your brother-in-law (the one you like). Watching Mike’s show is like THAT 70’s SHOW, with a shot of CHEERS, some EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, and a huge helping of THE SIMPSONS.
Steve Purcell is a standup comic from Wisconsin. He has been performing on stage since 1999 but has been harvesting material his whole life. He is a Midwestern product straight out of the dairy state and just like a good beer; Steve is full bodied and has a refreshing head. His jokes are from the heart and from the heartland and audiences all over are laughing out loud. Escape from your world and enjoy the comedy of Steve Purcell. You will feel good about your life because there's someone else who understands it. Steve has worked many top comedy clubs across the country and has donated his time to charity events, most notably the Gilda Radner Club. He's available for bookings, but never during a Packer game or deer hunting season.
Buck & Honey's Cracks Top Ten in Diners' Choice Rankings for Madison Restaurants
Energy Law Attorney Greens the State One Client at a Time
On Wed. March 16th the participants of the 2011 Leadership Class hosted by the Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce learned about businesses in our local economy in the Business & Industry segment of their coursework. The day featured a presentation from Stark Realtors on the current housing market, and overview of business development activities from the City of Sun Prairie, a tour of Hallman Lindsay, lunch at Buck & Honey's, and a tour of Village Hearth Bakery. We get to see them at City Hall soon for their local government segment.
Does blogging create results? Does it take too much time? Can any economic developer do it?
Dairy Queen Celebrates 30 Years in Sun Prairie on March 20
WPPI Energy President and CEO Michael W. Peters has been elected to the board of directors of American Transmission Co.
Sun Prairie's Esposito Takes Over as New President of WBA
City Planner Tim Semman and Economic Development Director Neil Stechschulte attended a training session facilitated by THRIVE on two new economic development tools being deployed for communities in the region. Other participating communities included the City of Madison, the City of Middleton, the Village of Waunakee, the Village of Oregon Chamber of Commerce, Dane County, Columbia County, Iowa County, Jefferson County, Sauk County, the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, and Madison Gas & Electric.
The morning session was on the Synchronist Business Information System, a web-based software tool used to manage business retention and expansion programs. The presenter was Mr. Eric Canada from Blane, Canada Ltd.
The afternoon training session was on the soon to be released online buildings and properties database system that will be unveiled later this month for the State of Wisconsin.
City Economic Development Director Neil Stechschulte helped staff the Wisconsin Wind Works table Wednesday at the 8th Annual Green Energy Summit at the Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee. Wisconsin Wind Works is a statewide retention & expansion program for companies in the wind industry manufacturing supply chain that was born out of a targeted growth sector of the New North. Specific initiatives have included the development of a directory of more than 300 participating companies in a statewide Supply Chain directory, coordination of advertising opportunities for participants, and hosting a booth at the annual Windpower Expo for partnering Wisconsin companies. 
Wal-Mart, the Sun Prairie Rotary Foundation and the Friends of the Sun Prairie Public Library funded the new interactive Early Literacy Area (ELA) that was unveiled on March 2nd during in a joint celebration with Dr. Seuss' birthday at the Sun Prairie Public Library.
WWBIC Offers Class on Starting Your Own Business at Sun Prairie Library
Lisa Hartig, owner and president of Complete Mobile Dentistry, poses outside the RV that serves as a mobile dentist office used by her company to serve U.S. soldiers serving as reservists and National Guard members. Since the company began working with military personnel in 2005, they have expanded from a handful of employees to now using 500 dentists and assistants from around the company to perform routine dental exams and operations on soldiers (photo by Tim Neuenschwander for the Sun Prairie Star)
Sun Prairie will be among the bands competing in New York City May 12-14, beginning with the competition and festival at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Final Concert taking place on May 14 at Avery Fisher Hall, 7:30 p.m. 15 out of 110 competing schools were selected to perform.
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QBE employees are off to a strong start in 2011 for community involvement and support. Employees are lending a hand to a variety of causes and volunteer efforts. They include:
The following Sun Prairie area First Weber agents were recognized for their performance in 2010.
PLYMOUTH, MN, February 27, 2011 -- The Materials Information Society awarded Mr. Jesse Beske of Thermal Spray Technologies (TST) Extension Diplomas in both Non-Ferrous Metallurgy and Applied General Metallurgy after his successful completion of extended study of courses prescribed by ASM International. Mr. Beske completed courses in Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist, Aluminum and Its Alloys, Titanium and Its Alloys, Principles of Metallography, and Fundamentals and Applications of Powder Metallurgy. Mr. Beske has been employed with TST for over 4 years and is a key contributor within the copmany's R&D department in the development and analysis of coatings for our customers. Thermal Spray Technologies applies a wide range of materials using thermal spray processes to enhance the properties of our customer's products. Thermal sprayed coatings increase component life, improve component performance, increase component value and reduce machinery downtime.
Weishar, Stechschulte Highlight Development at Annual BID Meeting
Leadership Class Participants Sought
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