Sun Prairie Farmers Market Starts Saturday May 4th

 

Follow all the Sun Prairie Farmers Market news on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/SunPrairieFarmersMarket#!/SunPrairieFarmersMarket



Blogger's Note: And I guarantee that the weather will be nice.  (I mean we're due aren't we?)

Fire Facilities Inc. Featured in "Made in Dane" Article (IBMadison.com)

While Dane County does not come close to the sheer density of manufacturing in the Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha corridor, the area around Waukesha, or the Green Bay-Fox Valley area, the resiliency of the Dane County manufacturing sector was demonstrated during the 2008-09 recession. 

To help demonstrate this, In Business Madison featured 25 examples of Dane County's manufacturing muscle, including Sun Prairie's own Fire Facilities, Inc.  At #9, it states:

 

"Training is vital for effective, safe firefighting. From mobile units to high-rise towers, Fire Facilities, a subsidiary of Trachte Building Systems, manufactures pre-engineered steel fire training towers, but they are not just burn and churn. Each tower contains at least one live burn room, lined with the Westec Insulation System, to allow for repeated fires at high temperatures. Though their towers can be spotted all across the U.S., the business is located in Sun Prairie."

Click here to read the full article: http://www.ibmadison.com/In-Business-Madison/April-2013/Made-in-Dane-25-Surprising-Products-Made-Right-Here/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc

Blogger's Note: Fire Facilities creates a very unique product, and is just one example of some great manufacturing businesses in Sun Prairie.  Congratulations to Fire Facilities Inc. on making In Business Madison's "Made in Dane" list!

Renks support rural Wisconsin through Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation (AgriView.com)

 

According to Richard Renk, his family's farming history dates back to 1846 when his ancestors came over and settled in the Sun Prairie area. “It’s very much a farming community,” he says, adding that his grandfather completed the UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course in 1898 and a number of those in the generations that followed graduated from UW-Madison.  The Renk Seed Corporation – or William F. Renk and Sons – was started in 1936 and is the oldest farm family corporation in the United States.

 

Click here to read more about the Renk family and their work with the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation: http://www.agriview.com/news/regional/renks-support-rural-wisconsin-through-wisconsin-rural-opportunities-foundation/article_104f7f94-a38c-11e2-ad01-001a4bcf887a.html

 

Blogger's Note: Sun Prairie was founded on strong farming families, and agriculture remains a key part of our local economy.  We're thankful to the Renk family for all they do for Sun Prairie, for Wisconsin and for agriculture.

Sun Prairie's Julie Wiedmeyer Taking The Vanilla Beanery to the Next Level (Various Sources)

(Photo credit: Jill Marzion & Megan Patterson Photography)

Check out all the great press Sun Prairie's Julie Wiedmeyer and The Vanilla Beanery are getting:

The Vanilla Beanery, a Sun Prairie business, creates a high-end extract (Isthmus.com)
http://www.isthmus.com/isthmus/article.php?article=39644

Vanilla adds flavor to her life (JSOnline.com)
http://www.jsonline.com/features/food/vanilla-adds-flavor-to-her-life-rb9adut-200886961.html

Community Cooking Feature (Madison Magazine)
http://www.madisonmagazine.com/Madison-Magazine/April-2013/Community-Cooking/index.php?cparticle=5&siarticle=4#artanc

A local success story: The Vanilla Beanery (OnMilwaukee.com)
http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/vanillabeanery.html

Video: Julie Wiedmeyer shares recipes from The Vanilla Beanery (RealMilwaukeeNow.com)
http://realmilwaukeenow.com/2013/03/29/julie-wiedmeyer-shares-recipes-from-the-vanilla-beanery/

Blogger's Note:  A great entreprenurial story from right here in Sun Prairie.  (Just a reminder Julie...I'm available for taste testing.  Just saying,)

Downtown Sun Prairie Artful Wine Walk Set for May 16th (Sun Prairie Business Improvement District)

Blogger's Note:  I swear it will be warmer weather on May 16th, so plan on stopping Downtown and have some fun.

WPPI Energy Gets American Public Power Association Safety Award (Sun Prairie Star)

WPPI Energy in Sun Prairie earned the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2012, earning first place in the category for utilities with 1110,000 to 249,999 worker-hours annually.

Read the full article at: http://www.hngnews.com/sun_prairie_star/news/business/article_85c1101e-a1e1-11e2-9dbb-0019bb30f31a.html

Blogger's Note: Just another reason we like our municipal utility and public power here in Sun Prairie.  Congratulations!

QBE Foundation Awards Grants to 14 Charities (JSOnline.com)

The QBE Foundation has awarded nearly $60,000 in grants to programs provided by 14 charitable organizations across the country.

Read the full article at: http://www.jsonline.com/business/pressrelease/national-press-releases/qbe-foundation-awards-grants-to-14-charities-202518591.html

Blogger's Note: Thanks to the QBE Foundation for their continuing support of our community.