DWACC May 2023 Newsletter
A Word from the Director

Happy May Day!

This week is Small Business Week, according to the Local Business Institute, and we are celebrating our local small businesses with special events that you can do to support them with us! More information is in this newsletter and on social media!

In collaboration with the Village of DeForest, the Village of Windsor, MG&E and Alliant Energy, the Chamber is putting together a Business Walk on Tuesday, June 13th from 9am to 12pm. Mark your calendar for the visit!

We are updating the Chamber website and look forward to sharing the changes with you!

We are looking for someone who loves our businesses and communities as much as we do! Heike needs an Assistant Administrator, so if you know someone looking for part time employment that is flexible, fun and engaging, please share the position with them!

Thank you!

Heike Compe
Executive Director, DWACC

Brian Trejo, owner, opened the restaurant on Main Street in DeForest back in 2019, serving authentic Mexican cuisine. El Alegre also does catering and has a food truck they can bring to your business or event!
Call (608) 842-2677 or


Welcome Chelsea Metzger with Frios Gourmet Pops!

Frios Gourmet Pops are happiness on a stick. We have over 18 gourmet flavors that appeal to ANY age. We are a mobile food truck business that serves Dane County.


2023 Chamber Memberships

Thank you to the following businesses for your continued support! We look forward to another great year
Working Together ~ Growing Together

A+ Storage DeForest, LLC
ABS Global, Inc.
ACE Hardware DeForest
Aflac - Sydney Maksymo
AKA Automotive, LLC
Alliant Energy
All-Stop DeForest
Alpine Liquors
American Family Insurance- The Lea Agency
American Girl
American Legion Olson-Grinde-O'Donnell Post 348
American Packaging Corporation
Anytime Fitness
Aranda's Mexican Restaurant
Art's Electric & Heating, Inc.
Athletico Physical Therapy
AVID Risk Solutions, Inc.
Badger Care Clinic
Badger Lawn Professionals, LLC
Bakke Chiropractic Clinic
Balanced Chiropractic and Wellness
BB Jack's DeForest
Beckman Builders LLC
Bell Ford Arlington
Bell Laboratories, Inc.
Branch + Daughter, Quality Meats and Market
Brien's Lawn Care
Cabana Charlie and Banana Jack's
Cambria Hotel Madison East
Century 21 Affiliated - Mary Schultz
Century 21 Affiliated - Ashley Pilarowski
Century 21 Affiliated Madison - John Nelson
Chase Lumber and Fuel Company, Inc
Chevron Renewable Energy Group
Christ Lutheran Church
Clack Corporation
Comfort Inn & Suites
Conservancy Place - A Park Towne Development
Cornerstone Hotel Management, Inc
Cultivate Wealth
Culver's DeForest
Dan Chin Homes
Dan Piazza Agency
Dane Buy Local
DC Imprints, Inc
DeForest Area Community & Senior Center
DeForest Area Historical Society
DeForest Area Public Library
DeForest Area Rotary Club
DeForest Area School District
Deforest Dental
DeForest Hometown Pharmacy
DeForest Police Foundation, Inc.
DeForest Times-Tribune
DeForest Veterans Memorial Foundation
Degnan Design-Build-Remodel
DEMCO, Inc.
DFAC Swimming
Dirty Carpet Hooligan, LLC
DMB Community Bank
Doctor Asphalt, LLC
Dr. Amy Anderson Chiropractic, Craniosacral, & Lactation Counseling
Dragon Arts Group
Dwight & Bonnie Ziegler
EDGE Fitness
Edward Jones - Jacob Vehring, CFP®, ChFC®, Financial Advisor
Edward Jones - Jon Fimreite, Financial Advisor
Edward Jones - Mike Esser, AAMS®, CRPC® - Financial Advisor
Ehlenbach's Cheese Chalet
El Alegre Mexican Restaurant
Essential Family Vision Care, S.C.
EVCO Plastics
Event Essentials
Express Employment Professionals
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp
First Choice Insurance Solutions
First Weber - Todd Fletcher
Fisher Family Dental
Fortifi Bank
Friends of the Yahara River Headwaters, Inc.
Frios Gourmet Pops
Gabriell Hamele - C21 Affiliated
Genesis Hair & Day Spa
Ginger Bread House Preschool
Golden Triangle Drifters
Green Acres Pet Resort
Group Health Cooperative
Hair Inspirations Salon & Spa
Heartland Credit Union
HOOPER
Jessica Butler - Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant
Jim Miller State Farm Insurance
Jump Around Gymnastics
Keitel Group Insurance
Keller Real Estate Group/Townsquare
Keller, Inc.- Planners, Architects, Builders
Kindness Bank
Kobussen Buses, LTD
Kwik Trip
Laffey, Sebranek, Auby & Ristau, S.C.
Lake Windsor Country Club
LegalShield
Livable Communities by Don Tierney
Lord of Love Lutheran
LT Heating & Air, LLC
Madison Gas and Electric/WPL
Madison Mallards
MBE CPAs
McMahan Insurance LLC
Mental Fitness 4 Teens
Michele Wesner Isagenix - Health & Wellness
Mousehouse Cheesehaus, Inc.
Norske Nook - DeForest
North and South Seafood and Smokehouse
North Windsor United Methodist Church
Norway Grove Memorial Lutheran Church
Office Furniture Warehouse - Madison
Old National Bank
ORBIS Corporation
Paradise Paws Camp & Resort
Parks Automotive
Parkside Village - 55+ Community
Paulson & Associates, LLC
Paulson Development
PCF Senior Benefits - Mike Mathweg
Perfect Type & Print
Pharo Enterprises, LLC
Pick 'n Save #393
Rabuck Detailing
Renee Shroades Photography
Rodeside Grill & Catering
Sanimax USA, LLC
Savant Wealth Management
Secure ID, LLC
ServPro of Madison
Sienna Crest Assisted Living Inc.
Spherion Staffing & Recruiting
St. Olaf Catholic Church
Steve Gotter Photography, LLC
Stronghold jiu-jitsu
Summit Credit Union
Taco Bell
TDS Telecom
Terra Firma Realty - Mike Coke Team
Tesar Law Group, S.C.
The Bar Next Door
The Lone Girl Brewing Company
The Woodford Group with Baird
Titley Insurance Group
Top Notch Welding Inc.
Town of Vienna
Town Planner Calendar
TPC Wisconsin
TRICOR Insurance Inc.
Ultimate Leap Dance Center
UScellular
UW Arlington Ag Research Station
Village of DeForest
Village of Windsor
Waunakee Remodeling
WI Dental Wellness
Wilson Accounting & Tax Service
Windsor Breads Bakery & Coffeehouse, LLC
Windsor Family Dental, S.C.
Windsor Lawns
Windsor Tourism Commission
Windsor-DeForest Community Boys Baseball League
Wisdom & Wellness, LLC
Wishing Well Preschool & Childcare
Yahara Property Management

Chamber News & Events
Small Business Week
April 30th to May 6th

Follow the Chamber on Social Media!
Join the DeForest Windsor Area Chamber of Commerce for our Annual Golf Classic at Lake Windsor Country Club!
Join us for our Annual Chamber Golf Classic on Thursday, June 8th! We are excited to host the Chamber Golf Classic at Lake Windsor Country Club!

The day will feature 18 holes of golf, two carts per team included. Extra Cart = $50 each.

Enjoy a boxed lunch and fun games at the holes with chances to win premium prizes! Check out the raffle prizes and drop your tickets in the baskets, time following golf will be given to enter raffles. 

Join us on the patio following golf for awards and prizes, food and beverages and networking! 


Sponsor Registration Only 2 Holes left for sponsorship!


4th of July Celebration 2023!
The DeForest Windsor Area Chamber 4th of July Community Celebration is a tradition to come together as community to honor those who fought and continue to fight for our freedom and independence! Many people attend our event to enjoy a variety of entertainment for kids of all ages!
It is a wonderful opportunity for your business to show its community support and receive brand recognition for sponsoring activities for families to do for free!
The 2023 DeForest Windsor Area Chamber Community Guide has arrived!
Thank you to all of the businesses and organizations that placed an Ad in the guide! Your support is truly appreciated!

If you would like to have any guides at your place of business, please contact Heike to have them delivered!

You can add the digital version to your website by downloading the link


WMC Business Friend of the Environment
Nominations due May 22, 2023
The Business Friend of the Environment award highlights what Wisconsin companies are doing in the areas of sustainability, innovative technology and environmental stewardship. The goal of this awards program is to demonstrate to state policymakers, businesses and the public that sound environmental practices are good for Wisconsin and its business environment.
The awards are available to private industry companies headquartered or with significant operations in Wisconsin. The awards are given annually to companies that demonstrate environmental leadership. Companies are encouraged to self-nominate. While government entities are not eligible for the awards, they are encouraged to nominate businesses.

The awards focus on the following three areas:
  • Sustainability
  • Use of Innovative Technology
  • Environmental Stewardship
Three winners are selected in each of these three categories. In each category, an award is given to a small, medium and large business.
These awards are publicized statewide and locally.

MORE INFORMATION HERE

Partner Up! Grant Program
The Partner Up! grant program will provide funding to support partnerships between businesses who purchase slots at existing regulated child care providers. The various Partner Up! cohorts have been funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Act (CRRSA), the Preschool Development Grant (PDG), and Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy and Training (QUEST).

The funding from this program can be used to increase staff compensation, reserve child care slots for local business employees, improve the quality of a child care program, and more.
Who Should Apply:
  • Businesses with two or more employees
  • Regulated child care providers who want to help sponsor the cost of their employees’ child care
Note: Governmental entities are not eligible for Partner Up! grants.


The competitive application period for Cohort 3 of the Partner Up! grant program is now open! Submit your application by May 12, 2023 at 5 p.m. CST.

Upcoming Networking Events
Fiesta at 4!
Tuesday, May 9th from 4-6pm at Fortifi Bank,
1330 Montondon Ave., Waunakee

Join the Fortifi Team for a Business Meet & Greet with tasty food and refreshments!

RSVP to : Jill Newhouse
Multi Chamber Networking - Mega Mixer!
Save the Date for the Chamber Mega Mixer on Thursday, May 11th, 5-7pm at Dahmen's at Hawk's Landing!

Expand your connections at the Multi-Chamber Mega Mixer!


Greater Madison - Verona ~ Mt. Horeb ~ Madison ~ Sun Prairie ~ Cottage Grove ~ Madison Black ~ Monona/East Side ~ DeForest Windsor ~ Fitchburg ~ Waunakee ~ Open ~ Wisconsin LGBT
Member News & Events
Please fill out the Kindness Bank Survey: HERE
DACSC Survey Renaming the Center
The DeForest Area Community & Senior Center is starting the process of renaming the Center and would like to collect as many suggestions as possible.


Please consider their one-question survey to share your ideas! HERE

Twice a year Dane Buy Local hosts an online auction to fundraise so we can keep up the work we do in the community and for our 600 members. We have a very loyal community who WANTS to support local, and our online auction site gets up to 11,000 hits and provides great visibility to our contributors.
 
Please consider donating a gift card. You can email Meghan Stern , or you can fill out the following google form: HERE

Follow the Dane Buy Local Online Auction and Bid: May 11 - May 17th!


Friends of the Yahara River Headwaters Annual Meeting on May 3rd!
The Friends of the Yahara River Headwaters is having their annual meeting Wednesday, May 3rd in the Library's Community Room (Downstairs). 

The meeting is open to anyone and everyone interested in the Yahara River!

This years' board members are Dan Jardine (President), John Ackley (Vice President), Jim Simpson (Treasurer), Brenda Sargent (Secretary), Sam Marino and Justin Sargent.

More Information: https://fb.me/e/3MqxhwZb4
SPARK: Robin Williams and his Battle with Lewy-Body Dementia
Thursday, May 4th from 3:00-4:00pm
in the Community Room of the DeForest Area Public Library
Join us in a special viewing of the film SPARK. This film tells the story of Robin and his wife Susan’s agonizing journey of trying to get a diagnosis and cope with symptoms that created significant anguish, fear, grief, and confusion.
An introduction will be provided by Julia Wood of the Lewy Body Association with a facilitated discussion following the film.

These sessions are scheduled to be in person at the DeForest Area Public Library.
Hybrid option is available upon request.
Please contact Erin Dedin at 608-846-5482.

Respite care can be arranged upon request.
Please contact Natalie Raemisch at 608-846-9469.

Event Audience: Adults

Blessings in a Backpack Flower Fundraiser
Saturday, May 6th from 8am to 3pm
at Circle B Landscape Supply
Get your yearly plant shopping done and help children in your community at our Plant Sale Fundraiser Saturday May 6th, 2023 from 8am-3pm!
Circle B Inc Landscape Supply has partnered with Fitchburg Farms LLC to offer a beautiful selection of plants for sale. Proceeds will go to Blessings in a Backpack - DeForest Area Schools chapter which provides food on the weekends for local Deforest/Windsor Elementary school children who might otherwise go hungry. After a break due to the pandemic, this will be our 4th year hosting this wonderful event!
There will be a great selection of hanging plants, annuals, perennials, bushes, and shrubs. Along with the plants, there will also be great raffles and food and beverages available.

This event is hosted in an enclosed large space so we will be there rain or shine. 
When:
Saturday May 6th 8:00AM-3:00PM
Where:
Circle B Landscape Supply
6402 Loftus Rd, DeForest, WI
If you have any questions, please call us at 608-846-9200.

DeForest FFA Plant Sale
May 10th thru May 13th - while supplies last!
815 Jefferson Street - Greenhouse
The greenhouse plant sale would not be possible without the cooperation of the Horticulture Class and the FFA Chapter. The FFA supplies the funds to purchase all of the supplies needed, including soil, seeds, fertilizer, pots, trays, and more. The profits go to the FFA to be used by the chapter as well as preparation for the following horticulture class.

We take credit cards, checks or cash!

Yahara River 2023 Spring Clean-Up
Saturday, May 13th 10am to 1pm
Meet at Veterans Memorial Park
The Friends of the Yahara River Headwaters are holding a community river spring clean-up on Saturday, May 13th from 9am to 1pm.

Please volunteer for a few hours to do some spring cleaning of the river bed and banks.

Together we can better safeguard our shared waters.

Contact Dan Jardine for more information or to confirm that you will volunteer for this event.

More Information: https://fb.me/e/4d0XL26Rs
DeForest Hometown Pharmacy
Open House in Full Bloom!
Saturday, May 13th, from 9am to 1pm
Our business is blossoming and you are invited to to see what is instore for spring! Check out the new layout of the store! Enjoy tea samples and raffle prizes while you shop their spring sale!

Follow their Facebook page for more details!
Spring has finally sprung here in South Central Wisconsin. So, it's time to clean out the office or basement of all those old files you no longer need. First Weber Sun Prairie Office is hosting our Annual Free Shred Fest in our Parking Lot on Tuesday, May 16th from 3:30 to 5:00 PM. This is a drive through event with myself and my fellow agents unloading your vehicle of your documents and putting them in the Pellitteri Shred Bins onsite. Please remove as much metal binders as possible. Please stop by and say hello our Parking Lot is located right next door to Zimbrick Chevrolet on Main Street in Sun Prairie. 

Todd Fletcher
First Weber, Inc.
1777 W. Main St, Suite 201
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Mobile: (608)-698-6361
Fax Number: (608) 834-0822
The DeForest Windsor Lions Club Awesome Shrimp Sale!
Just in time for Graduation Parties!

Order your shrimp for pick up on June 2nd at Christ Lutheran Church!


Garage Sale Weekend for the DeForest Windsor Area
May 19th - 20th, 2023
DeForest Windsor Area Garage Sale Weekend May 19th & 20th!

Place your Ad in the Hometown Shopper & DeForest Times-Tribune: Deadline May 9th
Email Submissions: Eric Medina

More Information & Submission Form in the Hometown Shopper

The DeForest Area Public Library
Summer Concert Series
Sponsorship Opportunities Available
Visit our Community Websites for more
Information & Upcoming Events
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Member 2 Member Deals!
Have one to offer? Contact Heike
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Do you have one to share?
Keeping the Connection Sponsor
Thank you to TDS Telecom for sponsoring small businesses in our communities to continue membership in the DeForest Windsor Area Chamber of Commerce!
We are so grateful for your Keeping the Connection sponsorship in 2021,2022 and 2023!
If you know of a small business that would like to join the Chamber but cannot afford to at this time, please contact Heike

Signature Sponsors