DWACC February 2023 Updates |
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Please make sure your company information is correct in Chamber Master.
This is where the Directory for the Community Guide is obtained.
Not sure how to update your Information?
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Welcome Wade Barden with
Stronghold was started in 2015 and has been serving our area with the highest quality jiu-jitsu possible. They train kids as young as 5 and a half years old and adults of all ages. It is always the right time to start, if you have goals to lose weight and get into shape -
lets get on the mats and get started.
NO prior experience necessary!
The Madison Mallards are part of the Northwoods League which is THE summer baseball destination for collegiate players – providing a superior player experience, coupled with unparalleled technology in support of player development and visibility. Click on the link above to check out news and their summer events and game schedule!
Stay tuned for a fun Chamber social event at the Duck Pond!
Welcome Brennan Blecker with
Savant Wealth Management is an independent, fee-only wealth management firm providing comprehensive financial advice & services to individuals, families, and businesses across the nation. They are committed to helping clients pursue peace of mind through the collective insight, wisdom, and perspective that they offer.
Kindness Bank's mission is to be invested in improving community health & well-being through acts of kindness. Our vision is to create a Kindness Exchange where anyone can offer or receive support from their community. Kindness Bank helps connect both parts to improve community health & well-being. Anyone can use the Kindness Exchange.
Welcome DeForest Police Foundation, Inc.
We look forward to introducing this new organization soon at a Chamber Lunch & Learn. For more information now, please contact Mike Wilson
As part of the Menasha Corporation, ORBIS Corporation is committed to driving the circular economy. Reusable packaging is good for your supply chain and the planet. ORBIS helps you switch from single-use, expendable packaging to fully reusable solutions that reduce waste. So as you move product, you’re working toward a more sustainable world for future generations.
Our origin dates back to 1977, where we first began as a residential siding contractor in Waunakee, WI. Since then, Waunakee Remodeling has expanded into a full-service interior and exterior remodeling company. With years of industry experience in materials selection, design expertise, and professional custom craftsmanship, we’ve established ourselves as the premier remodeling company in South Central Wisconsin.
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Upgrade to an Enhanced Member Directory Listing |
The Enhanced Member Directory Listing is where you can add your company logo, photos, videos, and more content in your description for just $50 per year.
Contact Heike if you are interested in upgrading your Directory Listing on the Chamber website.
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Chamber 2023 Upcoming Events
2023 Sponsorship Information Here
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Chamber Leadership Series Collaboration with
Madison College
Spring 2023
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Health & Wellness Fair
March 22nd from 4:00-6:00pm
Lake Windsor Country Club
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Community Expo
May 2023
TBD
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Chamber Golf Classic
Thursday, June 8th, 2023
Lake Windsor Country Club
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4th of July Celebration
July 3rd & 4th, 2023
Fireman's Park, DeForest
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Windsor's Windy Kite Festival
August 5th, 2023
Windsor Sports Commons
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WindsorFest
September 30th, 2023
Fireman's Park, Windsor
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Small Business Saturday
November 25th, 2023
DeForest Windsor Vienna
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Winterfest Weekend
December 1st - 3rd, 2023
DeForest Windsor Area
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Upcoming Chamber Meetings and Events |
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State of the Chamber & Our Communities
Chamber 2022 Awards Presentation
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Join us for the annual State of the Chamber and Our Communities Breakfast on Thursday, March 16th, at the Comfort Inn & Suites, DeForest from 8:00am to 9:30am.
We will introduce our 2023 Chamber Board members, recap 2022 and highlight events and opportunities in 2023.
In addition, the Village Presidents, Jane Cahill-Wolfgram and Bob Wipperfurth, will present 2022 Village highlights and plans for 2023 and how they will impact our communities and businesses.
Superintendent, Rebecca Toetz, will present updates on referendum projects and the annual stakeholders report.
Throughout these presentations we will present our 2022 Chamber Awards for:
Chamber Member of the Year
Non-Profit of the Year
Volunteer of the Year
New Venture of the Year
Most Distinguished Business
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Health & Wellness Fair
Wednesday, March 22nd
from 4:00 to 6:00pm
Lake Windsor Country Club
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The Chamber is hosting a Health & Wellness Fair on Wednesday, March 22nd from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at Lake Windsor Country Club.
The Community is Invited to come to the Health & Wellness Fair to learn more about the support they can receive on their health & wellness journey!
We would love to showcase all of our wonderful businesses and organizations sharing products, programs and support they provide to help keep our residents healthy both physically and emotionally.
You can set up a booth, speak with residents about the services, products and support you provide! Any giveaways, prizes or promotions will be up to you to share with residents.
We look forward to holding the Health & Wellness Fair! Hope you will be there too!
Booth Registration & Sponsorship Information HERE
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Chamber Lunch & Learn with the DASD School Board |
Join us on Thursday, April 6th, at the DeForest Area Community & Senior Center for lunch and meet members of the DASD Board of Education.
Members of the DeForest Area School District's Board of Education will share their work that supports student achievement and our school district's current efforts, as well as get feedback from Chamber members.
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2023 DeForest Windsor Area Chamber Community Guide |
We are working on the 2023 DeForest Windsor Area Chamber Community Guide!
The Community Guide is the Chamber's primary communication that showcases our business members, community organizations, clubs, schools and Municipalities. They are in the hotels, kiosks, in the Welcome bags and mailed to visitors and future residents by request.
Over 6000 copies will be printed and distributed throughout the community.
There is also a digital version posted on the Chamber website and on the DeForest Times Tribune website all year long! View HERE
Every Chamber Member has a free listing in the directory. Please make sure your business contact information is up to date in Chamber Master. This is where the information for the guide is obtained. Please have 2023 Membership Investment paid by February 15th to be included in the Community Guide.
There are also full color glossy advertising opportunities available for purchase. If you would like to place an Ad in the 2023 Community Guide, please contact:
Advertising Deadline: March 3rd
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Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin Grants |
Launched in 2008, the Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin (BLBW) competitive grant program is designed to strengthen Wisconsin’s agricultural and food industries by working to reduce the marketing, distribution, and processing hurdles that impede the expansion of sales of Wisconsin’s food products to local purchasers.
Managed by DATCP, the grants can help farms and business more efficiently process, market and distribute food in local markets including stores, schools and institutions. Keeping food dollars in Wisconsin communities supports local businesses, improves farmincomes, and creates jobs.
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Wisconsin Fast Forward Grants |
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Industry Sectors Worker Training Grants
NEW APPLICATION DEADLINE: 3 PM February 28, 2023
The objective of the Wisconsin Fast Forward (WFF) standard grant program is to award funds to businesses from all Wisconsin industry sectors that reimburse the costs of customized occupational training for unemployed, underemployed, and incumbent workers. The customized, business-driven training will qualify workers for full-time employment, higher level employment, or increased wages.
Open to all industry sectors and companies of any size.
Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Equipment Grant
The purpose of the grant is to reimburse school districts for the purchase and installation costs of technical education equipment used in vocational training and technical education in advanced manufacturing fields, including costs for equipment operation software and instructional materials to train students.
Open to Wisconsin School Districts.
More Information on WFF Grants HERE
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The DeForest Area School District (DASD) continues to place a high priority on the safety of our students and staff. This is an area of ongoing and continuous improvement at the building and district levels in close partnership with our local law enforcement agencies, fire department, and EMS. We have recently added another tool to our safety and emergency preparedness.
In partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of School Safety (OSS), DASD is now connected with the SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT Resource Center (SUSO). SUSO is a comprehensive place to turn to with concerns regarding school safety.
Students, parents, guardians, school staff, and community members can submit a school safety concern directly from the DASD website, by visiting speakup.widoj.gov or by calling 1-800-MY-SUSO-1. Resource Center staff work around-the-clock to respond to submitted reports and to coordinate a response locally by communicating directly with school administrators, law enforcement, and related student services and school district staff.
As part of our multi-step process in rolling SUSO out to our students, staff, families, and community we will be having a contest for high school students to create a video message highlighting the program and its role in keeping one another and our schools safe.
DASD is looking for business/community partners who would be willing to provide funds as cash prizes to the first ($100), second ($75), and third ($50) place video teams. If interested in sponsoring the video contest, please email Kathy Williams, kwilliams@deforestschools.org. Thank you!
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DeForest Area School District Volunteer Opportunities |
Sophomore Interviews:
As part of our Sophomore Advisory Curriculum, students take part in a short (5 minute) mock interview. We are hoping to expand our community involvement to enhance the real-world feel of these interviews. Here is an overview: Mock Interview Procedure These interviews will be taking place from 9:30 am - 11:00 am on the following dates: April 10, April 18, and April 24. If you are interested in volunteering, please indicate the dates you are available here: Mock Interview Volunteer Sign Up
Reality Day 2023:
This year, all 11th- and 12th-grade students will participate in this engaging and interactive financial literacy simulation to learn the “realities” of life after high school or college. Students complete a career cluster survey and identify a potential occupational area they may be interested in pursuing in their future. Local businesses provide real-life product, service, and cost information and staff the reality day “stations” (housing, groceries, debit/savings accounts, etc.).
As a result of Reality Day, students:
Learn why financial planning skills, goal setting, and decision-making are so important to their futures.
Learn the relevance of what has been taught in school, and the impact financial literacy has on their lives.
Examine their attitudes and understanding about career choices, earning potential, job satisfaction, and the role of those concepts in attaining a quality of life.
Interact with DeForest area business people, community members, teachers, support staff, and administrators.
Work with other students, school staff, and the business community in an action-oriented setting that has the power to change student perceptions about their future.
Many of you have participated in this incredible event before.
We invite you back and invite the rest of you to consider joining us Wednesday, April 19th from 8:00 am-1:00 pm at DeForest Area High School.
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Pedal for a Cause on
Saturday, February 18th
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Basecamp Fitness is teaming up with lululemon, to invite Madison residents to workout out for a good cause on Saturday, February 18th in support of the American Heart Association, the leading voluntary health organization focused on heart and brain health for all. Classes at Basecamp Fitness this day are free and open to the public and lululemon shirts will be available for purchase on the day of the event, with all proceeds going to American Heart Association
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Dane Buy Local Coffee Fest
Tuesday, February 21st from 7am to 10am
at Lexus of Madison - 8000 Airport Road, Middleton
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Have you gotten your tickets to Coffee Fest & More yet?!? It’s coming up on February 21st from 7 AM – 10 AM and is guaranteed to be a great time.
Meet us at Lexus of Madison for delicious drinks, tasty treats and even wellness classes and live music!
There are over 30 locally owned business participating, including:
Beans n Cream Bakehouse
Just Coffee Cooperative
Clasen's European Bakery
Metcalfe's Market
Madame Chu Delicacies
Gold Star Coffee
REAP Food Group
Rusty Dog Coffee
Tisha’s Delicious Bakery
Sweeternative Baking
JNJ Gifts and More
Just Dane/Just Bakery
Lingonberry Llama
The Soap Opera
Leisure Owl Travel
Chai House
Madison Reading Project
Porchlight Products
TRUE Coffee Roasters
DelicateEssence
Icki Sticki
Leopolds Books & Cafe
Capitol Bank
Metcalfe's Market
Swiss Frau Farms
Windsor Breads & Bakery
Norske Nook
Crossroads Coffeehouse
REAP Food Group
CLARITY llc
Group Health Cooperative
Special thanks to our presenting sponsor EZ Office Products
Rusty Dog Coffee
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Dane Buy Local Pie Day on Pi Day - March 14, 2023 |
Join Dane Buy Local in celebrating Pi Day by creating a tasty pie for the public and DBL members to order.
Dane Buy Local will collect orders and payment through our website store. Then on Friday, March 10, 2023, we will send you an email with the order of the pies you sold.
Prepared pies should be boxed for delivery. Pies can either be picked up at your business for an $11 fee or, can be dropped off on Monday, March 13, 2023, between 3:00pm – 7:00pm at Monona United Methodist Church (606 Nichols Rd., Monona, WI, 53716). You can pull your vehicle up to the church entrance and we will meet you there to receive your pies.
Dane Buy Local will manage pickup and delivery of pies to the public on Pi Day, March 14, 2023.
You set the price of the pie to cover the cost of goods and profit, then add $3 per pie that will stay with Dane Buy Local to cover administration expenses including advertising, credit card fees, etc. After the event, Dane Buy Local will write you a check for the total of your sales and mail it.
Customers may also donate a pie when they make their order. Donated pies will be delivered to The River Food Pantry.
You do NOT need to be a member to participate.
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Timber Fun Night
Friday, March 3rd at 6pm
at The Timber's
208 W. North Street, DeForest
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The Golden Triangle Drifters Timbers Fun Night starts at 6pm on Friday, March 3rd, at The Timber's!
We will have FREE food, Meat raffle, live auction and 50/50!
We hope to see you there!
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DeForest Wrestling's 3rd Annual Meat Raffle
Sunday, March 5th from 1-4pm at Club 51 Bar & Grill
7123 North Towne Road, DeForest
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It's DeForest Wrestling's 3rd Annual MEAT RAFFLE!!
-Excellent MEAT Drawings (Listing to be posted later)
-$50 All Day Paddle or $3/Paddle
-50/50 Raffle! Must be present to win.
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U.S. Secret Service Research, Analysis and Key Findings of Averted and Targeted Violence on April 18th at the American Family Headquarters in Madison |
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The U.S. Secret Service, Dane County Sheriff’s Office, Dane County Emergency Management and the U.S. Attorney’s Office-Western District of Wisconsin will be hosting 2 FREE Seminars discussing U.S. Secret Service Research, Analysis and Key Findings of Averted and Targeted Violence at American Family Headquarters in Madison on April 18th 2023.
Please see each flier for additional information regarding each training and registration details.
Deputy Josalyn Longley
Dane County Sheriff’s Office
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
608-977-1300
For questions or additional information, please contact:
Myra Longfield at 608-250-5461 or
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Click on flyers to view and print. |
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Wisconsin Employer Survey |
The Wisconsin Employer Survey is conducted twice a year by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) — the combined state chamber and manufacturers association. The assessment provides a snapshot of where Wisconsin’s employers stand on a number of important issues and outlines their economic outlook for both Wisconsin and the United States. For the Winter 2023 edition, WMC surveyed 164 employers that make up a representative sample of its membership. Businesses of all sizes, industries and geographic locations in Wisconsin participated.
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Keeping the Connection Sponsor |
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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
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