BUSINESS BOOM

Superior welcomes new businesses

Superior Telegram

In the last few months, the business scene in Superior has expanded.

Since the end of May, 11 new businesses have opened, two are under new ownership and one has moved to a new location.

A staple for many businesses in the community, the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center also moved.

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Wisconsin

Small Business Development Center

Suite 129 in Old Main, 1710 Weeks Ave., is now home to the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Wildflower Bicycles

After learning how to build custom bicycle frames, Wes Vann started tinkering.

The result was Wildflower Bicycles, a small, custom bike manufacturer that operates out of the Superior Business Development annex facility, 625 Hughitt Ave.

While Vann primarily builds mountain bikes and all-road drop bar bikes, he said he can build almost anything a customer wants.

“The bikes are built for riding around here,” Vann said.

“That’s the riding I do and I’m familiar with. I kind of design things around our regional riding opportunities.”

In May, they made it official, and opened Sutherland CBD at 1420 Belknap St. The new location puts the business in a great downtown spot with parking right out front, said brand manager Craig Sutherland.

“I love the location,” he said.

Fraser Shipyards

One of Superior’s oldest businesses came under new ownership in June. The 133-year-old Fraser Shipyards was purchased by Cleaves Invest, out of Norway, and Chicago-based Foundry Mountain Infrastructure Partners. The joint venture is known as Infrastructure Acquisition Partners. Fraser had been under the Duluthbased Capstan Corp. since 1977.

StoneHouse

Martial Arts

StoneHouse Martial Arts opened a Superior location at 1202 Belknap St., in June.

Joe Tilander runs the location, which offers pre-skill karate classes for children ages 3-6, introductory to advanced karate for youth, and karate for teens and adults of all ranks.

Tilander also teaches a kyusho program, where participants can learn the 14 main meridians, point location, martial application of the points and their healing properties.

“Since I was a kid, I was always more interested in the more natural types of healing,” Tilander said.

The Wildflower Boutique and the (Twin) Cities that have come up,” Smith said Oct. 3.

“The people that just left today were from Milwaukee.

Sutherland CBD The sale of the previous location prompted the Sutherland family to consider moving their CBD shop.

The Wildflower Boutique has traveled since Tiffany Simons first opened the store in her hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota, in 2017.

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