EC Life - 2023 Winter/Spring Edition

Welcome to e EC Life, an Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce publication, where you the reader are able to dive into a variety of community driven stories that feature local businesses, explore the vitality of the area and share the overall sense of home that Eau Claire provides.

ank you to all of our readers.

Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths”. I have shared this quote from Walt Disney several times over the past ve years.

We the Eau Claire Area Chamber continue down new paths and this publication, “ e EC Life” is another new path we’ve set out on.

is publication will help us tell OUR story to those who live here but also to those who are thinking about calling Eau Claire home.

David Minor Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce President & CEO

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Articles written by: Doug Mell

Cover & back photos: Tim Abraham Photography

Published by the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce 101 North Farwell St., Suite 101 Eau Claire WI 54703 Phone: 715-834-1204

2023 Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce

photo by Tim Abraham Photography

WORKFORCE INITIATIVES

The Chamber is a champion for employers in the Chippewa Valley as they work to solve their immediate and long-term talent and workforce challenges. With approximately 1,100 investors representing a workforce of more than 45,000 employees, the Chamber is the leading area business organization representing the interests of the community employers.

DEVELOP

We work to build the talent pipeline for Eau Claire businesses by partnering with K-12 and post-secondary institutions to expose students to career opportunities in the area.

• Youth Apprenticeship Consortium

• Job Fairs

• Workforce Solutions Summit

• Conferences on critical workforce solutions

• Wage Survey

ATTRACT

We create services and programs that attract talent to the Eau Claire Area and highlight why the Chippewa Valley is a great place to work, live, and play.

• ThinkEauClaire.com, a digital resource for people looking to relocate

• Explore Eau Claire Community Concierge Program

• Job Board

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives

RETAIN

Once talent moves to the Eau Claire Area, we provide businesses with services and programs to not only retain their employees but encourage continued development so the individual and business can reach their full potential.

• Professional Development

• Workforce Connector, monthly publication

• Workforce Directory

• The Perspective, monthly publication

• Young Professionals of the Chippewa Valley

FAST FACTS

EST. IN 1915

The Eau Claire Chamber celebrated 100 years in 2015.

Staff consists of nine community oriented thinkers.

1,100 investor businesses on annual basis.

The Chamber website has over 2,670 views with 1,237 visits per month.

Our weekly video series the Monday Morning Minute has over 250 views every week.

40 Ambassadors with over 400+ years of combined business experience.

Developed the Chippewa Valley Alliance (CVA). A collaboration between the Chippewa Falls and Menomonie Chamber.

Four pillar value system that consists of Advocacy, Workforce, Education and Investor Engagement.

Investor dues structure transitioned from traditional structure to new five level tiered program in March 2019.

Our mission is to be the ADVOCATE of business.

EvolvingBusiness

While it may not seem apparent to most in the Chippewa Valley, many businesses that people frequent every day are either owned by minorities, women or veterans. The owners of these businesses say that in general they are glad they decided to open their businesses in Eau Claire.

“I’ve always circled back to this area,” said David Carlson, co-founder of C.C. We Adapt, which provides peer support and mentorship services for individuals who are enrolled in Comprehensive Community Services programs. These programs assist individuals who have mental health or substance abuse issues.

Carlson, an African American, said his business now has contracts in 22 counties in Wisconsin and believes that Eau Claire is poised to cash in on its proximity to the Twin Cities along a major interstate highway.

“Eau Claire is really on the verge of a lot of change,” said Carlson, who is studying law in the Twin Cities at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. “We are the hub of something great that is going to happen.”

Carlson had a traumatic childhood that included a stint in a youth treatment center in the Twin Cities. He then was adopted by his grandparents and went to live with them at 15 in Rice Lake. After graduation he joined the National Guard and served two tours in Iraq. The second tour led to a very dark period for Carlson that included drug and alcohol abuse and resulted in several years in prison.

It was in prison that Carlson made a connection between physical fitness and improved mental health.

Photo provided by Tim Abraham Photography

Working out with partners “builds a level of trust,” Carlson said, and allows the group to “form a connection, which is not an easy thing to do.”

After prison, Carlson was able to finish his degree at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and he continued his pursuit of physical fitness, getting involved in the Cross Fit movement. He also realized that his criminal record would impede his job search, so he decided to start his own company.

“I haven’t tried to hide it,” Carlson said about his criminal past, saying that when he tells his story “now it opens doors” to opportunities and employees.

C.C. We Adapt, which is co-owned by Carlson’s wife, Alicia, has a goal of using a variety of physical activities to teach participants skills they need in life, such as how to cope with certain situations.

“We are in one of the worst mental health periods we have been in in our history, “Carlson said. “We are trying to answer that call.”

Carlson also said he has been able to find sufficient employees because he takes a broad view of who meets the qualifications and knows that a criminal record or spotty work history doesn’t mean the individual isn’t a good fit for the position.

“It’s advantageous for my business to have this kind

“It’s advantageous for my business to have this kind of (workforce) diversity,” he said.

Carlson said his business, now with 40 employees, “has grown a lot faster than I would have expected,” and he sees more growth in the future.

He and his wife have also branched out into real estate with Next Generations Properties with partner Nick Brunner.

“You have to use smart business practices and you have to take care of your people,” he said.

“This wasn’t part of the plan,” said Cory Dechow, sweeping his arm around to take in all the tempting treats at Downtown Candy, 331 Riverfront Terrace.

Since this summer, Dechow and his wife, Shaylee, have owned the downtown business on the edge of Phoenix Park along Madison Street. Running a candy business is a far cry from what Cory Dechow did before in his life: 12 years in the U.S. Navy and about a decade as a Lake Hallie police officer before an injury forced him off the department.

“I need to have purpose in my life,” said Dechow, whose work on Navy ships included ordering munitions and bombs and keeping meticulous records of that inventory. That detailed-oriented approach has carried over into his civilian life, he said, adding, “I’m very picky about how I want things.”

Background photo provided byC.C. We Adapt

Photo provided by C.C. We Adapt

Photo provided by C.C. We Adapt

Shaylee Dechow is a firefighter/paramedic for the Chippewa Fire Protection District and is a deputy medical examiner in both Eau Claire and Dunn counties. The couple has started businesses before, such as a cleaning venture, so entrepreneurship is in their blood.

As they searched online for another venture in 2022, Shaylee said, “We wanted to have that family-oriented, fun business,” and discovered in late spring that the candy store next to the former Silly Serrano Mexican Restaurant was available.

“I love candy,” Shaylee said. “I have a sweet tooth.”

Dechow said the business had a number of things going for it, including the downtown location. But there was the fact that the couple had never run a storefront business, with everything that entails. In the end, he said, their attitude was, “Why not? We can learn.”

They also knew that the future was not assured.

“We are not going to be successful without failing” occasionally, Dechow said. “What scares me the most is the unknown.”

The couple acknowledge the learning curve involved in starting a business, from experiences in ordering the myriad types of candy, adding ice cream and popcorn to the store’s offerings, hiring staff and even finding wooden fixtures.

“That’s the first piece (of wooden fixture) that started it all,” Dechow said, pointing to a sturdy shelving unit in the middle of the store. Other wooden pieces – all located online -- followed.

Dechow said his military training has been valuable as the couple navigates the small business world. “I try to figure out what the best option is,” he said The difference, he quickly added, is that the budget now doesn’t come from taxpayers. “This is all our money,” he said with a smile.

Shaylee said they are satisfied with the initial months of the business, given that they just opened the doors in July 2022. “It’s been doing steadily well,” she said.

The couple also heaped praise on Eau Claire and the Chippewa as a great place to live and open a business.

“Everyone in Eau Claire has been very generous and helpful,” Shaylee said. “It’s been good in Eau Claire, and Eau Claire has been good for us.”

Dechow said he and Shaylee already are starting to look over the horizon.

“I’m already thinking about our next business for 2023,” he said with a smile.

Logo provided by Downtown Candy, official logo

Photo provided by Downtown Candy, candy selection

Photo provided by Downtown Candy, entering the store

Background photo provided by Downtown Candy, candy selection

Erin Trowbridge, one of the partners in Four Peas Consulting, acknowledged that because of the nature of the work she and the other three “peas” do, she could really do her work anywhere. But Eau Claire has been home for nearly 17 years, and it suits her well.

“I feel like Eau Claire is very welcoming, very open and very progressive in thinking and helping businesses grow,” Trowbridge said.

A marketing business is different from other businesses like retail operations that depend on foot traffic, she said, which means that she and her partners even can live in different states and use technology to collaborate and strategize.

“I’ve lived in Eau Claire since 2006, and my kids are here,” she said. “It’s their home too. So, when I was ready to venture out (into business), there wasn’t any reason to leave.”

Trowbridge said one of the other partners also lives in Eau Claire, while the other two live in the Twin Cities.

“We all do remote work out of our home offices,” she said. “My work is very remote by Zoom calls and by phone, so it’s pretty flexible. I didn’t have to leave my home.”

Trowbridge said the model by which Four Peas Consulting works – with the partners spread over two states, working virtually -- has become more common since the advent of the pandemic in early 2020.

“It’s interesting how much has changed since the pandemic,” she said, referring to the explosion of remote, so-called fractional workers, who piece together multiple positions into a steady income.

“More and more people like me are finding that working for one single employer isn’t the right role for them.”

Trowbridge said she was fortunate that assistance was available from the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce and the Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corp. to help get Four Peas Consulting off the ground. That assistance is especially important for a woman starting out in business, she said.

“I think that throughout my career, I’ve seen the challenges of being a woman in male dominated spaces,” she said. “That is not an easy place to live sometimes. I like to push boundaries and ask questions. That is sometimes less welcome from women.”

Overall, she said, Eau Claire works for her at this point in her marketing career: “It’s a little slower paced, but fast enough so you can grow a business. My network (of professionals) really helped me grow my business.”

Photo provided by Four Peas Consulting, Marketing Consultants

Photo provided by Four Peas Consulting, Marketing Consultants

FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW

ABOUT Eau Claire

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Baseball legend, Hank Aaron, played at Carson Park for the Eau Claire Bears in 1952. Fans continue to watch upcoming baseball players at Eau Claire Express games.

Silver Spring Foods, Inc. is the world’s largest grower and processor of horseradish. The family business has called Eau Claire home for more than 85 years.

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In 2016, the City of Eau Claire received a Playful City USA designation, which was awarded by the nonprofit organization, Kaboom..

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The U.S. National Kubb Tournament is held in Eau Claire.

Vernon, Grammy award

of the group Bon Iver, grew up in rural Eau Claire and still calls it home.

Our Vitality

Other wellness providers, however, operate somewhat under the radar, providing services in unique and/or alternative ways.

At the Roots, for example, is a rapidly expanding group of mental health service providers, which about two months ago moved into a large suite of offices in Banbury Place. The practice aims to help individuals with a myriad mental health challenges, including substance abuse recovery, assistance with anxiety and depression, relationship issues, parenting or grief support, grief support, and many others.

the therapist she was seeing had never gone through what she was, and Sommer believed that affected the quality of her care.

“I thought there has to be something else, some other form of support,” Sommer said. “People are struggling more than ever” with their mental and physical health.

Photo provided by Visit Eau Claire

Photo provided by At the Roots, Renee Sommer headshot

Sommer’s response was to become a certified peer support specialist and begin providing the kind of mental health or other services she thought were missing in the Chippewa Valley in a non-clinical setting. The services are provided by either peer support specialists, who are certified by the state of Wisconsin, or peer support mentors, who go through training provided by At the Roots.

What links all their providers, who are private contractors, Sommer said, is that the services they offer are “based on our lived experiences.” When they meet with an individual and discuss their issue, she said, “we know what that (issue) feels like.”

When someone comes to At the Roots for help, she said, “We try to put them with someone who has a similar background. That is how you really connect with someone.”

Individuals come to At the Roots either through the Comprehensive Community Services program administered by Wisconsin counties, or by paying privately.

An At the Roots provider works closely with the individual to provide the support the individual needs to move forward, Sommer said.

“A big portion of our job is to help people rebuild their lives,” Sommer said, after years of substance abuse or other deleterious activities. “A lot of times people just need to be heard.”

Since At the Roots began in Sommer’s home office, the business has grown to 14 providers today in less than two years. It outgrew its first office location in Altoona and used some pandemic relief funding to move into its new home on the third floor of Banbury Place.

Sommer said she is happy that At the Roots has been able to grow because it means more people are being helped. But on the other hand, she said, future growth has to be controlled because, “I’m very protective of At the Roots and how we do things.”

Referencing her husband, Sommer said of At the Roots’ growth: “We just saw the good we were doing and wanted to help more people.”

Photo provided by At the Roots

Photo provided by At the Roots

Laura Berndt was frustrated. The massage therapist and mother of four was going through severe pain that could not be diagnosed properly. There were continual rounds of chiropractors, acupuncture and MRIs.

“Nobody could figure me out,” she said.

What she also noticed was that the various health care providers were not working together. “Nobody cared what the other ones were doing,” she said.

A few years later, Berndt was diagnosed with leukemia and was dismayed that her doctors just wanted to treat the disease and didn’t seem interested in how it developed. “I wanted to get to the root of the leukemia,” she said.

Berndt eventually found a local oncologist who would work with her to find the disease’s cause and then treat it.

“That’s where some vision of Evolving Wellness came into play,” Berndt said. That vision was for “a wellness hub where you can find all the answers at your fingertips.”

Evolving Wellness was established in 2018 as a network of health and wellness practitioners who offer a variety of therapies to address conditions that include cancer, Lyme Disease, lung issues, mental health, chronic and acute pain, sleep disorders, gut health, autism, and others.

The intent is to ensure that the individual receives treatments by independent contractor providers who are committed to working together for the best outcome, Berndt said, to provide “wholistic, functional medicine.”

Evolving Wellness, its web site says, is a “community of practitioners working together in unison, offering an array of health and wellness services with the goal of a strong, connected, and healthy community.”

She added: “I don’t believe a person should never get treated” because of their inability to pay for services.

Berndt is executive director of the agency and there is a board of directors to set policy for the non-profit. Of the providers, she said, “Everybody has their own private practice.”

Berndt said Evolving Wellness’ model allows the agency to provide the kinds of care that other providers might not offer. This includes a technology called Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (PEMF) therapy, which Berndt said has delivered tremendous results for patients by recharging the body’s cells.

Evolving Wellness describes the technology this way: “The energy supplied via PEMF gives cells the energy they need to ward off whatever is threatening them, whether it’s trauma or a disease-based attack. This makes it easier for your patient’s body to restore its health naturally …”

The therapy is particularly effective for aiding with lung issues by enhancing respiration and increasing oxygen levels, reducing stress, and improving sleep, and addressing chronic fatigue syndrome, Berndt said.

“It should be more mainstream,” Berndt said of PEMF.

Photo provided by Evolving Wellnes, Laura Berndt

Another technology offered through Evolving Wellness is Alpha-Stim, a medical device that its proponents say can help relieve pain, address depression or insomnia, help anxiety, among other issues.

“You are more focused,” after an Alpha-Stim treatment, Berndt said. “This is training the brain to be in this (calm and focused) state.”

A fledgling effort for Evolving Wellness is a teen center that offers teenagers a safe place to connect, unplug from social media, have a meal, and engage in wellness activities. The center has limited hours now, but Berndt said she would like to expand them in the future.

“There are teens who want to talk” but need a safe place to have those conversations, she said. As a nonprofit, Berndt said, finding funding is a constant challenge but for now the organization “is doing OK.”

As for the future, Berndt said she would love to start a full-blown wellness center, but for now, “we are just growing slowly and engaging in a lot of collaboration and talking. That’s where the magic happens.”

Martial arts is a lot more than breaking bricks with your hands and getting in shape, according to Chester Gustavson, owner of AFK Martial Arts on Hastings Way in Eau Claire.

“A lot more people come in who want to better their character and better themselves,” said Gustavson, shortly before a group of teenagers came in to practice Kyuki-Do, a Korean martial art that blends Tae Kwon-Do, Judo and Hapkido, among others, into one system.

The emphasis at AFK Martial Arts, Gustavson said, is including the whole family into the practice. “We want to get more families involved,” he said. “That is something I am working on.”

While the physical fitness aspect of martial arts is important, the mental part – discipline and focus –is just as important or even more so, he said.

“Our purpose is to give people the tools to help them be successful in martial arts and the outside world,” Gustavson said, by improving their confidence, selfesteem, and other traits. Getting into shape, he said, “is only a portion of it.”

He added: “Some kids haven’t found their calling” and “use martial arts for that.”

Martial arts practitioners spend a lot of time discussing a pamphlet that Gustavson has put together that describes the “Kyuki-Do Life Skills” aimed at instilling the self-control necessary for the mind to control the body. The “pillars” of this philosophy include discipline; goal setting; excellence; hard work; emotional control; communication; courage; and persistence.

“We talk very deliberately about those” pillars and how they can impact a person’s life, Gustavson said.

Growing up in Neillsville, Wis., Gustavson said he discovered martial arts when he was nine. “I never found my way to fit in” through other pursuits, he said, and martial arts gave him that pathway.

Gustavson found his way to Eau Claire to live and work and practiced martial arts along the way. In 2008, he opened his studio as a part-time venture and went all in in 2015.

There’s no question, though, that the physical skills that practitioners learn are important, but Gustavson said the aforementioned pillars are intertwined on the mat as well. “This all teaches self-control,” he said. “Your mind is controlling your body.”

Gustavson said business at the studio has rebounded since the early days of the pandemic, adding, “this is my best year ever.”

Home is Here

One of the lasting effects of the pandemic is a changing view of what the workplace means to both employers and employees.

While some businesses have gone back to having all employees on site full time, it’s clear that remote work will play an important role for both employers and employees for the foreseeable future.

A 2022 Gallup study showed that 53 percent of employees who held remote-capable jobs expect to work in a hybrid model, splitting their time between home and office, and 24 percent expected to work exclusively from home. Just 23 percent expected to work fully on-site.

Locally, many companies have embraced this socalled hybrid model and see it as a new paradigm for their operations.

“We are at a new normal,” said Amy Rennock, chief human resources officer for Jamf, a software company with an office in downtown Eau Claire.

“We made a concerted decision as we were approaching the end of the pandemic to not think of our office as the only place to work.”

The company’s experience during the pandemic guided the decision to re-think how to approach the workplace, she added.

Photo provided by Tim Abraham Photography

Photo provided by Jamf, office

“We had a really productive two years when we were remote from each other,” she said, leading the company to consider “what is the environment we can create to allow people to feel safe and how do we continue to allow to them to feel productive and creative, and do their best work.”

For some employees “who miss those socialization and collaboration pieces,” Rennock said, they need to be in an office setting, at least part of the time.

What emerged for Jamf is a concept of the “office as a service” to the employees. The office is there when, or if, employees need it, she said, and they decide how they want to use that office.

“We have improved our technology to enable that and make it inclusive for people who have decided not to come into the office,” Rennock added. The company also has “redefined the meeting room,” she said, with more technology enabled conference rooms for people who want to hold small group meetings, with the ability to include those who are working remotely.

Rennock said that Jamf has employees spread out across the country and the world. “It’s important for us to share the Jamf culture with them and make them feel a part of it,” she said.

For example, volunteering in the community is an important part of that Jamf culture, she said, and the company needed to “find ways to impact the community where they are at” by “providing the structure and infrastructure to make that happen.”

Remote working capability also is important in recruiting talented employees, she said. Remote work has “taken our footprint from beyond Eau Claire,” Rennock said, adding, “we’ve been able to add talent . . . from all over the world and retain that talent.”

Also in Eau Claire, accounting and consulting firm Wipfli similarly allows employees to work in the office or at home, or a hybrid arrangement between the two locations.

“We are just committed to creating the environment where you (the employee) still get to decide” where to work, said Valerie Fedie, Wipfli regional leader for western Wisconsin and Duluth.

Photo provided by Jamf, remote work

Photo provided by Jamf, remote work (2)

Wipfli has taken that remote approach a step further, Fedie said, by opening its first ever “remote market” with aligned associates who only work remotely, in addition to those assigned to one of the 46 offices the company has across the country.

“Associates absolutely love the flexibility,” of either working in the office or at home, Fedie said. “From the organization’s standpoint, we have had to learn how to coach and mentor” in this new paradigm.

Wipfli’s building in Eau Claire is only four years old, Fedie said, so few alterations were necessary to accommodate the hybrid work environment “We already had dedicated space that is very collaborative for all associates,” she said.

“I would frame it up as, we are associate led,” Fedie said. “There is no mandate to be back in the office. We all learned how to work remotely, so we leave it up to the associate.”

Fedie said the company realized that after the first couple of weeks of working remotely during the pandemic, their associates said, “Wait a minute, I do like it. We find that if the associate is deciding, it really is a win-win for the associate and for Wipfli.” Each associate has different preferences and, she said.

“Everybody works differently,” Fedie said.

“We have the technology and platform to work anywhere to service the client.”

Allowing for remote work also has helped Wipfli attract employees who normally wouldn’t be available.

“We have all learned to work differently, and that has opened up our ability to attract talent” from “the nation and the world,” she said.

Caring for you in the Chippewa Valley

Prevea Health and HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s Hospitals are here and ready to care for you, when you need it.

Our partnership allows us to offer access to primary care and multiple specialties, as well as urgent care and emergency services in Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls and across the Chippewa Valley.

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EAU CLAIRE

Explore Eau Claire

You sell your company. We sell the community.

Through the new “Explore Eau Claire” program, a personal concierge acts as a connection to your job candidates and new hires as they make the choice to call Eau Claire home and begin the process of relocation. We ask what’s important to them in a community, then research, communicate, and make connections for them in areas such as:

Schools

• Housing

Places of worship

• Community involvement

Childcare

Diversity

Pet care

Restaurants

Shopping

Hobbies/interests

Outdoor and indoor recreation

Anything else that’s important to them

Any additonal areas of interest

Our Explore Eau Claire program will save you time and money. Our concierge is knowledgeable, experienced, and dedicated to serving candidates who are relocating. Whether you have a general employee, manager, or executive, our program helps decrease turnover and increase employee satisfaction.

Individual

Attention to your Job Candidates: Personal Acclimation for your New Hires:

The family your recruit brings with them are often the deciding factor in whether your candidate accepts the job. Our concierge asks personal questions about the most important areas of your candidate’s life (marital status, children, hobbies, etc.) to understand the needs of those all moving to the area. We then provide a customized tour and access/links to area resources as reassurance that the Chippewa Valley has assets that can meet their needs and interests.

If your new hire and his/her family feel connected to the community, it will increase the likelihood that they stay in the Chippewa Valley. Our concierge will learn more about your new hire and their family and connect them to our community in the early stages of relocation. From arranging a tour of a dance studio, pointing out the best y- shing streams, or connection with a youth hockey team, we can act as the link between newcomers and their needs and interests.

An accompanying spouse/partner securing employment is another vital factor in a family choosing to stay in the area. We can distribute a spouse/partner’s resume to all our Chamber members and other propective employers. This is a win-win for all, as we know area employers are looking for quality candidates.

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Customized Tour:

Let us show your candidate or new hire the many resasons the Chippewa Valley is the ideal place to call home! The customized Chippewa Valley tour includes:

• Introductory questionaire to assess the needs of the individual or family

• Customized community tour with introductions to many of the unique communities that make up the Chippewa Valley area, including schools, local businesses and community resources

• Welcome packet with customized resources

• Detailed post-tour survey

• One month follow-up to identify needs or services

Settle-In Service:

With the settle-in service, your employee will receive a questionaire to assess the needs of the individual or family, a personalized welcome packet and quarterly check-ins with updates about community events.

Partner Career Support

Includes connecting with partner to assess most desired position, circulation of resume to Chamber investors, and/or personal emails/calls to relevant company contacts.

Welcome Basket

Includes basket of local products delivered to the individuals/family’s home.

To learn more or submit a referral to the Explore Eau Claire Program, please visit www.eauclairechamber.org exploreec@eauclairechamber.org