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Jump-Start Downtown

 

 Join us on July 21, 2010 at 5:30 PM at the RCU Corporate Center in Downtown Eau Claire as we present the winner of the 2010 Jump Start Business Plan Competition with their award of $5,000! Mark your calendars now!  Registration is required. Attendance is $15 payable in advance to DECI or at the door.  View invite from DECI.

Get ready for next year!

“Jump-Start Downtown” is a business competition for entrepreneurs interested in opening a business in Downtown Eau Claire. This competition is open to any type of business – from hi-tech office services to specialty gift shops.

Grand Prize: $5,000 start-up capital and $500 in airtime or advertising production from Charter Media

Eligibility: Participants must be 18 years of age or older and interested in starting a business in Downtown Eau Claire or relocating a business to Downtown Eau Claire. Participants cannot enter a business already located downtown at the time of entry into the competition. Proposed business must open within 12 mopnths of the competition.

To Enter: Participants must submit an application and a business plan for their proposed business to Downtown Eau Claire, Inc. by May 31st, 2011.

Map of downtown boundaries

Business plan assistance

Judges Evaluation Form

2010 Jump-Start Sponsors

Jump Level Sponsor:

 

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Leap Level Sponsors:

 
 

 

 

 

Bounce Level Sponsors:

Banbury Place

Bauman Associates

Charter Bank

Cigan Properties

Huebsch Services

NetGuard

Ramada

RuderWare

Wells Fargo

Willow Creek Women’s Clinic

Partner:

Media Partner:

charterMedia

Past Winners:

Harmony Corner Cafe (210 South Barstow Street)

iroK Insurance (914 Porter Avenue)

Cadeaux (312 South Barstow Street)

Isabelle & Co. (314 North Barstow Street)

Becki’s Mediterranean Olive Salsa (800 Wisconsin Street)

Diamond School of Dance (123 Graham Avenue)

Dessert First (204 South Barstow Street)

Willow Creek Women’s Clinic (130 South Barstow Street)

Body Focus, LLC – massage therapy (705 South Barstow Street, Ste. A)

Just Local Food Cooperative (772 First Avenue)

Cafe 420 (420 Washington Street)

Questions?

Please call Downtown Eau Claire at 715-839-4914 if you cannot view the links above or have questions about the competition.

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