Door County Economic Development Corporation

Programs: The door county business and education partnership's mission is to build strong, sustaintable business and education partnerships that allow students to identify viable career pathways, support lifelong learning, meet local job market needs and become productive members of our community. Opportunities are created for students/educators to increase knowledge and "hands-on" experience with business and career learning, and for businesses to define their long and short-term labor needs and help integrate "work-based experience" into the school curriculum. The partnership is an essential bridge to address the mutual needs and concerns of its five school districts (3,401 students) and many local businesses in door county.

business development center - new and expanding businesses find an enthusiatic, nurturing partner at the business development center, a small business incubator located in the sturgeon bay industrial park. Tenants, paying competitive rents, share services and equipment, which allows them to keep overhead costs low and get off to a strong start in business. With 32,000 sq. Ft. , the center can accomodate a variety of different businesses to include office, service, assembly, distribution and light manufacturing. In 2017, the business development center was home to 19 tenants, with 88 full time equivalent employees.

economic development - the corporation provides companies with programs and information geared to create positive growth for the door county economy, which include business financing and counseling, location assistance, area demographics and community development programs. The economic development programs are funded by a combination of investments from private companies and local government, as well as grants and contract service fees. These funds provide the money necessary for dcedc to provide business assistance, financial incentives and other initiatives designed to strengthen the local business climate. There are four committees that work on the following issues: business retention, workforce, attainable housing and technology council. (100 volunteers with 585 volunteer hours).