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Sustain Door Scholarships Encourage Door County Participation in UW Sustainable Communities Public Policy Forum, March 25-26

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Ann Hippensteel.

Sustain Door, a local nonprofit organization which promotes the social, economic and environmental sustainability of Door County, is offering four scholarships of up to $75 each to Door County residents to assist in the cost of registration for the Sustainable Communities Public Policy Forum at UW Fox Valley.
This forum brings to the discussion about [...]

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Crossroads at Big Creek to Host 2010 Door County Sustainability Fair in Late April

Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by Coggin Heeringa.

Crossroads at Big Creek is pleased to announce that this spring, the Collins Learning Center and The Historical Village at The Crossroads will be the venues for  the 2010  Door County Sustainability Fair.
Sustain Door, Inc. has.set the date for Saturday, April 24, an appropriate climax to Earth Week.
In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and [...]

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Weekly Door County Cross Country Ski Report as of March 4, 2010

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

This may come as a surprise to you: There is still good cross country skiing in Door County!
This is the time of year when people often look out their car windows and assume the skiing is done. However, most of our trails are in wooded areas and this preserves the snow from melting as fast [...]

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Weekly Door County Cross Country Ski Report as of February 25, 2010

Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

Weekly Cross Country Ski Report brought to you by Door County Silent Sports Alliance. “Time flies! This is our seventh ski report and the good news is that there is still skiing to report! Much better in the southern half of the county though. We will see how many more weeks we have left…
Thursday February [...]

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Doyle’s Global-warming Legislation Contains Revisions that Loosen Wisconsin’s Regulation on Nuclear Power Plants, Assembly Bill 649

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

The Clean Energy Jobs Act, Wisconsin State Assembly Bill 649 proposes significant changes regarding the requirements for storage of nuclear waste and cost benefit to customers from future nuclear power plant construction.
The bill described by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as “Gov. Jim Doyle’s ambitious global-warming legislation,” was introduced on January 6, 2010 by Representatives Black [...]

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Weekly Door County Cross Country Ski Report as of February 18, 2010

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

Weekly Cross Country Ski Report brought to you by Door County Silent Sports Alliance.
Thursday February 18, 2010

Potawatomi State Park:
Conditions very good for skating and striding.  New snow freshly groomed.  Coverage 100%.  Classical track well set and skate lane fairly flat.
Crossroads at Big Creek:
2 – 3 inches of new snow since the weekend.  Rolled all [...]

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Door County Master Gardeners Present “Tricks of the Trade” An Inside Scoop, Mar 2

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

Green Side Up LLP landscape gardeners, Kristen Peil and Caleb Whitney, have learned a lot the hard way since starting their Door County business in 1998.
Come to The Crossroads at 7 pm on March 2 and benefit from their collective experience maximizing the seasonal interest of their commercial and high-end residential gardens. These professional [...]

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Weekly Door County Cross Country Ski Report as of February 11, 2010

Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

Weekly Cross Country Ski Report brought to you by Door County Silent Sports Alliance.
Thursday February 11, 2010
Potawatomi State Park:
Conditions: Good striding track and skating lane. Freshly groomed February 10th after 5” of new snow. 100% coverage.
Crossroads at Big Creek:
3-4 inches of new snow. Trails were groomed February 10. With the good base we have, [...]

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Eat at Sturgeon Bay Applebee’s Today and they’ll Give 15% of Your Tab to Door County Transportation Programs

Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

Wednesday, February 10! Dine in or carry out and Applebee’s will donate 15% to Door-Tran.
On January 28, 2010 Door County Style Magazine reported the good news that Women’s Employment Project, Inc. (WEP) was awarded funding from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to continue the Door County Transportation Options Program (DCTOP) in 2010.
Door-Tran Mobility Manager, Pam [...]

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Whatever the Door County Snow Conditions… Newport State Park’s 19th Annual Candlelight Ski, Hike or Snowshoe Event, Feb 13

Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

Eighteen years ago Newport State Park began the candlelight ski tradition in Door County and it is the only state park in Door County that also allows hiking and snowshoeing during the event.
The tradition will carry on again this year as a portion of trail will come alive by candlelight, guiding skiers, hikers and snowshoers [...]

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