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Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire WI Business Profile View PDF profile The City of Eau Claire is northwestern Wisconsin's center for business, education, health care and recreational activities. Located just over an hour from the Twin Cities via Interstate 94, the area enjoys a trade area population of 245,300. Four secondary educational institutions serve the region and have a student population base of 25,100. Eau Claire also hosts a regional mall that serves a population of over 463,000. Other features that make Eau Claire home to leading businesses and families include excellent school systems, low crime rates, low housing costs, wonderful parks,

Altoona, WI
Altoona Business Profile View PDF profile The City of Altoona, in West Central Wisconsin, has experienced steady growth while maintaining a high quality of life in a small-town atmosphere. Altoona is able to provide the amenities that new residents are looking for: excellent schools, quality homes and neighborhoods, recreational facilities and activities, and an efficient city government. Altoona's proximity to Eau Claire affords residents the conveniences of a larger community including access to the University

Augusta, WI
Augusta Business Profile View PDF profile A small community nestled in the rolling valleys of central Wisconsin, Augusta offers recreational pleasures and business opportunities. With a strong workforce and high moral values, Augusta is a community that any person would be happy to call home. Come back to the past and visit the many Amish families

Fairchild, WI
Fairchild Business Profile View PDF profile Fairchild is a small-town community characterized by a gently sloping terrain and rolling hills crowned with trees. Great forests and fertile agricultural land make up the Village of Fairchild's landscape. Civic pride and community cooperation are the unifying themes in Fairchild's history as expressed annually

Fall Creek, WI
Fall Creek Business Profile View PDF profile An integral part of the Eau Claire metropolitan statistical area, Fall Creek has grown significantly in the past decade while still offering a small town environment with the benefits of a larger city just 10 minutes away. Only minutes from the Village is Beaver Creek Reserve, an outdoor environmental educational camp known throughout the upper Midwest. Fall Creek's country atmosphere, fine school system, proximity to Eau Claire, excellent urban services and the kinship among the people make it a prime location for residential living as well as an ideal place for business development