We want to know what's happening in the Chippewa Valley so that we can tell everyone else.  Know of a great upcoming event?  A favorite restaurant?  An interesting story about something that is going on?  Let us know. 

We're also looking for anyone who'd like to write about the Chippewa Valley.  We'll offer a blog to anyone who can convince us that they have something interesting to say - just let us know. 

You can send press releases, or any other information to us with the contact form at the top of the guide, or just email us at sales [at] chippewaguide [dot] com.

Keep in touch!

We're on the lookout for web sites in the Chippewa Valley.  If you have a favorite site, or you publish a site, let us know.  If the site has an RSS feed and you'd like to see it aggregated in with our Local Blogs section, that's even better.

In general, if you know about anything interesting going on in the Chippewa  Valley, we want to know about it and spread the word.  So please fee free to send us anything of interest through the contact form, or just email us at sales [at] chippewaguide [dot] com

Keep in touch! 

Yeah, I know we've been promising it for a while, but the photo contest is finally in the works.

Chippewa Guide is going to be starting a photo contest on April 1. It's not an April Fools joke, it's real.

The idea is that this will be a totally on-line photo contest. You'll upload your pictures to the web site, and we will have an on-line competition. You will be able to upload your photos starting on April 1, and running through April 30. On May 1 we will open the contest to judging. On June 1 we will announce the prize winners. You'll be able to rate the pictures and leave comments on them. There will be several different categories of photos, and each category will have it's own prize. There will also be a grand prize of a $50 gift certificate from the Eau Claire or Menomonie Chamber of Commerce, good at any Chamber of Commerce merchant.

The Guide has discussion forums . They've been here for quite a while, but they haven't gotten a lot of use.

So - if you have something you want to talk about - it might be this web site, it might be the state of arts in the valley, or whatever it might be - go over to the forums and have your say.

People who have accounts registered on the site can post immediately. If you don't have an account, you can still post in the forums, but your post won't appear until our staff approves it.

So come on over and say what needs saying!

Norad, this year partnering with Google, is again letting young web addicts track Santa's whereabouts all through Christmas Eve

The Chippewa Guide is interested in promoting local businesses. We are starting the Local Shop project on the site to help with this. The idea is simple:

We will have a special section on the site for local businesses. In our definition, a local business is one that is locally owned, and has something special to offer. It's probably easier to define what is not a local shop than what is. But to start ---

• A local shop is not owned by someone far away
• A local shop is not part of a big chain
• A local shop cares about the community and its sustainability
• A local shop tries to promote local goods - items that are produced in the area.
  
• A local shop is owned by people you can identify, not a nameless hedge fund or conglomerate

So - who's to judge? Well, for the time being at least, our editors and staff. And of course you - if you know of a business that meets these criteria, let us know, and we'll be glad to feature them in the guide.

Read the new Local Shop Page.

The Chippewa Guide is your web guide to the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin. We provide a Business Directory (and you can add your own business to it for free), an Events Calendar, special monthly features, guides for each major town, local bloggers, and more. If you're looking for restaurants and businesses in the Chippewa Valley, this is the place to go.

We are unique in the Chippewa Valley because we're a do-it-yourself guide. Businesses and people in the valley can add their own business listings, events, and other information to the guide. We're expanding the guide to cover more topics, and to include more input from the community.

Welcome to the new Chippewa Guide web site. Over the next few months the guide will expand to cover local businesses, entertainment, restaurants, and everything else you'll need to make the most of the Chippewa Valley.

We'd also like to introduce you to Chip, the Chippewa Guyde. You'll see him around the site quite a bit, as he guides you to interesting and exciting things to do in the Chippewa Valley.

After quite a lot of work, the second edition of the Chippewa Guide is now officially on-line. As of 5/26, we have upgraded all of the software on this site, as well as the way it looks. There may be a few new bugs introduced at this point, but in the long run these changes will make the site much more flexible. We're out of the testing phase, and would like local businesses to add in their own web pages to the site, using either the free listings or the paid extended listings. Either way, you get a great opportunity to promote your business in the Chippewa Valley.

Also - please add any upcoming events you know of to our events calendar. This will promote your event to anyone who comes to the Chippewa Guide, or uses Google Calendar.

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