Eau Claire small business owner invited to the White House
26 Sep 2017
Two Wisconsin businesses, including one from the Chippewa Valley, are being invited to the White House for a roundtable on small business.
Jeff Dykes is with "Northern Star Fire," an Eau Claire start-up. Dykes and Kristina Pence-Dunow of "Hometown Trolley" in Crandon will participate in Tuesday's talks on "American Small Business - The Engine of the American Dream."
Dykes invented an eight-directional compass to save firefighters who become disoriented in a blaze.
Hometown Trolley is a woman-owned American manufacturing company producing trolley busses.
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