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START UP: DECI Is Driven By Entrepreneurs
9 Jan 2025
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If you’ve shopped, dined, celebrated, been entertained, or even just strolled in downtown Eau Claire during the past 23 years, you’ve probably heard of Downtown Eau Claire Inc. – also known as DECI. Yet unless you’ve been a member of DECI, you might not know exactly what it is or what it does.
This year, Erin Klaus and Matt Pabich hope to change that. Not only do they both work for DECI, but they also own small businesses in downtown Eau Claire – exactly the kind of businesses that the downtown-based nonprofit exists to serve and promote.
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