About The Team
About Grow Eau Claire
Local stories. Local businesses. Local partners.
Grow Eau Claire began as a collaborative effort with the City of Eau Claire Economic Development Division and local marketing partners to create a better way to showcase our community and the businesses that help it thrive.
Today, Grow Eau Claire is expanding into a broader community storytelling and visibility platform — connecting professionally produced video, local business profiles, original stories, community partnerships and ongoing promotion in one growing resource.
Our goal is simple: help more people discover what Eau Claire has to offer, and give the businesses and organizations that make this community special a better way to tell their stories.
A third-party platform for the City’s story
Grow Eau Claire produces and hosts video content in partnership with the City of Eau Claire Economic Development Division. The City receives professional video at no cost to taxpayers and does not receive sponsorship revenue — the program is funded entirely by the businesses that take part.
Because the platform is independent, the City's story is told by a third party rather than by the City about itself. Site selection, permits, incentives and business support all remain with the City.
FOUNDING PARTNERS
Built by three Eau Claire companies
Grow Eau Claire is possible because local organizations bring different talents, perspectives and resources to the table.
The Post House
An award-winning boutique video agency with offices in Eau Claire and Milwaukee, voted "Best Video Production Company" five years running in Volume One's Best of the Chippewa Valley Reader Poll. Produces the video and 360° virtual tour content on the platform.
Four Peas Consulting
Marketing strategy and long-term planning for growth-oriented companies, plus education, training and execution support. Handles positioning, messaging and promotion for the program.
JB Systems
A full-service web design firm in downtown Eau Claire with two decades of bespoke web design and digital marketing work. Built and maintains the video portal.
HOW WE WORK
Community collaboration as a guiding philosophy
No single organization could build this alone, and none of us set out to. The platform works because each partner does the part they are actually good at, and because the businesses featured on it are neighbors, not accounts.