It is not the name as much as the people behind the name that are important to area businesses and a key hurdle to their growth moving forward. The Door County Economic Development Corporation released a summary of its 2024 Door County Business Survey, which featured answers from 75 businesses across the peninsula, covering different sizes and sectors along the way. Employee recruitment and retention were big topics of concern for businesses, with 59 percent of respondents saying they would like to grow their businesses if they had the people to go with it. Housing, pending retirements, and childcare are major factors that contribute to those concerns. Door County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Michelle Lawrie says the organization is collaborating with many different stakeholders on trying to address this.

Lawrie is thrilled that the county's businesses have been able to adapt to the changing climate posed by the pandemic and the challenges that followed. You can click this link to read the summary from the report.