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Downtown Grocery™ or its owners, Kevin Korpela and Blaine Tornow, have been referenced many times:
- Wausau, July 2008, Daily Herald: Keith Uhlig's "Life in Wausau Blog" --- Keith writes about His experience with the wonderfulo kohlrabi that he found in his Moonshadow Farm CSA Summer Share Box that he picked-up from Downtown Grocery.
- Wausau, 6/26/2008, WAOW Newsline 9 Political Blog
Producer Katie Rosenberg writes in an essay titled The Young and Restless: Where Do We Go From Here? that "...the Y&R are bent on making society are better place economically, aesthetically and even environmentally", and that young people like Kevin Korpela, co-owner of Downtown Grocery, can identigy with these concerns.
- Wausau, 2/21/2008, WAOW News Channel 9
News Reporter Jessica Sirl interviews Kevin Korpela for a report Environmentally Friendly Grocery Bags and how Downtown Grocery has designed a series of locally-made reusable grocery bags.
- Wausau, 12/13/2007, City Pages Page 15
An informative article titled "Wines and Cheeses" written by Ingrid Clark Zavadoski features several cheeses and a wine from Downtown Grocery.
- Wausau, 11/21/2007, Daily Herald Life/Style Section Page 2
Photo of Blaine "planting" the store Christmas tree in our garden along Third Street.
- Wausau, 11/18/2007, Daily Herald Life/Style Section
Blaine is quoted in the article titled Holiday market offers earth-friendly gifts on the importance of local food in regards to the upcoming "Alternative Holiday Market" to be held the day after Thanksgiving.
- Wausau, 11/13/2007, Daily Herald Editorial
Editorial titled This holiday season, spend your money with locals
- Wausau, 11/12/2007, "Someone You Should Know" on You Tube
Blaine Tornow's feature on Channel 9 is available for viewing on www.youtube.com.
- Wausau, 11/11/2007, "Someone You Should Know" on WAOW Channel 9
News Anchor Pam Warnke interviews Blaine Tornow for the Someone You Should Know series on Sunday, November 11th, 10 PM News.
- State-wide, September 2007, Country Today
Downtown Grocery and Moonshadow Farm featured in a full-page article with great photos of the store and farm.
- Wausau, September 2007, The City Pages, Best of Survey
Downtown Grocery voted as the readers "Favorite New Store".
- Wausau, August 2007, Buyer's Guide
Article titled "Downtown Grocery starts second season"
- State-wide, 2007 Fall Sampler, Taste of Wisconsin
Taste of Wisconsin - Where to find the good stuff. This color brochure found at travel centers state-wide offers a Fall event schedule and locations for unique food experiences. The "Wausau/Stevens Point" section features events such as Artrageous Weekend Sept 8-9th and three food places for Wausau: The Mint Cafe, Hereford & Hops and Downtown Grocery.
- Wausau, 6/3/2007, Daily Herald Bulletin Board
"Students decorate Downtown Grocery" shows a photo of art teacher Kim Sample, her students and Kevin Korpela. The caption reads, "Kim Sample, art teacher at John Muir Middle School, and Kevin Korpela of Downtown Grocery met with art students from John Muir. Downtown Grocery will display about a dozen original paintings done by students for the next seven months. Paintings include fruit, vegetables and bread."
- Wausau, 5/3/2007, News Channel 7 WSAW
How Dangerous are those Exotic Foods? A three-part report by Todd Hicks with video of Blaine inside the greenhouse and Kevin inside the store talking about sourcing local food to reduce transport costs, increase freshness, and maximize nutrition.
- Wausau, 4/17/2007, Daily Herald Progress Section Wausau East
Article titled "Downtown grocery puts local first".
- Wausau, 4/17/2007, Daily Herald Progress Section Wausau East
Article titled "Downtown enjoys $100 million revival".
- Wausau, 4/10/2007, Buyer's Guide
Article titled ""Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin" initiative gaining ground".
- Wausau, 3/6/2007, Buyer's Guide
Article titled UWMC Eats: What You See is What You Get! with a photo of Blaine serving black bean salsa!
- Appleton, 1/12/2007, Post-Crescent
Photo of store stocked with local produce.
- Wausau, December 2006, Boomers
Article titled "Life on the Farm?"
- Wausau, Nov/Dec 2006, Le Dernier Cri
Two page article about "Downtown Grocery".
- Wausau, Fall 2006, Daily Herald Frontpage
Slideshow by Corey Schjoth about Downtown Grocery.com.
- Wausau, 9/21/2006, Daily Herald Editorial
Article titled "Keep an eye on your food supply".
- Wausau, 7/8/2006, Daily Herald Frontpage
Article titled "Grocery aims to satisfy home-grown demand".
- Wausau, 6/2/2006, Daily Herald Business
Article titled "Downtown Grocery.com hosts open house".
- Wausau, 3/10/2006, Daily Herald Editorial
Article titled "Downtown grocery store will fill niche".
- Wausau, 3/7/2006, Daily Herald Frontpage
Article titled "Grocery store coming to downtown Wausau".
On the Internet
Downtown Grocery™ or its owners, Kevin Korpela and Blaine Tornow, have been referenced many times:
- www.wausaudailyherald.com, 3/26/08, Ann Liebmann, Cooking Blog: Smellavision --- Ann writes about how a walk in downtown Wausau with "...Zhou's Mongolian BBQ, Stir Fry 88, Peking, Chang Garden, Yao's Grand Dragon...[and the] City Grill, Back When, Prima Deli, The Mint and Downtown Grocery...trigger memories faster than any other sense and we know that it contributes a huge amount to how we taste food."
- www.beloitsustainability.blogspot.com, 3/15/08, City of Beloit with reference to local food --- Two Beloit College students write about their city and how to make it more sustainable such as the importance of "...Farmers’ markets featuring local produce are the fastest growing aspect of the American food economy [McKibben, “Downtown Grocery”] and reference Downtown Grocery in "Works Cited".
- www.wausaudailyherald.com, 2/8/08, Keith Uhlig, Life in Wausau Blog --- Keith writes about his Cheese of the week, Kasseri, and his experience with the cheese at Downtown Grocery.
- www.wausaudailyherald.com, 1/30/08, Ann Liebmann, Cooking Blog: Local food and drink gems --- Ann writes about "local food and drink gems" including Downtown Grocery.
- www.uwex.edu, Innovative Downtown Businesses, UW-Extension Center for Community and Economic Development --- Downtown Grocery is featured in this study of innovative downtown businesses.
- www.travelwisconsin.com, Travel Wisconsin Food & Drink Directory --- Downtown Grocery is listed in the Food & Drink Directory of this website.
- www.Wausaublog.com, 5/6/2007, by Kevin Korpela --- Deepening the Local Economy
- Jim Rosenberg's Blog, 3/31/2007 --- Get something to eat around here: locally produced food
- www.Wausaublog.com, 3/18/2007, by Kevin Korpela --- Now the Grass is Shifting. An essay about an approach to use a more sustainable method to care for a grass lawn.
- www.ImagesWausau.com, 2007 Edition, Biz Briefs --- Healthy Choices [scroll down a bit]
- www.Wausaublog.com, 2/4/2007, by Lisa Stahl --- The Green, Green Pastures
- www.SustainLane.com, 2007 --- Downtown Grocery
- www.LocalHarvest.org, 12/5/2006, listed under "Grocery/Co-ops" --- Downtown Grocery
- www.Wausaublog.com, 8/22/2006, by Dino Corvino --- Small Batch
- www.Flickr.com, Summer 2006, by illustriousbean --- Photos of Downtown Grocery
- www.Wausaublog.com, by multiple bloggers --- Why We Love This Place!
- www.Wausaublog.com, by multiple bloggers --- Local Business Showcase: Downtown Grocery.com
- www.Chowhound.com, by multiple bloggers --- Central Wisconsin, Chowishness in General
- www.Greenpeople.org --- Downtown Grocery
- Sprawled-out, 6/29/2006, by John Michlig (comments by Kevin Korpela) --- Re-visiting my hometown
- www.LocalHarvest.org, 3/21/2006, listed under "Farms" or "CSA" --- Moonshadow Farm
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