Renters Insurance: Don’t Find a Home Without It

here are the basic things you need to know

Renters insurance covers your personal property in circumstances like theft, fires, natural disasters, and more. Obviously there are exceptions and exclusions, but, in general, your stuff is covered when the ...

The Renters’ Toolbox

a few tools will make your life a lot easier

A reversible drill with a bit set is infinitely useful for fixing up furniture, tightening bolts, and getting to all those other projects you’ve been putting ...

RISING ABOVE: A Guide to Ongoing Projects in Downtown E.C.

In 2021, keeping tabs on all the downtown Eau Claire projects has been challenging. Here’s a handy guide.

Right now, Eau Claire is having somewhat of a moment in development. A variety of residential and commercial structures are going up throughout the city (not an entirely uncommon sight), but nowhere is the density of new construction more apparent than downtown. Fenced off blocks and ...

Picking Up the Pace: Andante Development Begins in Downtown EC

mixed-use development under construction on former parking lot

For those who understand musical notation – or speak Italian – “Andante” means “at a walking pace.” It’s also the name of five-story mixed-use development ...

Eau Claire Apartment Scene: Looking Forward – And Upward

these new and in-progress residential projects could be your next home

A number of Eau Claire’s new apartment projects are reaching toward the sky – at least by Eau Claire’s typical low-rise standards. One is a pair of new five-story apartment towers in downtown ...

Struggling With Rent? Program Offers Pandemic Assistance

Western Dairyland is local partner for federal program

Help is now available through the Wisconsin Emergency Rental Assistance (WERA), a federally funded program which will be administered locally by Western Dairyland Equal Opportunity Commission in ...

Are You a Landlord? Then Don’t Forget to Register

landlords in City of Eau Claire must sign up with health department

The Eau Claire City Housing Inspection Program requires that all property owners with one or more rental housing units in the City of Eau Claire to register their properties with ...

BUILDING THE GUILD: Apartment complex will offer bird’s-eye river view

If you’ve only ever glanced at it across the YMCA parking lot or viewed it from the other side of the Chippewa River, you probably never noticed that the large brick building at 816 Porter Ave. in downtown ...

DOWNTOWN DATA: A glance at the numbers and figures that define Eau Claire’s urban core

It’s no big secret that downtown Eau Claire has been evolving – mostly for the better – in recent years. Redevelopment has brought new dining, entertainment, and recreation options ...

A Local Urban Community

downtown apartment dwellers form group to get to know their neighbors

For the Phoenix Park Urbanites, there are no officers, no bylaws, no structure, really. And if there was, it just wouldn’t be right, says Deb Marshall, the founding member. This social group of people ...