Business After Hours

The Burlington Chamber of Commerce held its Business After Hours at the new Veterans Terrace on Thursday, July 16, 2009. Attendence was much more than anticipated at more than 100 chamber members, their spouses, and guests. The common comment of the evening was "I never expected it to be this beautiful!"

While the building still is not quite complete, guests were able to get an even better idea of what the building will soon be. At this point of construction, we are happy to say that the only remaining items on our "to do" list are fairly cosmetic, i.e. laying carpet and installing ceiling tiles. Business After Hours guests were treated to tasty samples from Veterans Terrace preferred caterers, Charcoal Grill, Courtyard Catering and Stowell's Catering. Guest also enjoyed drinks with compliments from Veterans Terrace. Local businesses donated door prizes for select guests to enjoy. Thank you to AmericInn of Burlington, Baymont Inn and Suites, Euphoria Day Spa, Madcap Music, Minuteman Press, Pepsi and Richter's Sentry for their generous donations.
On August 30, 2009 Veterans Terrace will host its Open House for the community. The Open House will have a variety of fun-filled activities for all to enjoy. We will post additional information on this anticipated event as we get closer to the big day.
Thanks again to all who attended the Business After Hours and we hope to see you soon!

William Smitz
General Manager

Happy Fourth of July!

We hope you will spend this weekend grilling out with good friends, going to the park with your children, and enjoying some wonderful firework displays. In short, enjoy your freedom to do whatever you wish to do! At Veterans Terrace, we feel we have even more reason to celebrate a holiday such as the fourth of July.

The old Vets Building was built in 1963 as a sign of gratitude from our community to all of those who have defended our freedom since the beginning of our nation. With donations from generous citizens and companies throughout Wisconsin, Veterans Terrace has transformed to a beautiful, state of the art community building with the focus still lying in honoring our Veterans. We will continue to enjoy hosting the various Veterans groups at this wonderful new building.

We are also fortunate that some of our brides and grooms have either served or are serving in the United States Army today. It is touching when a bride explains that her groom is in Iraq or Afghanistan and will come home to a wonderful wedding at Veterans Terrace. What a great home-coming that Veterans Terrace has the honor to be a part of!

This weekend and throughout the year, we encourage you to remember all of the sacrifices men and women in this country have given to allow us to celebrate our freedom.

Happy Fourth of July!
The Staff at Veterans Terrace

Grand Opening!

Save the Date

Construction of the building is smooth sailing at Veterans Terrace. We are scheduled to open EARLIER than anticipated!

To celebrate the start of a new phase from the old “Vets Building” to the new Veterans Terrace, we will open our doors to the community on August 30, 2009. We invite you to stop by and take a tour of this magnificent new building.

Veterans Terrace will lay the first group of memorial bricks, donated to the building by generous citizens and businesses in the area. Come see where your brick will be laid on August 30! There is still time to take part in the brick program, please visit http://www.veteransterrace.com/ or send us an e-mail.

We will have other fun activities going on at the open house, do not miss out!

See you on August 30.

William Smitz
General Manager