Each year the Downtown Decorah Betterment Association recognizes businesses that have made physical improvements to their downtown business locations. This year's recognition breakfast on Wednesday recognized 11 businesses downtown and on the West Side--a sign of the vitality of Decorah's downtown.
Honored for their projects were Northwestern Mutual- Edward Jones; Open Decorah; T-Bocks; Nordic Chiropractic; La Rana; The Country Garden; Hacker Nelson; Sweet Sensations by Roxanne; Kephart's Music; Tom Massman Construction/Barbara Massman Realtors and Pizza Ranch.