Sponsors

If saving barns was easy, there'd be scads of beautifully preserved old barns dotting every rural landscape. The fact is, barn saving takes a lot of time, work and resources. That's why we're so grateful to these generous folks for giving us a hand.

The Wisconsin Farmland Conservancy is a non-profit regional land trust in western and northwestern Wisconsin that is dedicated to preserving the character of the rural countryside, and to protecting the land from threats of urban sprawl and development. They co-presented Barn Aid with us, served as a fiscal agent and assisted us with non-profit administration.

Visit www.wi-fc.org or call (715) 235-8850.

Artic Glass donated all the roofing material for our barn renovation, and believe us, it takes a lot of roofing material to cover a barn. If you need insulated windows, doors, skylights, cabinets, random building materials or any of the other cool stuff Arctic sells, go there and buy them now. Tell Joe and Betsy we sent you.

Visit www.arcticwindowoutlet.com or call (800) 428-9276.

If there's one thing we learned while staging Barn Aid, it's this: professional help counts for a heckuvalot. Jennifer Bacon of Aspect Productions kicked some serious production butt on this project, helping us organize infrastructure and logistics, arranging all the stage/sound equipment and bringing on the outside talent we needed to make this a concert and a wonderful event. Jennifer acted as our stage manager too. Thanks Jen. You rock, girl.

Visit www.aspectproductions.com or call (760) 433-4830.

Patience is actually one of Paul Herzing's chief virtues, a fact he proved while providing a whole bunch of fabulous technical support and creative site improvements.

Visit www.impatientcow.com or call (612) 309-2254.

Way2 Interactive provided kind guidance and saved our butt whenever we've needed help with this Web site. They also created our neato guest book feature. Should you ever find yourself in need of a hardcore interactive programmer who also does incredible a cappella ACDC and Prince covers, Mike Pease is your man.

Visit www.way2interactive.com or call (952) 928-3806.

TicketWorks gave us a darn good deal on ticketing, and owner John Work was great about offering us plenty of useful suggestions. TicketWorks doesn't tack on extra customer fees (for which we're eternally grateful), and their customer service people are ultra-nice. If we had our way, we'd give those sheisters at TicketMaster the heave-ho and let Ticketworks handle every ticket sale from here on out.

Visit www.ticketworks.com or call (612) 343-3390.

Gary Lund is the Shell Guy. He's providing the lovely crushed shells we are using for paths and area marking (a practical, cost efficient and environmentally friendly solution that feels nice under the feet). This stuff also makes beautiful, luminescent garden walkways.

Contact Gary Lund at (651) 459-7294 or (888) 459-7294.