Attending:
Steinhauer, McNall, Fritz, Pakkala, Kopras, Zalucha, Burns, Burns, Rooney, Bollig, Salerno, Wilson
Guest, Gail Rooney
Heidi announced Carolina will speak via Zoom next week.
Todd will not be here next week, weather will be poor so meeting will be 100% zoom with Carolina.
Happy bucks: Rooney, Bollig, Burns
Shawn announced that we received the $4200 District grant matching our Club’s $4600 donation to Neighbors Helping Neighbors.
Peter Walton is requesting a leave of absence.
Nic Owen, Village Administrator, is our speaker. His topic was current Economic Development Efforts. With strategic planning, it was determined that the EDC, a volunteer organization, was having trouble raising money and that it was better to bring development under the village administration with more stability in funding. Rowan Childs was hired to lead the committee as Economic Development Director.
Nic reported on current Projects:
- Gorman Corporation will be building a 51 unit affordable and market rate apartment complex on Blue Mounds Road next to the bike trail.
- There is another apartment complex of 21 units approved at North Cape Commons.
- Caseys will start building soon and Kwik Trip will begin developing near Troll Mountain
- Icky Stickey will open in new location on Springdale.
- The Village is working on a grant or loan program to help local restaurants.
- Tiff 3 is looking better with all the new building happening.
- Street reconstruction is happening at Washington and Front street and the old fire station will become a parking lot.