Recent Documents

Waukesha County Business Alliance 2012 Policy Brief

The below policy brief gives an overview of the Policy Agenda, which can be downloaded from the recent documents section (left).

Consolidated Services

• Identify and support improvements to the Waukesha County Combined Dispatch System that would enhance services, save tax dollars, and encourage additional local communities to join
• Encourage greater collaboration between local communities to provide improved and more cost-effective services to residents
• Support policies that facilitate cooperative mergers of municipalities

Economic Development

• Promote Waukesha County’s new Small Business Leverage Loan Fund
• Support recommendations of “Be Bold Wisconsin” report
• Connect businesses to local, county and state economic development resources that can help them expand in Waukesha County
• Advocate for tax and regulatory measures that promote business growth

Education

• Support easier transfer of credits between the Wisconsin Technical College and the University of Wisconsin systems and within each system so students can obtain advanced degrees in the most efficient, cost-effective manner and enter the workforce more quickly and with a lower financial burden
• Expose students to career opportunities in manufacturing and the skilled trades by building stronger partnerships between schools and businesses
• Enhance higher education and employment opportunities in Waukesha County by supporting greater collaboration among the University of Wisconsin—Waukesha and Waukesha County Technical College

Infrastructure

• Support reconstruction of the Zoo Interchange
• Support construction of a Waukesha West By-pass
• Advocate for Lake Michigan water as the best and only known long-term sustainable solution to the City of Waukesha’s water needs.

Organized into several committees, the policy board conducts in-depth research to identify issues and policy areas for which to advocate. As key issues arise members are promptly informed about these hot topics and given action steps when appropriate. Committee members are able to connect with community leaders while making a difference on issues relevant to business.

• Consolidated Services
• Economic Development
• Education
• Infrastructure

 
We'll be your voice in Waukesha County and beyond. We will keep you informed about issues that impact your organization and the business climate, while advocating on your behalf to ensure continued access to a growing, vital business community

Focused on key policy issues, we strive to:
     - Encourage economic development by promoting greater collaboration between 
       the many public and private stakeholders in the county and region
     - Improve and modernize our public infrastructure, including roads and water supply, 
       to encourage people and busiensses to locate in southeastern Wisconsin
     - Ensure employers today and in the future have access to a skilled talent 
       pool of workers
     - Create a competitive tax and regulatory climate that retains, attracts and creates 
       businesses and jobs

For more information, please contact Suzanne Kelley.