2019 Waukesha County Awards Finalists and Winners Announced
Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow, the Waukesha County Business Alliance and the Waukesha County Center for Growth have announced the finalists and winners for the 2019 Waukesha County Awards. The...
Waukesha County Center for Growth expands Board of Directors
The Waukesha County Center for Growth, Inc. has added three new members to its board of directors: Tom Fotsch, chief operating officer and owner of EmbedTek LLC; Patti Kneiser, vice...
2018 Year in Review
2018 was a strong year for the Waukesha County Center for Growth. Our role is to connect businesses with the resources they need to grow. Most of our companies say...
Measuring students’ preparedness after high school
Currently, the state of Wisconsin has a tool that measures how prepared high school students are to attend college. The tool measures standardized test scores and more. However, those indicators...
Taco Amigo
Capital expenditure: $330,000 Expected job creation: 13 Joe Woolfolk of Waukesha had a vision of opening a Spanish-themed restaurant that offers Latin American and European Spanish cuisine in addition to...
We all scream for ice cream
Denali Ingredients Size of addition: 96,000 sq ft Capital expenditure: $26.2 million Expected job creation: 25 Denali Ingredients is the company that brings you Moose Tracks©, along with many other...
Explosive growth in Brookfield
Milwaukee Tool Size of addition: 114,000 sq ft Capital expenditure: $32 million Expected job creation: 350 Milwaukee Tool has seen significant growth at its headquarters in Brookfield over the last...
Land of the Free
Dawn’s Early Light Size of new facility: 2,500 sq ft Capital expenditure: $20,000 Expected job creation: 4 Mark and Ann Meyer, Pewaukee natives, established Dawn’s Early Light Flags LLC in...
From vacant to vibrant
OFP Ingredients Size of project: 200,000 sq ft Capital expenditure: $3.23 million Expected job creation: 25 In early 2018, Lake Country Foods closed its 200,000-square-foot, 100-year-old plant in Oconomowoc. Vacant...
Pool time with a purpose for dogs
Size of addition: 5,000 sq ft Capital expenditure: $260,000 Expected job creation/retention: 5/2 In search of a better work/life balance, Becky Pease moved from a successful but stressful corporate accounting...
