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FlexRide Celebrates Continued Expansion
FlexRide Milwaukee recently announced an expansion to serve residents of Milwaukee’s West Side and additional job centers in New Berlin and Oak Creek. The new service was announced at a news conference and ribbon cutting event on Monday at Wenthe-Davidson Engineering Company in New Berlin. The expansion announcement comes after the September launch of FlexRide…
Read MoreAlliance Advocates for Business Priorities During Budget Process
During the state’s biennial budget process, the Alliance takes our advocacy work a step further by working to advance priorities and projects. Our focus is on core business priorities, such as driving workforce development solutions and advocating for pro-business tax policies and a regulatory climate to keep Wisconsin competitive. Below are three specific issues that…
Read MoreAlliance participates in roundtable on FlexRide expansion
Last week, the Alliance participated in a Workforce Innovation Grant roundtable discussion on FlexRide. The roundtable was hosted at Alliance member company Scan-Pac, in conjunction with MobiliSE, and included Missy Hughes, secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation; Amy Pechacek, Department of Workforce Development secretary-designee and Craig Thompson, secretary, Wisconsin Department of Transportation…
Read More94 EW: WisDOT accepting comments through June 30; additional public meetings scheduled
The Alliance has long supported completion of the I-94 East-West corridor between 16th Street and 70th Street through modernization and expansion of the corridor. Last year, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) announced it was proceeding with a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) using recent data and additional public input. The department continues to analyze…
Read MoreAlliance Partners in FlexRide Launch
Government, business, nonprofit, and other leaders came together on March 9 to celebrate the launch of FlexRide Milwaukee. FlexRide Milwaukee is helping people who take city buses get to their jobs more easily. The Alliance’s Senior Vice President of Public Policy Amanda Payne was recently interviewed by CBS58 to discuss the program along with other partners. Amanda…
Read MoreAlliance Testifies in Support of Assembly Bill 888: Talent Attraction & Retention Initiatives Focusing on Veterans
Last week, the Alliance had the opportunity to testify in Madison in support of Assembly Bill 888, which would tackle workforce shortages and support veterans in finding jobs. The Alliance was joined by Ryan Healy, chief operations officer at Superior Crane Corporation. For several years, the Alliance has pushed for a talent attraction program for…
Read MoreAlliance Supports Micro-Transit Project
A national award-winning proposal from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is targeted at addressing two problems — one of them fairly recent and one chronic. The recent problem is the labor shortage that afflicts many businesses trying to come out of the pandemic. The chronic problem is getting unemployed workers in Milwaukee to jobs in the suburbs, particularly…
Read MoreI-94 East-West Public Involvement Meetings: Dec. 8 and 9
WisDOT is hosting Public Involvement Meetings this week regarding the I-94 East-West Freeway Corridor Study from 70th Street to 16th Street. Completion of the I-94 East-West project has been a longtime policy priority of the Alliance. The corridor is one of the most heavily traveled corridors for business, commercial and personal traffic and key to…
Read MoreAlliance Co-Signs Letter Calling on Gov. Evers to Launch Talent Attraction Campaign
Along with more a dozen chambers from around the state, the Alliance co-signed a letter urging Gov. Evers to launch a talent attraction campaign aimed at addressing Wisconsin’s workforce shortage. The letter calls on the governor to utilize $3 million in funds from the Wisconsin State Budget and additional money from the American Rescue Plan…
Read MoreAlliance Hosts WisDOT Secretary Thompson
The Alliance’s Infrastructure Policy Committee hosted Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson this morning for a discussion on infrastructure priorities. Secretary Thompson provided an update on transportation projects and priorities from around the state, including the I-94 East-West project, which has long been a priority of the Alliance. The 94 EW corridor runs for 3.5 miles between 16th and…
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