Recent News
Alliance launches more Small Business CEO Roundtables
The Waukesha County Business Alliance believes all types of businesses, big or small, are important to the growth of Waukesha County. Small businesses comprise 92% of the Alliance’s membership and...
EPA Announces Low-Cost Loans for Waukesha Water Supply Project
The Alliance, in partnership with the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, was proud to submit a letter of support for these loans for the City of Waukesha's project to switch...
Superintendent/President Roundtable: Manufacturing
Our quarterly superintendent/president roundtable met on Wednesday, October 31 to discuss the future of the manufacturing industry with Tom Fotsch, chief operating officer for EmbedTek in Waukesha. Read more here....
Governor Walker announces $5.1 million in Commute to Careers grants
Governor Scott Walker announced that 29 grants, totaling more than $5.1 million, have been awarded under the Commute to Careers program, a multi-agency initiative to eliminate transportation barriers for workers seeking to...
5th Congressional District Candidate Forum
On October 26, the Alliance hosted a candidate forum for the 5th Congressional District. The forum featured Tom Palzewicz and moderator Susan Marshall. Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner couldn't be with us...
Interactive, hands-on activities get students excited about careers in the skilled trades
On Thursday, October 18, more than 1,000 middle and high school students in Waukesha County attended the Alliance's 4th annual M.A.D.E. Career Pathways Expo at Waukesha County Technical College to...
Alliance’s Byrd involved in CHIPP
The Waukesha County Community Health Improvement Plan and Process (CHIPP) is a comprehensive approach to assess community health, develop and implement action plants to improve community health and monitor results....
Redefining “hands-on learning”
By: Tim O’Brien, CEO of Tim O’Brien Homes This article originally appeared in our October 2018 Accelerate Waukesha County magazine. Oconomowoc High School's Building Trades III course and New Berlin...
Leveraging the TechHire program to meet your tech talent needs
By: Laura Catherman, Director, Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington Workforce Development Board This article originally appeared in our October 2018 Accelerate Waukesha County magazine. In 2016, the United States Department of Labor awarded nearly...
Developing future-ready students in the Pewaukee School District
By: Mike Cady, PhD, superintendent of the Pewaukee School District This article originally appeared in our October 2018 Accelerate Waukesha County magazine. Over the past year the Pewaukee School District...
