Last week, a diverse group of politicians from southeastern Wisconsin gathered in the flow lab at Badger Meter to announce their support for a host of projects proposed in our part of the state. The list of projects includes the expansion of UW-Milwaukee’s Great Lakes Water Institute (and purchase of a new $15 million research vessel), the university’s plans to construct a new engineering campus near the Milwaukee County Research Park in Wauwatosa, the continuation of state tax incentives for Angel investing, continuing the development of wind power generation in the state, and ensuring that transportation projects such as the I-94 north and south and Zoo Interchange projects are completed. “Our goal is to rev up the economy of greater Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin and the state as a whole,” said State Rep. Jeff Stone (R-Greendale), who helped form the group. “We want to create a regional economic vision to move the area forward.”
The group’s membership includes:
- Rep. Jeff Stone (R-Greendale)
- Rep. Jason Fields (D-Milwaukee)
- Rep. Mark Honadel (R-South Milwaukee)
- Rep. Jim Ott (R-Mequon)
- Sen. Ted Kanavas (R-Brookfield)
- Sen. Jim Sullivan (D-Wauwatosa)
- Sen. Alberta Darling (R-Menomonee Falls)
- Sen. Jeff Plale (D-South Milwaukee)
- Rep. Mark Gottlieb (R-Port Washington)
- Rep. Jon Richards (D-Milwaukee)
- Rep. Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee
