Viewpoints

With regard to our city's policing, I have frequently stated, “If people do not feel safe in their homes and neighborhoods, then no other service we provide as a city matters.”

The U.S. economy created 223,000 new jobs in June, adding to the mounting evidence pointing toward economic growth in the second half of the year.

Brookfield-based Ridgestone Bank has been honored with the 2014 Wisconsin SBA Volume Lender Award.

Joel Nettesheim, principal and co-leader of the Business Advisory Services Group at SVA Certified Public Accountants, has been named a Five Star Certified Public Accountant Award winner.

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino has promoted Sheryl Schnering to chief financial officer.

Glendale-based global diversified industrial company Johnson Controls Inc. announced that has formally launched Yanfeng Automotive Interiors. It is a joint venture between Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Huayu Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (HASCO), which is the component group of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) and Johnson Controls.

Milwaukee-based Park Place Capital Management Inc. has announced two of its professionals have earned 2015 Five Star Wealth Manager Awards.

Wauwatosa-based WaterStone Bank has created a new program especially for active duty service members, military veterans and Reserve and National Guard service members.

In their Mid-Year Update, Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. chief investment strategist Bruce Bittles and investment strategist William Delwiche describe the current economic environment as neutral, but see the possibility of a shift toward bullish in the second half of the year.

Change is coming.