Editor’s note: This story has been edited to include comments from Wausau City Attorney Anne Jacobson, which were received after publication. By Shereen Siewert City officials in Wausau canceled all…
By Shereen Siewert Members of Wausau’s finance committee on Tuesday voted to oppose a state bill that would limit the use of tax incremental financing. The SB560 bill, drafted in…
By Wausau Pilot and Review staff The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation today released its list of Wisconsin’s biggest economic development deals of 2019. This calendar year, WEDC assisted 289 businesses…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — Members of the city’s economic development committee on Tuesday granted a request by an Iowa-based developer to draft plans for a mixed-use development in the…
By Shereen Siewert A local development group is putting the finishing touches on their plan to resume construction on the stalled Riverlife Villages project which is set to resume construction…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — A proposal to transform a west side riverfront property into a restaurant is still not finalized, more than two years after the proposal fist surfaced.…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU, Wis. — City leaders on Tuesday took no action on a proposal to purchase the burned out and abandoned Ponderosa Motel from Marathon County, which took…
Documented by Amanda McCartan for Wausau Pilot and Review ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Economic Development Members Present: Tom Neal – Chair, Pat Peckham, Michael Martens, Gary…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — Members of the city’s economic development committee on Tuesday will review a proposal to purchase the former Ponderosa Motel from Marathon County for about $73,000.…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — A Plover-based developer is proposing a 58-unit residential apartment complex to break ground this year at the former site of Mountain Lanes, the iconic bowling…
By David Eckmann, Ed.D, President/CEO of the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce Do you remember living through the Great Recession earlier this decade and the impact it had throughout central…
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional information from Alderman Pat Peckham, and corrects the name of the person calling the meeting to order. Documented by Amanda McCartan…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — City leaders on Tuesday will consider five proposals from companies interested in spearheading possible redevelopment efforts on a second stretch of shoreline south of an…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — City leaders have rejected a proposed zoning change that would have paved the way for a Hmong-owned tavern in Wausau, sparking concerns about a perceived…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — City leaders on Tuesday finalized plans to satisfy an estimated $2.5 million in liens associated with the stalled Riverlife Phase I development, clearing the way…
By Jeffrey Decker Mountain Lanes, the iconic bowling alley towering above 17th Avenue in Wausau, has sold and will be demolished. Lokre Companies purchased the property at 1501 Elm St.…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — With riverfront redevelopment on the city’s east side already underway, Wausau is now turning an eye toward transforming a second stretch of shoreline south of…
By Owen Reissmann for Wausau Pilot and Review At this Tuesday’s Marathon County Extension, Education, and Economic Development meeting, members learned that the area’s manufacturing industry has seen a recent…
