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…
By Owen Reissmann for Wausau Pilot and Review Tuesday’s meeting of Wausau’s Economic Development committee included discussions on riverlife developments, environmental testing on a former industrial site on the city’s…
WAUSAU — Nearly two years after a proposal to transform a west side riverfront property into a restaurant with an outdoor patio and a mini greenhouse first surfaced, the plan…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — City leaders on Wednesday chose one of two competing groups to resume construction on the stalled Riverlife Villages project and say a settlement is on…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — City officials on Tuesday will review a plan for HOM Furniture to redevelop the former Younkers store space at Wausau Center in downtown Wausau. A…
Wausau’s “Live it Up” home ownership program is a finalist for a public private partnership economic development award, according to a city news release issued Friday. The award, from the…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — City officials are so far refusing to comment on the fate of Wausau’s multi-million dollar Riverlife VIllages project, even after the deadline for the current…
By Keene Winters As the community eagerly awaits announcements from city hall about new plans to move the downtown mall and the east-side riverfront projects forward, it is important to…
By Shereen Siewert A judgment for $559,335 filed in Iowa against a development partner in the Wausau Riverlife Village project has been transferred to Wisconsin, according to court documents. The…
By Dino Corvino As we enter the summer of 2018, the shine appears to be coming off the current administration in Wausau. There is a list of many unfinished or…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — Members of the city’s economic development committee has approved new safeguards to better vet investors and developers who seek pubic funds for private projects. Economic…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — Plans to transform a west side riverfront property into a restaurant with an outdoor patio and a mini greenhouse have now expanded to include a…
By Keene Winters for Wausau Pilot and Review If we build it, they will come. It’s a catchy saying. It is the essence of the city’s plans to construct apartments…
