UW Platteville

The Joint Finance Committee Comes to Platteville

Council President Eileen Nickels, Council President Pro-Tem Barb Daus and I had the opportunity to speak today before the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance. Legislative advocacy is one of the duties of a City Manager. Platteville residents were well represented at the hearing. Also in attendance were UW-P Chancellor Dennis Shields, Platteville School Superintendent Connie Valenza, Chamber of Commerce Director Kathy Kopp, Main Street Director Jack Luedkte, PAIDC Board President Pete Mumm, and Grant Count Board Chair Bob Keene as well as numerous other residents and faculty.

: A UW-Platteville engineering student listens to taskforce feedback during his portion of the downtown parking study presentati

Photo: A UW-Platteville engineering student listens to task force feedback during his portion of the downtown parking study presentation. 

We are fortunate to have students assisting the City with a number of initiatives this spring. Here’s a brief overview:

Two weeks ago Council President, Eileen Nickels and Vice President, Barb Daus and I had the pleasure to meet privately with UW President, Ray Cross and Senator Howard Marklein. President Cross and Senator Marklein were both in town for a listening session about the future of the UW system (Council President Nickels and I attended that as well). Prior to the listening session, they toured some local sites to talk about economic development. One of those visits was to a company started by UW students, called Tenex. Tenex is housed in City Hall (more about Tenex and the City’s maker-space at...