City Requests Community Input for Marketing Challenge

As part of being a safe, welcoming, and engaged community, the 2021-2023 City of Platteville Strategic Plan created a goal to adopt a mission statement that will increase the visibility and importance of Platteville’s History.

During the Tuesday, June 22, 2021 meeting, the City of Platteville Common Council approved the following vision and mission statements.

Vision Statement: 
The City of Platteville is a place of rich history and distinctive character encompassed within the Driftless region of Wisconsin. The city strives to be recognized as an inclusive, safe, sustainable, welcoming, and engaged educational community. The city is dedicated to being a regional center for business, focused on expanding affordable housing, and aspires to be the premier visitor destination location in Southwest Wisconsin. 

Mission Statement:
It is the mission of the City of Platteville to continuously improve the quality of life for our residents and visitors by delivering cost effective, highly responsive services with integrity and transparency. 

Marketing Challenge
Along with these statements, the Common Council approved holding a community-wide Marketing Challenge to develop a Motto Statement.

To move forward with the Marketing Challenge, the City needs your help in deriving ideas for the City of Platteville Motto Statement. The top five motto choices will be selected by City Staff, then the city will ask the community to vote for the motto they would like to see become official. The winning motto submission will receive a $25 dollar Platteville Chamber Gift Certificate.

Individuals interested in submitting a City of Platteville Motto Statement for consideration can send their ideas to cityofplatteville@platteville.org by Friday, October 1st, 2021.

Consideration and voting will take place during the month of October with the winner being announced during the Tuesday, November 9th Common Council Meeting. 

Motto Statement Examples:
"Discovering The Driftless Region"
"Platteville – A City with a “Can-Do” Spirit!"