Take the Blatnik Bridge Closure Consumer Survey
The survey is designed to understand how the upcoming Blatnik Bridge closure (anticipated in early 2027 for up to 5 years) may affect travel patterns and shopping behavior in the Twin Ports region. Your responses will help local leaders and businesses plan and adapt. The Development Association, with generous support from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation […]
Let’s Choose to Thrive Rather Than Just Survive
There is no question about it: We are creatures of habit. Once we have developed a way of doing something or a path to take, changing it becomes quite difficult. We find comfort in our familiarity, and any move to adjust it causes us to bristle. Yet, we also know change is part of life. […]
Strategic Planning
Emergency Services and Economic Development Teams Brace for the Blatnik Bridge Closure Even though naming of the general contractor is still a year away and the bridge closure itself isn’t scheduled until early 2027, there’s already been a good deal of brain power applied to considering all the contingencies that could affect quality of life […]
Twin Ports Business Alliance Sees Opportunity in Blatnik Bridge Project
In his new book, The Demon of Unrest, author Erik Larson artfully recreates the events that built up to the bombing of Fort Sumter and the beginning of the Civil War. Larson recounts the statement Abraham Lincoln made in a speech he gave during his senatorial race: “A house divided against itself, cannot stand.” Lincoln was […]