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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Who Is Running the Waukesha Farmers' Market?

A public hearing about the Waukesha Business Improvement District's petition for dissolving is scheduled for March 6; in the meantime, another group has agreed to run the market in 2013.

The Waukesha Farmers’ Market kickoff is only a few months away, and while the Waukesha Business Improvement District remains in limbo, a group of local business owners is taking over the market. The BID previously ran the farmers’ market; however, this season it will be run by the Waukesha Downtown Business Association. The change leaves some questioning if the market will continue to receive funding from the BID while the BID’s future is being determined. City Administrator Ed Henschel told Waukesha Patch on Thursday the DBA will not received BID funding; however, a determination will have to be made about payments already made by vendors to the BID for 2013. The payments would either have to be forwarded to the DBA or returned to the …

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Waukesha Farmers' Market Expands in a Big Way for 2012 Season and 'Hostile Work Environment' Leads to BID Executive Director's Resignation

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Scott L

7:50 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

In hindsight Jeff, Just who is it that owns the BID from a legal standpoint?   more ›

Thursday, October 11, 2012

3 Resigning BID Members Could Rejoin Board

Roger Igielski, Ron Lostetter and Jim Taylor are being considered for reappointment to the Waukesha Business Improvement Board of Directors.

Three of the Waukesha Business Improvement District board members who resigned from the board could be reappointed to the board by Mayor Jeff Scrima. Roger Igielski, Ron Lostetter and Jim Taylor were among 11 board members who resigned from the 13-member board following a controversial resignation later and a council woman's request to remove the entire board. The three are among seven appointments Scrima is looking to bring before the Common Council on Tuesday to restore a portion of the board. The controversy stems from a resignation that letter that former Executive Director Meghan Sprager submitted in August that cited hostile working conditions from BID board members as the reason for her departure. A second document from Sprager …

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Updated: 11 BID Board Members Resign in Wake of Controversy and 'Hostile Work Environment' Leads to BID Executive Director's Resignation

Christine VanderBloemen

9:16 am on Friday, October 12, 2012

I am grateful that Mayor Scrima listened to the Common Council and is presenting his nominations. I thought that the mayor had listened to the Aldermen and the citizen comments and would have been smart enough not to re-appoint some of the same people who are part of the problem. I was hopeful that the mayor saw the need to get people into the BID who do not have an agenda. I guess I was wrong. …   more ›

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