We are just about at the midway point for our 2013 Mentoring Program. Please read below for the experience of Marc Adesso of Godfrey, Braun & Frasier, mentee: I was very happy to find out that my mentor and I both work in the same historic building, but also very surprised that we had never [...]
View PostBriefly tell us about where you work & what you do: I am an Energy Advisor working on a variety of energy efficiency programs throughout the Midwest and reside in Shorewood, WI. The company I work for, Franklin Energy represents Focus on Energy for the state of Wisconsin. Franklin is an energy efficiency consulting firm [...]
View PostOver 200 attendees enjoyed three presentations about the state of our Capital Markets. Presentations by keynote speaker KC Conway of Colliers International, Jim Cope of Walker & Dunlop and Mark Lemke of The Private Bank shed some valuable light on where the economy was, is and will be in the next 3-5 years. KC Conway [...]
View PostLeslie Scherrer was elected to the Board of Directors this year. She has been a member of NAIOP since 2008 and quickly became active on the Developing Leader Committee. She is currently the co-chair of the Education and Programs Committee. Briefly tell us what you do. The Peter Scherrer Group is not a big firm, [...]
View PostAll, please enjoy our monthly update from participants in the 2013 Mentoring Program. Doug Geurts, Johnson Controls, Mentor I enjoyed spending time with Sean. We discussed a number of topics with regard to personal and professional experiences. I was able to relate his current experiences to my past and current experiences and have an open [...]
View PostTwo Local Economic Development Bills To Be Considered By Legislature By Tom Larson To provide local communities with additional tools to promote local economic development, NAIOP-WI is pursuing two separate pieces of legislation dealing with special assessment b-bonds and tax increment financing. Special assessment b-bonds. The first piece of legislation would make changes to the [...]
View PostBriefly tell us where you work and what you do. Senior Planner at GRAEF: GRAEF provides a diverse and advanced set of design services not only to the greater Milwaukee region, but also to public and private sector clients nationally. The planning, urban design, and landscape architecture group is a progressive studio comprised of a [...]
View Post2013-15 Wisconsin State Budget Overview: Issues Important to NAIOP-WI Members By Tom Larson On February 20, 2013, Governor Walker officially introduced his 2013-15 State Budget. The state budget contains more than $630 million in tax relief for Wisconsin families and businesses, and general purpose revenue (GPR) spending increases at a moderate rate, rising 1.4% in [...]
View PostAs promised, our monthly update from participants in our 2013 Mentoring Program. Enjoy! Mentor: Kevin Kennedy, Director-Asset Management, Northwestern Mutual Real Estate Investments, LLC Andrew and I have met once so far. Our initial meeting was very good from my perspective. Andrew is a very bright and inquisitive individual and it was interesting sharing even [...]
View PostOn March 6, the NAIOP Developing Leaders gathered with John Bryant, NAIOP’s Senior Director of Federal Affairs, to learn a little bit more about NAIOP’s Political Action Committee. In an effort to show Bryant a real Wisconsin neighborhood tavern, and to properly observe the 15th anniversary of The Big Lebowski, the event was held at [...]
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