Breaking Ground: Walworth County Housing Summit
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Breaking Ground: Walworth County Housing Summit
Monday, September 25, 2023 (7:30 AM - 12:30 PM) (CDT)
Description
This is NOT a Lakes Area REALTORS Association event. This is a notice of an event being sponsored by other community organizations, including the Walworth County Economic Development Alliance.
The event will take most of the morning and will feature state experts on housing, developers working in this space, municipal leaders, legislators, and resource partners. The lack of workforce housing is holding back our economic growth and it's impacting our school districts. This summit will explore ways that Walworth County can collaborate with public/private stakeholders to make market rate housing more affordable for our workforce. Agenda: 7:30 - Check in/light food and beverages
8:00 - Welcome 8:10 - Builder Case Study
8:30 - State of Housing, WI, SE, WC - Kurt Paulsen, UW - Madison
8:55 - Q&A - Case Study & State of Housing
9:05 - Housing for a Healthy Walworth County, Ben McKay, SEWRPC
9:15 - Cities, Villages, Towns Panel
9:40 - Break
10:00 - Solutions/Incentives Panels (including voices from builders/developers, municipalities, planners, schools, and employers)
11:00 - Attendee Brainstorming Session
11:20 - Closing Remarks
11:30-12:30 Optional Lunch - Time to debrief and/or visit with panelists and attendees Resources: Housing for a Healthy Walworth County Sponsored in part by: WCEDA
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269 Fontana Blvd.
Fontana, 53125