Under the plan, the city would borrow and spend up to $34.2 million on projects in and near the Research Park, helping to increase the city’s tax base by more than $100 million.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha has agreed to be the STEM school’s authorizer, allowing it to operate as an independent charter school once its nearly 20-year affiliation with the Wauwatosa School District ends this June.
Flash Laundromats purchased the former O’Gorman’s West Towne Auto last fall and began converting the interior of the building to accommodate 50 washers and 50 dryers.
Proponents argued that marketing services, though perhaps not as essential as services like garbage pickup and public safety, are still an integral part of the city's wide array of services and should not be neglected.
The Wauwatosa School Board voted at its Jan. 26 meeting on authorizing up to 148 new students from outside the district to attend Wauwatosa schools in the 2026-27 school year.
The Common Council is scheduled next week to consider and possibly approve spending up to $690,000 on a project to repair the stadium's playing surface, which was destroyed by August flooding.
"We wanted to identify a professional regional name that reflects who we are now and who we will be, moving into the future," Interim Chief Barbara Kadrich said.
City staff had been careful not to describe the request as a new "logo," and they affirmed that the city's decades-old shield would remain part of the city's branding. The cost, however, was a sticking point.
All voting-age residents can weigh in on five proposed options for upgrading and possibly reconfiguring the four middle and high schools, proposals that could transform the physical spaces where many Tosa students learn.
