We Were In Wisconsin Dells And Saddened To See What Has Happened

A common message received by staff of Wisconsin Dells Conventions HUB is " we were in Wisconsin Dells and saddened to see what has happened".  Visitors returning to Wisconsin Dells after being gone for quite some time can be traumatized by the change.  Consider the following changes that contribute to over whelming visitors who return to Wisconsin Dells after quite some time away.

Landscape is more commercial than natural.  Business modals prefer to purchase undeveloped land surrounding the community for development - rather than available property within the existing commercial district.

Local population is now made up of individuals from around the globe.  More than 4500 work experience travelers come from outside of the Country to live in Wisconsin Dells and support tourism efforts.

Large resorts offer overnight space along the shoreline of Lake Delton requiring local limits that inhibit utilization.

Family hotel business modals are being shut down through local regulatory changes and a top down financial support of franchise hotel operators.

The Wisconsin Dells area has a much higher than normal business lease failure rate due to the high cost of having to import our labor from outside of the Country.  Operating business modals close permanently without a moments notice.

The number of work experience travelers who come from outside of the Country to live in new housing built with local public dollars more than doubles the posted population requiring more law enforcement officers.

Collected money through the premier resort tax must be redistributed to existing operators to keep them in business.  Upgrades to commercial property in the area are being financed by public money - traditional lending institutions deliver a very limited service within Wisconsin Dells.

The local population is further impoverished through the additional premier resort tax local business providers must charge consumers.

Commercial landlords struggle with restrictive local regulations that cause a barrier with the ongoing need to re-purpose vacant locations in an effort to place a new renter.

The visiting public is powerless to influence any of these changes because they are driven by local elected officials .  Some will choose to stop coming.

This is the Wisconsin Dells area today.  Some are suggesting the ongoing need to collect additional tax dollars to distribute back to operating business modals is an indication the local economy lacks the value needed to deliver evidence of any real growth.