Thursday, October 31, 2019

Ordinance No 19-012 Amended To Get Struggling Wisconsin Dells Area Resorts Back On Track

The Village of Lake Delton has amended ordinance number 19-012 chapter 16 of the municipal code to create a high end attraction incentive program.  The high end attraction incentive program is locally collected public money being diverted from residential needs to help get the struggling Wisconsin Dells area resorts back on a track of economic wellness.

The high end attraction incentive program provides free money for new high end attractions - amusements that are located and operated in the Wisconsin Dells area.  This is public money being donated to the larger resort style service delivery modals to update their attractions for the purpose of increasing the number of visitors to the Wisconsin Dells area.

The Village of Lake Delton is developing the application process - which will require evidence to support an increase in the contribution of collected room tax.  The hope is by using public money to pay for the improvement of amusements and attractions within the property of private business modals - more tourists will come stay in the Wisconsin Dells area.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Resorts in Economic Struggle

The Wisconsin Dells area is a small rural summer resort community.  Residents are using the Down Town Wisconsin Dells commercial district as a direct indication of the economic wellness of the large resort business modal style of service delivery.

When the resorts experience a decrease in visitation the Down Town Wisconsin Dells commercial district has fewer consumers entering store fronts.  With about 75 percent of the store fronts in the Down Town Wisconsin Dells commercial district closed for the off season - it follows the local large resort business modals are serving fewer visitors.

To help compensate for the dip in revenue being experienced by the large resorts across the Wisconsin Dells area - the Village of Lake Delton is creating A High End Attraction Incentive Program.  This is publicly collected money being distributed freely to the resort business modals to improve their packages by offering newer attractions.

The Village of Lake Delton is developing the application process - this will give Wisconsin Dells area resort operators access to free money to improve their attractions and amusements.  Community planners are hoping the large resorts take advantage of this free money - improve the visitors resort experience - and bring a larger population to the commercial district streets where individual store fronts reside.

The High End Attraction Incentive Program is local publicly collected money being diverted from residential needs to help get the struggling Wisconsin Dells area resorts back on a track of economic wellness.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Departments Pass The Collection Plate

The City of Wisconsin Dells carries a massive debt.  This makes it difficult for City of Wisconsin Dells departments to operate within their budgets.  To compensate the City of Wisconsin Dells departments will fund raise.

A simple example of this is the City of Wisconsin Dells Park and Rec's Department Black and White Affair scheduled for Saturday November 16, 2019.  This is fund raising performed to benefit the City of Wisconsin Dells Park and Rec's Department.

Fund raising has become an accepted practice across the Wisconsin Dells area.  These gatherings populate a business operators location creating revenue that contributes to annual profit.  The theme is to give money for the Park and Rec's Department in the City of Wisconsin Dells and includes the sale of food, beverage, auctions, and varied ways to get the participants to give more.

The Wisconsin Dells is a small rural summer resort community.  The area lacks the population to produce the tax revenue to financially maintain the City Department  budgets.  Departments within the City of Wisconsin Dells depend upon organized charitable giving to deliver their service to the local residents.

Monday, October 28, 2019

Moving Wisconsin Dells High School Furnishings Summer 2020

The Wisconsin Dells area has three large projects actively competing for scarce community resources.  The 3 projects are:

- Elm Street Outdoor Plaza

- Lake Delton Law Enforcement Building Alcan and Miller

- High School Along Rocky Arbor State Park

As the old high school building becomes empty for summer recess the Wisconsin Dells school system will be scrambling to engage the labor needed to transport furnishings to the new high school location along Rocky Arbor State Park.

The effort to construct and open the new Wisconsin Dells high school along Rocky Arbor State Park is actively competing with the committee members participating in the Elm Street Outdoor Plaza and Lake Delton Law Enforcement Building Alcan and Miller projects for scarce public money.

This simply means that as one project committee asks for more public resources the other two Wisconsin Dells area projects must be agreeable to take less.  The committee participants on each of the 3 projects will be expected to share scarce community resources in a manner that will bring some form of completion to each of the Wisconsin Dells area projects.

Saturday, October 26, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Residents Expected To Contribute More With High End Attraction Incentive Program

The Village of Lake Delton has given 10 million publicly collected dollars to the Family operating the Kalahari Resort for the construction of the huge new convention center.  Staffing the new convention center requires a much higher number of J 1VISA Immigration Program people coming from outside of the Country to temporarily live in the new housing constructed in the Wisconsin Dells area with publicly collected money.

The Wisconsin Dells area tourism business modals are staffed by the more than 4500 travelers coming in to the community from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Immigration Programming.  The Village of Lake Delton is creating a high end attraction incentive program that will give publicly collected money to business operators who locate a new amusement in the Wisconsin Dells area.

This increases the need for additional J1VISA Immigration Programming staff to come from outside of the Country and temporarily live in the new housing the small rural summer resort Wisconsin Dells community is paying to construct.

The more of the J1VISA Immigration Programming staff brought into the Wisconsin Dells area the higher the cost of maintaining the essential public services for the permanent residents.  Wisconsin Dells permanent residents are making this connection with the Wisconsin Dells Events Newspaper publishing the City of Wisconsin Dells being unable to meet the actual cost of delivering emergency transport - ambulance service across the community.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Permanent Wisconsin Dells Residents Support The Resort Staffs Stay In The Area

The Wisconsin Dells area resort style business modals are dependent upon more than 4500 work experience travelers coming from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Immigration Programming to staff their resorts.

Despite the strain this population of more than 4500 work experience travelers puts upon local community services - the United States Federal Government does not list them with the census process.  This huge population does not count - which would make the Wisconsin Dells area qualify for more revenue sharing.

The permanent residents of the Wisconsin Dells area through local service budgets commit the bulk of public resources needed to support this huge population of more than 4500 in their community.  This simply means the residents are needed to pay for the resources necessary to house the more than 4500 work experience travelers who come from outside of the Country to temporarily live and work at the resorts.

But the 4500 is not enough - the Wisconsin Dells area tourism business modals actually need twice that many to come in from outside of the Country to live and work.  Said another way - the Wisconsin Dells area resorts need to attract additional permanent residents who can help shoulder the burden of supporting the out of Country staffs stay.  It is the local populations resources that are being utilized to staff the resorts with people who come from outside of the Country to temporarily live in the Wisconsin Dells community.

The Wisconsin Dells area resorts are hoping the building of a new high school is a way to attract more permanent residents that can increase local contributions being used to bring them more staff from outside of the Country.

Wisconsin Dells Approaching 2020 Federal Census Process

In 2020 the Federal Government will perform the census process.  The Wisconsin Dells area is now home to more than 4500 work experience travelers who come from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Immigration Programming to temporarily work.

The Village of Lake Delton has invested millions of locally collected public dollars to construct new housing for the J1VISA Immigration Programming population.  There are more than 4500 work experience travelers who come in from outside of the Country to reside in the Wisconsin Dells area - and the tourism industry business modals actually need twice that many.

Although the more than 4500 J1VISA Immigration population puts a heavy strain upon local public services - the Federal Census Process does not calculate there being here as growth.  This is unfortunate because when you have a higher population with the Federal Census Process the community qualifies for additional shared revenue.

This simply means local municipal budgets must allocate more public resources toward the service needs created with accommodating  a huge population - residing in the Wisconsin Dells community.  This acknowledges the Wisconsin Dells area residents role in sharing the local support needed to staff these large resort style business modals.

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Low On Funds Wisconsin Dells Struggles Over Tourism Events

This large tent is staked in to the asphalt to secure.  These large tents are an added benefit for the visiting population - with technology the area can be heated, or cooled.  It is impossible to deny events like On Tap are successful in populating the Down Town Wisconsin Dells commercial district.

The City of Wisconsin Dells Departments are reminding event planners of the increased cost generated by this activity.  A long tradition of driving stakes through asphalt to set up the tenting is being considered unacceptable. The cost of additional refuse will require higher fees.  The placement of temporary access to electricity requires higher fees.  Code violation enforcement staff prowl for fining opportunities.  Law enforcement expects a trade line on the event contract to directly list their cost.

The Wo-Zha-Wa Festival Committee will be required by the City of Wisconsin Dells to charge residential property owners who open up their land for vendors to set up- a one thousand dollar fee.  This is more than a City that depends upon the tourism industry trying to monetize their partnership with event planning organizations.

This is individual City of Wisconsin Dells Departments fighting over tight public resources.
This is a City in need of public money - and will impact the local economy in a negative way by sending revenue producing events to other areas.

Friday, October 18, 2019

City of Wisconsin Dells Lacks Risk Reserve Money

As the City of Wisconsin Dells Departments craft their 2020 budget the massive debt becomes extremely obvious.  This hangs over the property owners who recognize that despite charging a lodging tax and premier resort tax at the higher end - the revenue being contributed continues to drop.

The City of Wisconsin Dells has absolutely no money in risk reserve to apply toward annual budget overages.  Visitor dollar profits have significantly dropped - meaning less and less lodging and resort tax is being collected by business operators.  This means lower contributions toward City of Wisconsin Dells public service departments.

This causes emotions to run high throughout the Wisconsin Dells area during the annual budget process.  The massive debt and consistent down swing in lodging and resort tax contributions in the Wisconsin Dells area is requiring City department budgets to assign additional duties to existing staff rather than hiring adequate employees to cover the labor.

The high emotions can quickly jump to anger which results in the City of Wisconsin Dells assigning a blame for their lack of risk reserve money on to some temporarily chosen cause - this helps soften the angry emotions but does little for the need for more public money.

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Wisconsin Dells A Global Community J1VISA Largest Share Holder Population

The Wisconsin Dells area is a global community.  Work experience travelers coming from outside of the Country through Federal J1VISA Immigration Programming make up the largest share holder population.

The Wisconsin Dells area is home to more than 4500 work experience travelers who come from outside of the Country to temporarily live and support tourism efforts.  The calculation of visiting workers exceeds the local population making the J1VISA the largest group of share holders.

The Village of Lake Delton is investing millions of publicly collected dollars to build new housing for the largest group of share holders the J1VISA work experience travelers.  Pictured is the new housing and convenience store going up on Lake Avenue for the immigrating J1VISA population.  This Lake Avenue new housing creates a temporary home for about 600 work experience travelers.

Residents are suggesting their needs to be a position on the City and Village Boards for an individual who immigrates through the Federal J1VISA Programming and can advise on the value of all the new construction and services -millions of dollars are being invested.  Simply, does this huge population of share holders see this as the right action to support their work stay in the Wisconsin Dells global community.

With the immigrating J1VISA being the largest share holder population in the Wisconsin Dells area economy - it seems a responsible thing to do is seek their input.

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Wisconsin Dells New Convention Center Means Switch To Franchise Hotels

The Village of Lake Delton invested 10 million publicly collected dollars to construct the new convention center interstate exit 92 Wisconsin Dells Parkway at the popular Kalahari Resort.  The Village of Lake Delton is using financial incentives and local regulations to switch all the hotels over to franchise modals.  This is part of moving the group size of those attending gatherings at the new convention center closer to the high end of occupancy.

This top down change impacts the type and characteristics of the visiting population.  This is creating a whole new population of shared customers.  With the new population comes a change in the value of area business modals.

With this new population expect to start to see fewer :

- Fewer Horseback Rides

- Fewer Go Kart Rides

- Fewer River Rides

With this new population expect to start to see more :

- More Continental Breakfast

- More Outlet Mall

- More Indoor Art Display

This is a very short incomplete list of the way in which Wisconsin Dells business modals will begin to alter their service to better meet the new population of visitors needs.  This top down change is controversial and not accepted community wide.

Monday, October 14, 2019

Wisconsin Dells BID Conservative Approach To Elm Street Closure Project

Residents of the Wisconsin Dells area are suggesting the Wisconsin Dells Down Town Business Improvement District Committee  (BID) would be looked upon more favorably if they took a much more conservative approach to the Elm Street Closure Project.  The Wisconsin Dells Down Town Business Improvement District Committee's insistence upon implementing the Elm Street Outdoor Plaza competes directly with two other large projects for scarce public resources.

The closure of Elm Street for a summer outdoor plaza is competing with :

- The Lake Delton Law Enforcement Building Alcan and Miller

- The High School Along Rocky Arbor State Park

This simply means as one project gets more of the available public resources - the other two projects get less of the available resources.  During the month of October the City of Wisconsin Dells Finance Committee meets for the annual budget process.  This is the time of year the massive Wisconsin Dells municipal debt is in the minds of the residents.  Residents seem to have a far more accurate grasp on the revenue producing capability of the short summer tourist season.

With the extensive amount of business modals closed for the off season - the Down Town Wisconsin Dells Business Improvement District Committee is struggling to demonstrate evidence of the effectiveness of their interventions.  The Wisconsin Dells Business Improvement District Committee implemented tighter regulations - this diminished the value of  individual operator creativity- while elevating the cost of doing business in Down Town Wisconsin Dells.

Municipal services must now be managed in a way that accounts for the lack of business in the Down Town Wisconsin Dells commercial district.  With the tightening of the free market in Down Town Wisconsin Dells the dip in business will require the City to add duties to existing staff rather than hiring additional employees.


Sunday, October 13, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Annual Finance Committee Process Has Whole Area Scraping For Money

The City of Wisconsin Dells Finance Committee has started the annual budget process.  Money is exceedingly tight due to the 3 large projects competing for scarce community resources.  The 3 large projects are:

- Elm Street Outdoor Plaza

- Lake Delton Law Enforcement Building Alcan and Miller

- High School Along Rocky Arbor State Park

These three projects are consuming a huge amount of the areas public resources.  City of Wisconsin Dells Departments for the 2020 budget are instructed to come in at an increase of 2 percent or less.  This is difficult knowing this small rural resort community is also home to more than 4500 work experience travelers who come from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Immigration Programming and temporarily live in Wisconsin Dells.

The City of Wisconsin Dells Legislative Committee is considering charging residential property owners who provide space for Wo-Zha-Wa fall festival vendors as a way to increase revenue.  The community is anticipating additional fund raising with the vacationing families at the resorts being the target population.  Fund raising is a strategy to populate a business location and create revenue that improves the operators annual profit calculation.  This is accepted and employed frequently throughout the Wisconsin Dells area.

Friday, October 11, 2019

Role of Military Ducks in De-Populating Down Town Wisconsin Dells Commercial District

City of Wisconsin Dells planners are questioning the impact military ducks have on de-populating the Down Town Wisconsin Dells commercial district.  The large military ducks consume Broadway parking and function to remove vacationers from the Down Town commercial district.

The Down Town Wisconsin Dells commercial district has multiple wood booths that are stationed on the prime real estate corners - only to sit empty on the long off season.  Business owners see their locations being blocked in by large military ducks that shuttle their customers off to another location.

The future of the Down Town Wisconsin Dells commercial district will involve the large military ducks being assigned space to park and load off Broadway.  This is a very controversial plan for many who have memories of the Down Town Wisconsin Dells being entirely focused on the River rides.

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Start Charging Residential Property Owners Who Give Space To Wo-Zha-Wa Vendors

In the City of Wisconsin Dells Legislative Committee Meeting Minutes dated September 9, 2019 - published plans to charge residential property owners who make space available for vendors who set up for Wo-Zha-Wa Fall Festival.  This assures both the residential land owner and the vendor have each purchased a Wo-Zha-Wa permit.

Future agenda item to include discussion on requiring those who rent out their residential yard space to vendors during WoZhaWa weekend to obtain a permit in order to do so.

The cost of a Wo-Zha-Wa permit is about one thousand dollars.  This effort by the City of Wisconsin Dells should push the number of participating vendors to a lower calculation.

3 Wisconsin Dells Projects Struggling To Grab Larger Share Of Scarce Community Resources

Committee participants of each of the 3 Wisconsin Dells area projects are struggling to grab a larger share of the scarce community resources.  Each of the three projects will require a lot of public money and service to complete.  The three Wisconsin Dells area projects competing with each other are:

- Elm Street Outdoor Plaza

- Lake Delton Law Enforcement Building Alcan and Miller

- High School Along Rocky Arbor State Park

Accompanying the consumption of public community resources the Wisconsin Dells area expects ongoing fund raising efforts.  Fund raising has become an accepted way for a business operator to populate their location creating revenue that boosts annual profit calculations.

Fund raising events involve settings that facilitate access to the vacationing families money.  Local fund raising efforts involve strategies that entangle vacationing families - and requesting tourists to contribute.

This competition between the participants in these three projects could become quite intense - related to the last two summers of road construction in Down Town Wisconsin Dells that blocked consumer access to the business locations.  Due to road construction- revenue has been dropped for the last 2 summers in Down Town Wisconsin Dells.  This simply means less public money.

Fund raisers will consistently target the Wisconsin Dells Resort locations that function year round.  This consumer population provides the new money needed to help the Wisconsin Dells area complete these 3 projects.

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Area Fund Raisers Question Where Are Consumers Spending

With the foot traffic in Down Town Wisconsin Dells dropping off significantly - area fund raisers are questioning where consumers are spending money.  Most of the business locations in Down Town Wisconsin Dells have closed for the off season.  The complete drop in direct consumer interactions makes Down Town Wisconsin Dells a less likely target for organized fund raising efforts.

The Wisconsin Dells area has three large projects that are competing with each other for scarce community resources.  The 3 projects are:

- Elm Street Outdoor Plaza

- Lake Delton Law Enforcement Building Alcan and Miller

- High School Along Rocky Arbor State Park

These three projects depend upon scarce public resources to complete- and can be expected to be accompanied by ongoing fund raising efforts.  Vacationing families coming into the Wisconsin Dells area can expect to be asked to contribute - as part of their stay.

Fund raising events in the off season in the Wisconsin Dells area have become an accepted way to populate a business location and create revenue for the operator.  Wisconsin Dells business locations profit from occupying available space with fund raising events.

Wisconsin Dells area fund raisers are looking to determine where clusters of commerce can boost monetary intake.   Continuous fund raising is an accepted activity in the Wisconsin Dells area and the year round resorts deliver the target population.

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Vacationers Entangled With Local Fund Raising Efforts

The Wisconsin Dells area has 3 projects competing for scarce community resources. The three projects are:

- Elm Street Outdoor Plaza

- Lake Delton Law Enforcement Building Alcan and Miller

- High School Along Rocky Arbor State Park

The Wisconsin Dells area organizes a lot of fund raisers in the off season as a way to increase revenue for the local business locations.  Fund raisers populate business locations who profit from the organized event.  This is accepted and seen as favorable across the Wisconsin Dells area.

Vacationing families can expect to become entangled in the fund raising efforts for local projects.  Fund raising takes place in business locations that depend upon tourist money to maintain operation.  Vacationing families frequently become entangled in fund raising efforts for local projects and are expected to contribute.

It is beneficial for vacationing families to understand this dynamic and acknowledge that they can be required as part of their Wisconsin Dells trip to contribute to the ongoing fund raising efforts.


Monday, October 7, 2019

3 Wisconsin Dells Area Projects Competing For Scarce Community Resources

The Wisconsin Dells area has three projects actively competing for scarce community resources.  The three projects requiring large sums of public money are:

- Elm Street Outdoor Plaza

- Lake Delton Law Enforcement Building Alcan and Miller

- High School Along Rocky Arbor State Park

Expect to see forms of fund raising as these 3 projects actively compete for scare community resources across the Wisconsin Dells area.  There may be some pleas from project participants repeatedly asking for more resources to complete these high cost projects.

The competition for scarce public resources from these three projects is expected to be ongoing.  This means even after the projects have been constructed the fund raising efforts will continue to pay for the expected costs of maintaining the space.

Families visiting the Wisconsin Dells area should be expecting to be asked for money during their visit to help pay for these 3 projects.


Sunday, October 6, 2019

How Does Wisconsin Dells Fit With Immigration As Number 1 Issue Of Approaching Presidential Election

Residents of the Wisconsin Dells area are questioning how they fit with immigration being the number 1 issue of the approaching Presidential Election.   The primary industry in the Wisconsin Dells area is tourism.  The Wisconsin Dells area has invested millions of dollars of publicly collected money with private business operators who are completely dependent upon people immigrating from outside of the Country to staff their locations.  This includes the investment of millions of dollars of public money for land owners to build new housing on their land for a population that immigrates from outside of the Country.

Without the people who immigrate from outside of the Country ( more than 4500) the Wisconsin Dells Area's local economy collapses.  The Administration of the United States Federal Government is consistently enacting regulations to restrict legal immigration in to places like Wisconsin Dells.  This includes enforcement efforts that gather people up, take them to an undisclosed location, and treat them like a criminal.

The large resort style delivery of services for the visiting tourists in the Wisconsin Dells area are moving employees within their attraction grounds to compensate for lack of staff.   People are hearing - as soon as the employee finishes folding towels near the pool- they will come up and make you that custom cocktail you said you saw on our brochure.  Fewer and fewer people from outside of the Country are willing to risk entering through J1VISA Immigration Programming that has become essential to staffing the business modals in the Wisconsin Dells area.

Residents of the Wisconsin Dells area are asking local municipal governments to begin publishing utilization numbers of people coming to live in the new housing being constructed with millions of dollars of public money for the population immigrating from outside of the Country.  Simply how many people from outside of the Country are residing in the new housing constructed with public money- are the new buildings being occupied at the level they have been designed for.

Saturday, October 5, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Group To Manage Biz Competition Through Municipality


The City of Wisconsin Dells Down Town Business Improvement District Committee in their meeting on September 18, 2019 discussed plans to restrict excess duplication of types of business modals now compromising the down town area.  The City of Wisconsin Dells Down Town Business Improvement District Committee plans to act on enforcement mechanisms that eliminate a percentage of the operations that deliver similar products and services. 

The committee expects to use their internal position to influence - block the ability of operators of business modals that seem to compete with down town business locations from renting - or buying property in down town Wisconsin Dells.  This is managing business competition through the Municipality.

This City of Wisconsin Dells sanctioned effort will make it increasingly difficult for existing land lords to rent their commercial property - and equally difficult for the property owner to sell their real estate.   Newer business modals can expect an increased frequency of visits from the code enforcement staff who are being assigned the task of selectively creating finable offences.  

This action by the City of Wisconsin Dells Down Town Business Improvement District Committee is seen commonly in other communities where significant business improvement efforts over the past years have failed.  The committee's commitment to stronger regulations that restrict competition within a defined commercial district is a reactive attempt to rapidly correct a descending economy created through poor municipal policy. 

Friday, October 4, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Immigration Cycle Conflicts With Federal Government Efforts

The Wisconsin Dells area has crafted a cycle of immigration to compensate for the areas critical lack - which is labor.  The immigration cycle has transitioned the rural Wisconsin Dells community into a global home for more than 4500 work experience travelers.  The work experience travelers come from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Program to temporarily live in Wisconsin Dells and work in the tourism industry.

The Village of Lake Delton consistently allocates publicly collected money to private business enterprises who operate tourism modals of business designed to employ a greater number of out of Country workers.  This requires the Village of Lake Delton to allocate publicly collected money to private property owners who construct new housing for individuals to immigrate to temporarily live in the Wisconsin Dells area.  This requires the Village of Lake Delton to allocate publicly collected money to construct a larger law enforcement building- to better serve a population of more than 4500 immigrating staff.  This requires the Village of Lake Delton to aggressively employ all means possible to elevate taxes upon residents to support the infrastructure and services needed for libraries, schools, and pools.

This cycle is circular:

- Wisconsin Dells Area elevates percent collected as premier resort tax - and collects room tax

- Village of Lake Delton gives family who operates Kalahari Resort 10 million publicly collected dollars to build convention center

- Village of Lake Delton gives Noah's Ark 1.5 million dollars to construct new housing for immigrating staff

- Village of Lake Delton allocates publicly collected money to construct larger law enforcement building on Alcan and Miller

- Sporadic gifting of large sums of publicly collected money in to private business modals  - results in a more aggressive approach to taxing residents to support the infrastructure and services needed for libraries, schools, and pools.

This Wisconsin Dells cycle of immigration conflicts with the efforts of the current Administration of the Federal Government - to restrict legal immigration.  The Federal Government is making it clear - the Country is full- people are not being welcomed.


Thursday, October 3, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Politics Hitting Visitation

The Wisconsin Dells area business modals are dependent upon work experience travelers who come from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Immigration Programming to staff their locations.  The current Administration of the Federal Government is enacting legislation to restrict this kind of legal immigration.  The Administration of the Federal Government is saying the Country is full - you are not welcome.

Wisconsin Dells is home to more than 4500 work experience travelers who come from outside of the Country to support tourism efforts.   Community planners are questioning if the high concentration of individuals immigrating from outside of the Country to live in Wisconsin Dells could be contributing to the dip in visitation.

Simply - are some families that side with the current Administration of the Federal Governments stance on immigration avoiding the Wisconsin Dells area.   This dip in annual visitation numbers adversely effects the Wisconsin Dells ability to fund their libraries, schools, and pools.

The Wisconsin Dells Business Improvement District Committee is planning a trip to Gatlinburg to get some ideas on how to improve tourist visitation.  Part of this will involve learning how to present their location as a global destination with a diverse work force made up of people from around the world.  

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Wisconsin Dells BID Committee To Block Rental Of Commercial Space

In the BID - Wisconsin Dells Business Improvement District Committee Meeting Dated September 18, 2019 - published minutes indicate strengthening regulations restricting excess duplication of types of businesses now comprising the Down Town retail mix.

This means the Wisconsin Dells Business Improvement District Committee will be looking at similar business modals - like taverns that sell food - and act on enforcement mechanisms that eliminate a percentage of the operations.  This is a top down over reach of municipal authority designed to remove the rights of a private commercial property owners ability to lease their building to whom they select.

Landlords can expect additional difficulty with trying to place a new business in their commercial building in down town Wisconsin Dells.   This can be communicated to the public as an added unexpected expense to conducting business in the down town Wisconsin Dells commercial district.




Wisconsin Dells Sweats Political Uncertainty With Legal Immigration Programming

The Wisconsin Dells area business modals are dependent upon the ability of more than 4500 work experience travelers being able to come from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Immigration Programming to temporarily live and work.   The large resort style delivery of services across the Wisconsin Dells area actually requires more than twice the 4500 calculation.

The current United States Federal Government Administration is consistently enacting regulations and enforcing stricter legal immigration mandates to drastically restrict the ability of those outside of the Country to be able to come in to legally live and work.  The acting Administration of the Federal Government makes it clear they believe the Country is full- and those immigrating are not welcome.

Those legally immigrating in to the Wisconsin Dells area fear being picked up , detained in an unfamiliar area, and treated like a criminal.  This real fear has made it more difficult for the Wisconsin Dells area to attract the high number of work experience travelers needed to come from outside of the Country and live and work in Wisconsin Dells.

Despite this political uncertainty the Village of Lake Delton has been providing huge sums of publicly collected money to property owners to construct new housing for this immigrating population to live upon their land.  Property owners receive about 750 thousand publicly collected dollars to construct a building that will house about 300 individuals immigrating from outside of the Country to temporarily live in the Wisconsin Dells area.


Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Biz Modals Closing For Off Season

The Wisconsin Dells area has many business locations that close down for the off season.  This makes it difficult for community planners who hope to some day see all the large buildings functioning at the higher end of occupancy.

Some of the business modals that delivered service to the visiting tourists will not return the following year due to lack of adequate internal resources.  The larger the business modal the greater their dependence upon staff to deliver their package.  Some business modals just do not work if they do not have the money to pay for adequate numbers of employees.

When business modals that shut down for the 6 to 8 month off season - attempt to re-open they are typically hiring all new staff.  Training costs can be higher in Wisconsin Dells with individuals who come through legal immigration programming from around the globe - and present with varied levels of communication skills.

Many of the larger enterprises experience a good start being new - but gradually settle to the real level of market demand - which can fall below revenue needed to maintain operation.  The area regulations do not facilitate this ongoing need to change the physical structure of locations and place a new operator.

Over the long off season some of the business operators find better opportunities in other communities - leaving locations vacant.  The number of individual business operators has been greatly diminished - leaving one operator trying to manage many locations.

Community planners have not adapted the regulatory policy that enables entrepreneurs to take over vacant locations and quickly provide service.  Regulations seem to lack the capacity to enable multiple varied business modals to operate from an individual location.

The required collection of additional premier resort tax makes developing a local trade very difficult.  Locals typically purchase house hold needs, and fuel from outside of the high tax area.  The down town Wisconsin Dells area is focused upon serving the needs of tourists who visit for about 3 summer months per year.

In the Down Town Wisconsin Dells area prime real estate corners are occupied by vacant booths that represent outdoor attractions that operate 3 months out of the year.   Down Town Wisconsin Dells is a summer tourist attraction.