UEDA

Welcome to UEDA

Urban Economic Development Association (UEDA) of Wisconsin
2212 North Dr. Martin
Luther King Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Phone: (414) 562-9904

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 EVENTS

UEDA hosts several events for members and partners including the Annual Membership meeting, the annual Community Development Summit, Community Development Brown Bag discussions, Quarterly Gatherings and UEDA’s Annual Fundraiser, “Carnival Milwaukee.” 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Carnival Milwaukee a huge success!  Once again, about 225 people joined UEDA on the last Saturday in February for our annual fundraiser, which featured 26 local food vendors and live entertainment by De La Buena.  One of our guests wrote a column in The Capital Times that captures the purpose and what we at UEDA had hoped people would experience at Carnival - Link to the article here: Carnival shows Milwaukee’s gathering steam 

Take a look at pictures from this year's event here on Flickr or at UEDA's Facebook page. Thank you’s will post in the next couple weeks – we thank all who came out on February 23rd for their support of UEDA!

PAST EVENTS

 11th Annual Community Development Summit - November 8, 2012

2012 Summit LogoThis year's Summit featured a unique format that explored the challenges and collaborative opportunities available in the areas of workforce development, entrepreneurship and business growth.  Program Booklet

  • ManpowerGroup Chairman & CEO Jeff Joerres and City of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett opened the Summit and nearly 170 attendees listened in on "fishbowl" conversations that featured leaders from some of the region's most notable employers, educational institutions, workforce development agencies, local chambers, nonprofit organizations and entrepreneurs.  
  • Carol Coletta, Director of ArtPlace, talked about how cities can leverage their ability to genearte, orginate, produce and reproduce to attract talent and business to achive economic growth.
  • Attendees provided feedback and identified strategies to bring the region together and work collaboratively on how to drive hiring and support business growth.

Thank you to the following partners for their support of this year's Summit:

Sponsors Supporters
BMO Harris Bank Educators Credit Union
City of Milwaukee SE WI Regional Planning Commission
Fiserv Wegner CPAs
Forest County Potawatomi Foundation  
Greater Milwaukee Committee Media Sponsors
Harley-Davidson Motor Company BizTimes Media
LISC-Milwaukee Milwaukee Community Journal
ManpowerGroup Waukesha Freeman
Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board  
Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation  
PNC Bank  
U.S. Bank  
We Energies  
WI Housing & Economic Developmant Authority  

UEDA Annual Meeting – August 9, 2012
Thanks to UEDA Members and Partners for joining us at our Annual Meeting! We not only celebrated UEDA’s work over the past year, but also recognized and presented an award to Will Allen of Growing Power, Inc. We also recognized the service of two outgoing board members, Bethany Sanchez and Vera Graves-Davis – the Board and Staff acknowledged them for their contributions to UEDA during their term of service to the organization.  Also, special thanks to the event sponsors, Dan & Janet Brophey and Goyke & Associates.  Click here to see pictures from the event

Carnival Milwaukee:  February 25, 2012
Thanks to all our guests, friends & supporters for making the 2012 Carnival Milwaukee our best yet! Carnival Milwaukee is a party with a purpose – over 225 guests joined us and enjoyed food from around the world, music by De La Buena and dancing throughout the night.  This event was made possible through the generous support of our sponsors and partners; their involvement will allow UEDA to establish a strong foundation for our programs in 2012.  We thank them!  Visit our Carnival Milwaukee site to view photos, Sponsors, Food Tasting participants and more.