As Alliant Plant closure impacts City funds, redevelopment aims to rebuild
The City has retained Vandewalle & Associates to conduct the first stages in redevelopment planning including inviting input from the community as to what they would like to see on the lakefront site. Vandewalle has already worked in the City of Sheboygan on the iconic Harbor Centre Marina, South Pier District and FreshTech redevelopments/
Read MoreAlliant to close Sheboygan coal plant, retain Vandewalle
SHEBOYGAN, WISC (excerpts from wsjonline.com) – Alliant Energy has announced it is closing its Sheboygan coal-fired power plant, which is the last of its kind operating in Sheboygan. The Edgewater 5 generating station will be completely decommissioned by 2023. While that date is years ahead of the previous schedule for the plant, City officials say it will save taxpayers hundreds of millions in taxpayer costs. Alliant said it has retained Vandewalle & Associates, a Madison-based urban planning and economic development firm to help with decommissioning and redevelopment plans for...
Read MoreV&A working with communities on tools and strategies for flood recovery and resiliency
In the last few months many Midwest client communities have shifted focus on to efforts to become more resilient. Vandewalle & Associates is ready to work with local areas and our region's environmental and engineering experts to develop new strategies that help people, businesses and communities to better recover, predict, prevent and plan for a future that is likely to include more extreme weather and natural events.
Read MoreStrategies for Resilient Communities
Planning for resilient communities includes sustainability plans, hazard mitigation, siting and relocation planning, floodplain analysis, foodshed analysis, renewable energy and micro-grid strategies, solar analysis, redundant power use, transit and electrification analysis, and so much more.
Read MoreRenewable Energy
Working to create more resilient communities Vandewalle & Associates is working with key communities in the region to help proactively reposition themselves amidst changing regional patterns in a global environment, build new economies, and replace jobs. Renewable energy is a foundational industry in this rapidly changing economic era. Beyond technology Growing the renewable energy industry for a new economy requires more than the new technology alone. Growing new economies also requires innovative public policy, and strategic investments to stimulate the growth of new markets. Selected...
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