Mission Statement
As the marketing arm for the City of Platteville, the mission of the Platteville Area Industrial Development Corporation (PAIDC) is to create jobs as well as retain existing jobs and to improve the quality of life in Platteville through business development in the Business Park and the surrounding area.

Guiding Principles:
Regional strengths are our most important asset.
We maintain our tradition as a university community by promoting our quality of life and our superior educational system.

Teamwork is our way of doing business.
We work in partnership with our neighboring communities to achieve mutual goals. Trust and respect are the foundations of our team approach.

Integrity is never compromised.
Our actions and decisions reflect the highest ethical and professional standards.

Business development keeps our community healthy.
To prosper as a community we work towards creating and keeping good jobs in the area.

We are involved, forward thinking citizens.
We maintain our tradition of citizenship and service through actions that demonstrate our care for the people of Platteville and the environment around us.



The Platteville Area Industrial Development Corporation 2013 Board of Directors

Officers  

Tim Budden, President
Esterline/Avista

Joe Witmer, Vice President
Mound City Bank

James Schneller, Secretary
Platteville Development Group

Kevin Raisbeck, Treasurer
First National Bank

Dan Dreessens, Past President
Delta 3 Engineering

Board Members  

Deb McWilliams
Clare Bank

Thomas Geyer
Kopp McKichan LLP

Terry Vaassen
Vaassen Pluemer CPA's

Larry Bierke
City Manager

John Miller
City Council Representative

David Heimerdinger, Industrial Studies
University of Wisconsin – Platteville

Kathy Kopp, Executive Director
Chamber of Commerce

 

Ex-Officio Representation  

Barb Daus, UW-Platteville
Alternate City Council Representative

Joe Carroll, City Hall
Community Development Planner

Ron Brisbois
Grant County Economic Development Corporation

 

 

Get More for your business with a Capital “M” in Platteville, Wisconsin.

Platteville is a premier location for your site selection process in the Midwest. There are buildings and industrial land available right now and immediately ready for you. Highly skilled and qualified labor force with rural values and work ethic in a small-town environment with small town costs and lots of extras for a town of 10,000.

UW-Platteville boasts an outstanding engineering program along with business, industrial tech, chemistry, mathematics, agriculture and dozens of other majors. Many of our graduates would love to stay in Platteville to work! In addition, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is a short drive away. The Platteville Public School system is highly ranked for quality of educational programs.

Platteville is located in beautiful southwest Wisconsin about 70 miles southwest of Madison and 20 miles north of Dubuque, Iowa. Platteville offers plenty of quality of life positives:

  • Beautiful downtown
  • Active Chamber of Commerce
  • UW-P sports and cultural events
  • Very low crime rate
  • Lower costs and less hassles than urban areas
  • Excellent and numerous community organizations and events

Give Platteville a look for your start-up, relocation or expansion plans. We have available industrial land, sites and buildings. There are incentives available. The Platteville Industrial Park has outstanding infrastructure including full sewer, utilities and fiber optics.

Platteville has a great attitude toward business. Incentives are available and in a recent survey of Industrial Park businesses 100% of the respondents were satisfied/highly satisfied with being located in Platteville. You’ll be highly satisfied too!!

 

Melissa Pahl, Executive Director
Platteville Area Industrial Dev. Corp.
52 Means Drive
Platteville, WI 53818
608.348.3050 (phone)
608.348.3426 (fax)
608.732.7855 (cell)
plattevilleindustry@centurytel.net