have one of their meters down in your basement.And they’ve been a pillar in the community.” “TAPCO was looking to grow and found a location here in Brown Deer about a decade ago. They make traffic control devices. They’ve been very successful and are continuing to expand, constantly recruiting new employees; same with Badger Meter.” “FIS is one of those companies that you wouldn’t recognize what it does,” Piotrowski continues. “But it’s essential to everyone’s daily life, in that they have a huge data center here, where they process credit card transactions for pretty much every credit card transaction east of the Mississippi.” “We are blessed to have them here. Because of their data needs, we have one of the best, most robust, built-out, high-speed data networks and infrastructure in the entire country.We’ve been told that there’s only one other location, somewhere in Arizona, which can compete with the amount of fiber optic and data that is flowing through Brown Deer.” NEW BUSINESSES ARRIVE Lately, some new companies have moved to the area, increasing the Village’s economic activity. “Cutting Edge Staffing is new to Brown Deer, and is occupying a formerly vacant property,” Piotrowski adds. “We’ve also had ETE REMAN, an engine and transmission repair company move in. We’ve seen other businesses expand, such as Critical Room Control moving from one small facility and now occupying a much bigger one. They make medical equipment for temperature and safety controls in hospitals.” On the retail side, several new eateries have been established.“In the last year,we have had a restaurant called Café Corazon, which is a Mexican restaurant,” Montgomery reports. “It’s busy all the time. We also have Urban Beets, which is a vegan restaurant. Last year, we got a new sports bar –Cream City Sports Bar that has drawn a lot of people not only from Brown Deer but from the surrounding communities. And we soon will have a Starbucks; they’ll be breaking 74 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 03
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