Business View Civil and Municipal | September 2022

137 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 FRANKL IN, WI SCONS IN Franklin, with a population of 36,000, provides the benefits of small town charm, along with the opportunities of big city developments. “I’ve had the opportunity to live in some pretty big cities,” Bobowski says. “I’ve lived in the Chicago area and in the suburbs of New York. I guess the thing I like most about Franklin is the quality of the people and the overall atmosphere that we have here in Franklin. It’s a great place to live. It’s a great place to work. People have a genuine commitment to each other. There’s a genuine feeling that I can win and you can win. And I think that’s what separates our city from others. Franklin does a terrific job with its community events. I give a lot of that credit to the mayor and many of the things that he’s done to perpetuate that. There’s always something to do in Franklin, in a wholesome sort of way.” From an overall community standpoint, the Franklin city government is committed to helping businesses, but also the people. According to Bobowski, “There’s a balance there, which says it’s a great place where we want to continue to live, work, and have our kids go to school. It combines the best of the big, but also the best of the small.” John Regetz, Director of Economic Development, agrees, noting, “Franklin is really the best of suburban living and even some rural living and it’s adjacent to a major metropolitan area in Milwaukee. We are known throughout this region for this unique quality of place that we have. It provides us with the opportunity to pursue development that incorporates a higher standard of living than you’ll find in most of the rest of the Metro area. We are taking advantage of that opportunity to provide some commercial development that is going to be exceptional. We have that opportunity because we’ve got almost exclusive access to a new interchange to I-94. That provides us with the ability to develop the corporate business park… building on the park system that we have here to accommodate and