Business View Civil Municipal - Sept 2023

115 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 9 SUAMICO, WISCONSIN providing a solid infrastructure for sustained growth, such as working with and looking for opportunities to grow our village, both economically and in terms of quality of life.” Schneider acknowledges that it can be a difficult balance, bringing in new homes whilst at the same time trying to maintain that village charm. “I think we’ve been receptive to new housing developments,” he opines. “It’s just trying to find large enough plots of land for those developers to start with. We’ve seen smaller plots coming up for development, but we’re still hoping to see more major home developments. “As with any government agency,” he adds, “we have to be good stewards with our residents’ tax dollars, and this can be very challenging at times with inflationary costs, weighing needs of the present versus the future services and ensuring growth both from a business