Business View Magazine | September 2020

323 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 MIDDLETON, WI SCONS IN Middleton,” Davis adds. “When the glaciers formed their boundaries in the state some 10-12,000 years ago, it left a nice hilly area in southwestern Wisconsin and Middleton is the gateway to that area, known as the ‘driftless region.’ The glaciers pushed the geology into limestone hills throughout the southwest portion of the state and we’re on the eastern boundary of that area. Our golf course, called Pleasant View Golf Course, sits atop a hill that overlooks the Madison area and Lake Mendota. We’re looking to improve the area north and west of there for cross-country ski trails for the winter months and bike trails for the non- winter months. And a private land donor is partnering with the Central Cross Country Skiing Association to build a U.S. Olympic winter sports training facility just west of the city and just north of the golf course.” In the realm of sustainability, Davis mentions a collaborative venture with the local utility company, Madison Gas & Electric, at the city’s Municipal Airport: “We have space that is otherwise unused there and we worked with MG&E to provide an area for a huge solar array. It’s a 5-megawatt array with 17,000 panels on 21 acres that can power about 1,200 households in the community. So, that’s been a huge project. It’s going to offset about 356 million pounds of carbon dioxide over the next 25 years - that’s equal to about 1,850 passenger vehicles per year.” In addition, in 2018, the Middleton Common Council unanimously passed Resolution 2018- 32, as recommended by the City’s Sustainability Committee, to Address Global Warming Through Clean Energy. The Resolution establishes goals to meet 25 percent of all City operations’ electricity needs with renewable energy by 2025, 80 percent by 2030, and 100 percent by 2035. “So, with three solar installations that we’re putting on our own buildings, and the city’s