The Waukesha Downtown Business Association (WDBA) consists of local business owners who are dedicated to the  development of the downtown, which stimulates the growth of their own businesses and creates great experiences and  wonderful memories for our guests. The WDBA plans, markets/advertises, and implements events that attract  customers to our Historic Downtown Waukesha. Here is a listing of some of the past and present WDBA events and  programs:

• Friday Night Live (FNL) - 12 weeks of entertainment from June through August bringing thousands of shoppers downtown. 

• Waukesha Farmer's Market - Runs May through October bringing thousands of shoppers downtown every Saturday morning from 8am-Noon.

• Waukesha Jolly Days - Holiday season activities which include horse-drawn carriage rides, live reindeer, pictures with Santa, Letters to Santa, the Waukesha Tree Lighting, Lantern Stroll, and much more! 

• Halloween Trick or Treat and scarecrow festival

• Easter Bunny Hop

• Partnership with the Waukesha Park & Rec and Forestry (Janboree Ice Sculpting)

• Partnership with the City of Waukesha Run with the Cops

What’s missing from the list may be an awesome idea that you have!!?? 

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PURPOSE: 

• To promote a vibrant business community located in the streets of Downtown Waukesha. 

• To encourage involvement and build leadership in downtown Waukesha to create a sustainable  organization that plans and delivers the visionary objectives of its membership. 

• To drive the positive message that Waukesha is a new and changing environment, which  encourages people within and outside of the community, to experience the downtown. 

• To discover current business excitement and utilize our collective imaginations to create and  implement a full calendar of events. 

• To utilize our community resources of culture, history, citizens, aesthetics, and the riverwalk in our  downtown activities. 

• To develop a sense of enjoyment in the community through the merchants, services, associates,  patrons, and institutions. 

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Currently, we have approximately 45 members, but we anticipate that number will grow, so please consider partnering  with your downtown business neighbors and add to the synergy that is necessary for any dynamic organization to excel. 

 

Membership runs from January 1 to December 31. Annual dues have been set at $100.00. 

 

Monthly meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at the Waukesha State Bank Community Room, 151  E. St. Paul Ave., at 6:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend, so please come. We hope you will see the benefits that  membership will bring you and your business!