Mayor Mike Wiza

03/25/2026

Last week the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation gave out some Main Street Awards at a statewide event in Wausau. Stevens Point proudly took home two. Lily & Vine was recognized and Rand Erbach took home an award for his façade improvement on the Call it New/Call it Antique building. Congratulation to Last week the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation gave out some Main Street Awards at a statewide event in Wausau. Stevens Point proudly took home two. Lily & Vine was recognized and Rand Erbach took home an award for his facade improvement on the Call it New/Call it Antique building.
Attending were representatives including recipients, myself, Council President Christianson, and the Downtown Business Improvement District!

03/20/2026

This is always such a great program.

03/10/2026

Learn what our Convention and Visitors Bureau does

02/10/2026

I was brought to my attention today that some people may not be aware of Passio Go!, our real time transit tracker.
Here's a reminder: https://www.wsaw.com/2022/03/15/passio-go-app-help-stevens-point-bus-riders-track-routes/

Do you use it?

The city of Stevens Point is trying to make it easier for people to ride the bus.

01/13/2026

I know it sounds worse than it is, but TAG your guesses in the comments.

12/08/2025

Site Readiness workshop this afternoon. Thanks to Centergy for putting this on. Attendees came from all over central Wisconsin

10/20/2025

As a reminder of a policy approved in June of 2020.

10/13/2025

09/08/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1762tiuyjR/

TIF, or Tax Incremental Financing is a tool that the State provides to help allow municipalities to incentivize developers to build in blighted to targeted areas. It's become so common that many developers use it when selecting locations. Some would have you believe that this somehow robs current taxpayers of something. It only uses the NEW taxes that are generated from a development to fund projects. In most cases, if the developer is told that TIF isn't available, they'll just go to the next community that says it is. It can get complicated with how it works, but this shows that it does work and not just in Point, but all over the state! It comes direct from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, too, No B.S. (the stuff that mushrooms grow in). 🙄

04/10/2025

What a fun afternoon!