Relocation Guide 2019-2020

30 YOUR RELOCATION RESOURCE S outheastern Wisconsin is an innovation powerhouse that is helping to set the standards in finance, automation, medical imaging, software, green technology and advanced manufacturing. The metro area is home to 13 Fortune 1000 companies, which is high for a region its size, and has a healthy balance of long-time manufacturing icons thriving alongside next-generation firms. There are many reasons Forbes magazine has ranked Milwaukee one of the top 10 communities for young professionals. Milwaukee’s comparatively easy lifestyle, including parking availability, low living costs and relatively easy access to the city’s power brokers and other “people in the know,” helps to attract young professionals and keep them in the area. It’s a big city that’s easy to get around. It has one of the lowest commute times of major urban areas and is considered one of the more walkable cities in the country. The region is also home to companies that care for their employees. Milwaukee has one of the nation’s highest concentrations of best companies to work for per capita, according to the Great Places to Work Institute. A Global Center for Innovation Milwaukee has been a center of commerce since the Potawatomi Indians first settled along the shores of the Menomonee River and Lake Michigan hundreds of years ago. It was a leading Great Lakes port in the 1800s, the “Beer Capital of the World” and the “Toolbox of America” in the 1900s, and is now a global center for advanced manufacturing, electronic commerce, financial services, food and beverage producers, printing and green technologies. With the addition of Foxconn’s advanced research and production facility and resulting spin-off industries, southeastern Wisconsin will maintain its reputation for innovation well into the 21st Century. Assisting Start-Ups The region also benefits from a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem with organizations devoted to helping start-ups, including BizStarts , MiKE , Gener8tor , and Scale Up Milwaukee . Two prominent organizations – Advocate Aurora Health and Northwestern Mutual – have also created venture CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Jobs for the Next Generation