1. Growth and Economic
Development in Cashton
October 23, 2012
Cashton Public Schools
Informational Meeting

2. Growth and Development in
Cashton
 Population Growth
 Tax Valuation Growth
 Economic Impact of Healthcare
 Development

3. Population Growth

4. Tax Valuation Growth
$120,000,000
Tax Valuation Growth 2001 to 2010:
Cashton = 134%
Wilton = 85%
Westby = 59%
$100,000,000 Coon Valley = 56%
Norwalk = 14%
$80,000,000
Tax Valuation
$60,000,000
$40,000,000
$20,000,000
$0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year
Source: WI Dept. of Revenue
Westby Cashton Coon Valley Wilton Norwalk

5. Economic Development
 What is economic development?
 Attracting businesses into the community
 Job creation
 Growth of the local/regional economy: bringing
outside money into the community for a net gain
 New construction and renovation that adds value
to the community

6. Economic Impact of
Healthcare
 Scenic Bluffs Community Health Center was
founded in 1994.
 In 2011, 7,570 patients were served in 24,252 office
visits (SBCHC, 2011).
 In 2009, Scenic Bluffs had an overall economic
impact of $5.3 million to the local economy (Capital Link,
Inc., 2010).
 Major employer: 50+ employees
 Purchaser of goods and services from local businesses
 Attracts investment in the community

7. Preparation for Development
 Cashton has made infrastructure improvements and
is prepared for development.
 Water Capacity: capacity available for growth with 500,000
gallons of elevated storage (similar to Viroqua)
 Sewer Capacity: facility has not reached half of its capacity
 Electrical Capacity: substation has capacity for growth
 Back-up generation is close to maximized, but we are one
of the few communities of our size that have back-up
generation capability.
 Developments being implemented or discussed
 Technology
 Housing
 Organic Valley

8. Technology and Housing
Developments
 Fiber-optics
 CenturyLink and Vernon Communications both
upgrading media lines
 Proposed housing development
 $3.6 million dollar initiative
 24 units
 $135,000 - $150,000/unit

9. Organic Valley – Completed
Developments
 Cashton Site Development Program
 120-acre site
 Program includes several large capital projects that are
complete, in progress or are being discussed to be
undertaken in the future
 Cashton Distribution Center completed in 2007
 Largest capital project in OV history
 83,000 square feet
 Wind Turbines completed in June 2012
 Joint venture between OV and Gundersen
 Each turbine to produce 6M KWh annually: enough to
offset the power needs of 600 average homes

10. Organic Valley – In Progress
and Future Developments
 Cashton Distribution Center Expansion
 Construction began: July 2012
 Estimated completion: May 2013
 Dock expansion and “standard” storage space addition to
increase throughput and reduce congestion in the warehouse
 38,000 square feet added to the existing DC
 DC square footage with completed addition = 121,000 square
feet
 Cashton Office Building
 Estimated construction start date: April 2013
 Office space for 250 employees: some transitional, not
necessarily all incremental to current employee base
 Cashton Dairy Plant/Processing Facility
 In discussion

11. Perspective
Wikipedia – “an approximate representation on
a flat surface of an image as seen by the
eye.”
 Room for interpretation
 View of Cashton, developments
 Proactive vs. Reactive

12. Changes
 Obvious – structural
 Organic Valley
 Scenic Bluffs Community Health Center
 Wind Turbines
 Less obvious – infrastructural
 Cellular service
 Fiber optics

13. Changes continued
 Less obvious – organizational
 Partnerships
 Scenic Bluffs w/ schools
 Village w/ schools
 Library w/ schools
 Educational Opportunities
 CCLC
 Weekly play group
 Summer school

14. Constants
 Cashton Public Schools
 Village of Cashton
 Sense of pride and community

15. Community
 Schools bring the community together –
bonds the community through extra curricular
activities, through the cardio lab, through
academics
 Cashton school district is more than the
Village of Cashton – townships, open
enrollment
 Student population is evolving
 Community drives the bus

16. Summary
 Cashton has been growing.
 Cashton has made infrastructure
improvements and is positioned for more
development.
 Cashton has opportunities for future
development and growth.