What is the Gateway?
The Airport Gateway Business Improvement District (AGBID) and the Airport Gateway Business Association (AGBA) position themselves together as The Gateway to Milwaukee – a business led effort focused on bringing together a wide variety of area stakeholders, all with a mission of promoting airport area industry, local businesses, real estate development, improved infrastructure & community amenities, and the tremendous opportunity for economic development this region represents.
Vision / Goals
Mission: We will take a leadership role in planning, promoting and developing the vitality of The Gateway to Milwaukee.
The Gateway to Milwaukee works tirelessly to raise the value of the Mitchell Airport business district. To guide our vision, the organization has established the following goals:
- Actively impact government direction
- Enhance community image through safety and beautification
- Market and develop The Gateway district for economic growth
- Network for mutually beneficial opportunities
- Increase the value of businesses and commercial property
History
In 2005, ten local airport area business and commercial property owners came together with support of the 13th Aldermanic District to form the nonprofit known as the Airport Gateway Business Association, or “AGBA”, with a goals of business support & advocacy, as well as revitalization of the commercial corridors surrounding Mitchel International Airport right here on Milwaukee’s far southside.
Spurred by the leadership, creativity and commitment of key business and commercial property owners in the airport area, the City of Milwaukee approved the creation of the nonprofit Airport Gateway Business Improvement District #40, or “AGBID”, in 2006.
