Shaping change in places all across the Midwest.
Milwaukee Regional Medical Center
The Milwaukee Regional Medical Center is working with V&A to position itself nationally as a Level I Trauma Center and the region’s leading Life Sciences Center. This is the culmination of 5 years of partnership working with V&A on campus planning and vision...
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US Highway 41 Opportunity Analysis
Extending the nation’s interstate system to include the Highway 41 Corridor from Milwaukee to Green Bay will create an economically powerful, continuous interstate connection through the heart of the U.S. Leveraged properly with bold and strategic action by Wisconsin and...
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Waterloo, Iowa
Working together to revitalize downtown Waterloo since 1999, the City of Waterloo, the WDC, and Vandewalle & Associates have wrought a remarkable transformation of this Midwestern city–and have in effect, invented processes that can be applied to retool many...
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Freeport, Illinois Redevelopment
When the industries in the river community of Freeport began to decline in the 1980s, so did Freeport. The City has been working with V&A to reverse this trend of disinvestment since 1999, identifying sustainable economic opportunities and putting them into place at...
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50+ County Asset & Opportunity Analysis
Nothing like a 50-county asset & opportunity analysis had ever been done for the Quad Cities region. Yet with that level of information and insight, the Midwest Intellectual Property Management Institute could help communities in its 50-county region work collectively,...
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Vitalizing Urban Places • Shaping Communities • Building Regional Economies & Positioning Places • Embracing Regional Resources • Catalyzing & Implementing Projects
About Us
The role we play in revitalization is one few others can deliver.
Vandewalle & Associates is a unique collection of highly talented individuals with diverse expertise in economic strategy, planning, design, energy systems, food and water systems, redevelopment, architecture, marketing, and real estate.
Midwest Focus
Retooling for a new economy.
Our Madison office focuses on helping Midwest communities and businesses reposition economically and build creative, sustainable pathways to a vibrant future. Applying a range of visionary economic repositioning strategies, our work is making a world of difference to clients across the Midwest.
Coastal Communities Focus
A coastal cities revival.
Great Lakes cities like Milwaukee, Manitowoc, Racine, Sturgeon Bay, and Sheboygan have a bright new outlook on the horizon. Our Milwaukee office is helping assemble and lead a range of inventive economic development initiatives that are taking shape all along the Lake Michigan freshwater coast.