Your Guide to Buying a Home in Waunakee, WI

If you’re looking for a small town with a big heart--and an even better business sense--head to Waunakee. Just north of Madison, it’s a place where history is honored, families can grow and business can prosper.

Through lessons of the past, celebration of the present, and aggressive planning for the future, Waunakee shines as an example of history working hand-in-hand with progress.

Today, more than 125 years after is founding, Waunakee remains a thriving business center. Descendants of early settlers work side-by-side with new residents to retain the best of the old village while ensuring growth and prosperity well into the next century. The careful planning is backed by the enthusiasm and participation of Waunakee’s nearly 8,500 residents.

Located just 15 minutes from the east and west sides of Madison, the community is ideally located for business and residential development. An average of more that 12,000 cars pass through Waunakee’s downtown intersection of highways STH 19 and 113, and CTH Q daily.

Waunakee offers businesses a favorable tax rate, as well as some of the most competitive gas and electric rates in the region. Its 160-acre industrial park is just eight miles from the Dane County Regional Airport and six miles from Interstate 90/94. In the summer of 2000 the Village approved two new business/office parks, approximately 40 acres each, to be constructed adjacent to the current industrial park. Rail service is available there, in addition to close access to several major highways and two small airfields—one right in Waunakee.

More than 2700 students will attend classes in the Waunakee Community School District in the fall of 2000. Keys to its success include a tremendous amount of parent and community support, plus a highly professional staff committed to excellence and committed to children. Students have consistently exceeded state and national standardized test score averages. In addition to award-winning faculty, the school curriculum has received recognition for excellence at all levels. The school district has been recognized by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) for the past two years for its excellence in education and fiscal responsibility.

The community has continued to back the educational needs of its children recently with three large building projects. In 1991, Waunakee built a new middle school, followed by renovation and an addition to the high school in 1993 and 1994. An impressive new elementary school opened its doors to the children of Waunakee in 1996.

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