Eric Peter
Candidate for Elm Grove Village Trustee 2025
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Elm Grove First!
Taxpayers, Homeowners, Business Owners, Residents
Believe in local accountability & decision making
Committed to maintaining the peaceful and friendly nature of our very unique community
Updating Aging Infrastructure
Safety & Security enhancements
Caroline Heights Development
Volunteer Needs
Third generation Elm Grove resident
Raised my family in Elm Grove
SE Wisconsin business owner
Elm Grove Board of Appeals Member
Milwaukee Rescue Mission Director
Various Corporate & Social Boards
Response to December 3, 2024 meeting of the Elm Grove Board of Trustees and Planning Commission regarding consideration of amendments to the Village Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Map, as presented in the documents provided to the Plan Commission on August 5, 2024.
Dear Voter,
Elm Grove is approaching an inflection point. We are in need of upgrades and enhancements to infrastructure and local amenities while at the same time adapting to a massive new rental property in our central Village. There will be challenges to safety, traffic, security and budgets. All of this will require truthful and open communication with our residents and business owners. Putting Elm Grove first in facing all these challenges will be paramount. The team of professionals who manage and protect our beautiful Village are all excellent people who need our support.
In this role I will have no agenda other than what is best for Elm Grove, its taxpayers and its residents. I intend to act truthfully and transparently in addressing Elm Grove issues and improvements. Being a Trustee implies that you have invested your trust, and I intend to do my best to honor that trust.
Eric
Having lived in surrounding communities, this tiny village in eastern Waukesha County is unique. Today’s Elm Grove experience is quite similar to past generations, and to most residents that’s good. Preserving that unique substance for successive generations is my goal.
We will soon face the assimilation of the Caroline Heights development into our Village. Retaining the special essence of Elm Grove will require monitoring and addressing traffic, safety, noise and other items which may arise from high density housing. Greater services for any of these may create additional financial burdens.
Responsibly and well executed, this necessary project could be a delightful enhancement to the Elm Grove experience. Finalizing the design and implementing it in an appealing, functional and financially responsible manner will be a near term priority.
Safety for pedestrians and bikers will continue to be an ongoing concern. I am committed to the eventual completion or our pedestrian path project. We are overdue to update our Village Master Plan and we will seek to finalize and execute as much of the CORP plan as is reasonable. I believe these responsibilities should fall under local decision making.
