This year marks the 25^th Anniversary of the Waukesha Farmers’ Market, one of many events which have become community staples for Downtown Waukesha.  The WDBA would like to recognize the following individuals for their dedication and contributions to our downtown.  They were instrumental in the early development of the Waukesha Downtown Business Association and were key figures for many of the events so many of us have come to love:

Norman and Eve Bruce – Friday Night Live, Waukesha Farmers’ Market, Live Love Waukesha, Silver Bells, Guinness Book of World Records for Caroling, Waukesha Guitar town, Downtown Waukesha Harry Potter Festivals, and starting the Southeast Festival of Books at UW-Waukesha

Jim and Julie Chaloupka – Waukesha Farmers’ Market, Live Love Waukesha, Silver Bells, and Downtown Waukesha Harry Potter Festivals

Lynn and Jerry Gaffey – Friday Night Live, Live Love Waukesha, Silver Bells, Waukesha Guitar town, starting and running the Waukesha Art Crawl

Roger and Carrie Igielski – Friday Night Live, Live Love Waukesha, Silver Bells, and the Guinness Book of World Records for Caroling

Kerry and Terry Mackay – Friday Night Live, Waukesha Farmers’ Market, Live Love Waukesha, Silver Bells, Guinness Book of World Records for Caroling, and Waukesha Guitar town

Mark and Stephanie Regner – Friday Night Live, Live Love Waukesha, and Downtown Waukesha Harry Potter Festivals

Sally Shoemaker – Friday Night Live, Live Love Waukesha, Silver Bells, Guinness Book of World Records for Caroling, and Downtown Waukesha Harry Potter Festivals

Susie, Jim, and Danny Taylor – Friday Night Live, Live Love Waukesha, Silver Bells, Guinness Book of World Records for Caroling, Waukesha Guitar town, and the Lantern Walk

Karen White – Friday Night Live, Live Love Waukesha, and Silver Bells