Building Communities: The Social Impact of Our Wisconsin Commercial Properties

We believe businesses don’t exist just to make money. Every business is a part of its community. As such, each business exists to serve its community in some way. Additionally, its employees live in the community, which means they also shop there, take their kids to school there, etc.

At Compass Properties, community has always been at the heart of everything we do. We love making a difference in the communities of Wisconsin, and we feel so blessed that we have been able to accomplish that goal through our other passion: building things.

Why Is Building Community So Important?
While some business owners choose to focus on just the dollars and cents, we believe a business should be more than that. The beautiful thing about helping to build communities in our home state of Wisconsin is that we get to feel the difference we make. We might not be able to quantify it, but that’s OK because it’s more meaningful than numbers on a spreadsheet.

Communities Foster Connection
Although the Digital Age has brought us some wonderful new benefits, it has also led to the breakdown of our local communities.
Bringing those back requires physical spaces, because nothing makes people feel connected like gathering together in the same space.
Virtual hugs have nothing on physical, real-life hugs.

Offering a Collective Space for Sharing Experiences
It’s much harder to feel alone when you know someone else has been through something you either have been through, or are currently experiencing. The need for sharing experiences is why people still go to the theater and their local cinema. We can discuss plays and movies with others until we’re blue in the face, but there’s something magical about having an experience and knowing someone else is
having the exact same experience at the exact same time. You’ve felt this phenomenon if you’ve ever looked to the person sitting next to you at a critical moment of the movie or play you’re watching. The entertainment is enriched by the knowledge that you’re sharing it with a fellow human.

That feeling is just one of many we strive to foster through our Wisconsin commercial properties.

How Our Wisconsin Commercial Properties Build Community
Now that we’ve had a chance to explain why community is so important to us, let’s talk about how we go about accomplishing those goals through the commercial properties we build for our Wisconsin communities.

Health and Safety
A key component of community is feeling safe, not only with the people surrounding you, but in the building sheltering you from the elements. This is why we use the latest technologies to make buildings that are so much more than structurally sound. We also include the most up-to-date safety and security features.

Then we do our best to ensure the health of all the residents of our buildings by including things like the most advanced filtration systems, hand sanitizer dispensers, automatic building entries, and automatic faucets in the bathroom to remove touchpoints.

At Compass Properties, we know how important it is to create buildings that provide long-term benefits to both its inhabitants and its investors.  We also have lots of other ideas for how you can develop buildings with a holistic approach to the development of both your building and your local community. If you’d like to hear more about those ideas, we’d love to chat with you.