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JOIN US FOR THE JULY - AANW FVAA MEMBER APPRECIATION & NETWORKING EVENT!

The work has been daunting over the past couple of years, and this will be a fantastic opportunity to take a break, meet new members, business partners, and local leaders. We look forward to seeing members from both locations!

🗓️ Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
⏰ Check-In & Networking: 5:00 PM
🍔 Picnic Style Grill Out: 6:00 PM (Event Ends at 8:00 PM)
📍 Location: Grassy Island Range Lights (100 Bay Beach Rd, Green Bay, WI)

⚠️ PLEASE NOTE: You must "Pre-Register" by Friday, July 10th, so we can plan accordingly for food and other supplies.

🚗 WHEN YOU ARRIVE:
• Parking: Drive through the Yacht Club gate and follow the map on our website to see where to park. The Range Lights...you can’t miss them. Just look up!
• Check-In: Sign the guest log in the Welcome Center to get your door prize ticket. There is also merchandise for sale!
• Lighthouse Tours: Tours to the top of the lighthouses are available for everyone.
• What to Bring: We encourage everyone to bring a lawn chair, but there are also some picnic tables available to use.
• Inclement Weather Plan: In case of bad weather, we will move inside the Yacht Club Clubhouse. (Note: Guests cannot enter the clubhouse without a Member Representative present.)

🎟️ REGISTRATION LINKS:
• AANW Members Register Here: https://www.aanw.org/event-6727478
• FVAA Members Register Here: https://www.fvaa.info/event-6748480

🤝 THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS!

⚓ Thank you to Bayland Flooring
Check out their products and services: https://www.baylandflooring.com/

🏗️ Thank you to Robert Peters Construction
Check out their website: https://rpcbuilders.com/

Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision on Koble v. Marquardt: This Is a Victory for Residents, Owners, Managers, Communities, and Neighborhoods.

You may see today’s Supreme Court ruling in Koble Investments v. Marquardt described as a “win for landlords.” We want to push back on that framing immediately — because it misses the real story entirely.

The wave of litigation that followed the Court of Appeals’ 2024 decision spawned well over 80 copycat lawsuits across Wisconsin. The millions of dollars in legal costs generated by those cases don’t disappear. In a business where rent is the primary source of revenue, those costs get passed on — to residents, through rent increases. Our residents paid for this too. That is the story that needs to be told.

Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed that appellate decision. The Court ruled — effectively 6-1 — that the Wisconsin Consumer Act does not apply to residential leases. The theory that landlords are “debt collectors” subject to double-damages penalties for enforcing a lease is dead. The notion that a tenant could recover every dollar of rent ever paid, with no offset for the housing they received, based on a technical lease deficiency that caused no actual harm — dead. The economic engine driving 80-plus cases across this state has been shut off.

The decision was clear and robust. Notably, two justices felt the majority didn’t go far enough — they would have declared the entire Wisconsin Consumer Act inapplicable to residential leases, not just the single provision at issue. That is how strong the legal ground beneath our coalition’s position was.

We have been engaged in this fight for more than two years — tracking cases, testifying, helping draft legislation, and contributing to the coalition amicus brief argued before the Court. The work is not finished, but today the legal ground and financial footings beneath Wisconsin’s rental housing market are more stable than they were yesterday.

For the full analysis, read our complete blog post at aanw.org:
https://www.aanw.org/Blog/13639774

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