Press release 02.09.2020
Frederic Dinse had an idea. The idea for an innovative roofing for charging stations that both consists of sustainable material and enables support of the charging process by an integrated photovoltaic system. This idea has now led him to the office of Dennis Weilmann, First City Councilor and Head of Economic Affairs for the City of Wolfsburg.
Dinse, who will graduate from the Neue Schule Wolfsburg next year, had sought support for his plans through the Digitale Mutterboden Agentur (DMA). True to the slogan of the DMA interesting contacts for your Business - we bring you together with persons, which bring your idea or your start UP further" brought it now with the restaurant economics into the discussion.
The Digital Mutterboden Agentur (DMA) is a central contact point and impulse hub for start-ups, founders and visionaries in Wolfsburg who want to develop something or are looking for networking. In addition to the City of Wolfsburg and Wolfsburg Wirtschaft und Marketing GmbH, Wolfsburg AG and the Wolfsburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry are partners and initiators of the DMA.
Together with Cindy Lutz from Wolfsburg Wirtschaft und Marketing GmbH, Dennis Weilmann received the young founder to help him find further supporters and networking partners for his innovative project. As head of the economic department, it is particularly important to Dennis Weilmann to actively support young founders in the city of Wolfsburg with their ideas and visions. "Establishing a young startup scene in Wolfsburg is a central task of the Economics Department," says Weilmann.
Press release 02.09.2020
City and ver.di reach agreement
Together with the trade union ver.di, the city of Wolfsburg and Wolfsburg Wirtschaft und Marketing GmbH (WMG) have reached an agreement on open Sundays in 2020. Thus, there will be three open Sundays in Wolfsburg by the end of the year. In March, the first open Sunday had already taken place as part of the Wolfsburg Biathlon Cup.
On October 4, the stores in the city center will be allowed to open their doors on the occasion of the closing concert of "Jazz&More". On October 11, there will be the opportunity to store in Fallersleben as part of the Potato Sunday. The last open Sunday this year will then take place on November 8 in the city center on the occasion of the Autumn Market. The respective events will be planned with a view to the currently applicable regulations on infection control to the extent possible in accordance with the respective hygiene concept.
First City Councillor and Head of the Economic Affairs Department Dennis Weilmann commented: "I am pleased that we have now been able to achieve planning security for the retail trade in Wolfsburg. Retailers have suffered greatly as a result of the Corona pandemic and continue to do so, so I'm pleased to be able to provide at least a little relief through three additional sales days."
WMG press release from 25.06.2019
2nd Commercial Real Estate Partner Meeting on June 24.
Wolfsburg, 25.06.2019 - Wolfsburg offers a very strong office market with a low vacancy rate and plenty of potential - this is the conclusion of the new Wolfsburg Office Market Report, which was presented on June 24, 2019. To mark the occasion, the business development department of Wolfsburg Wirtschaft und Marketing GmbH (WMG), together with Sparkasse Gifhorn-Wolfsburg, hosted the second commercial real estate partner meeting. Around 50 participants from the fields of real estate investment and financing, project development, as well as brokers, investors and construction companies and representatives of the city administration exchanged views on current topics and developments on the Wolfsburg real estate market.
The main focus of the network meeting at the Leonardo Hotel was the presentation of the office market report: On behalf of WMG, the independent Berlin-based real estate analysis company bulwiengesa AG compiled and analyzed the key parameters of Wolfsburg's office and commercial real estate market in a comprehensive inventory and data analysis. Andreas Schulten, chief representative of bulwiengesa AG, presented the 40-page report on Monday evening. It contains important data on locations and prices on the Wolfsburg office market and provides regional players and investors with recommendations for action and outlooks for Wolfsburg as a business location.
"Wolfsburg's real estate market is already very attractive for business operators and still offers great potential for further development. This is where the office market report comes in: It shows the dynamics of the business location and gives interested parties a precise overview of the market, its potential and trends," explained Jens Hofschröer, Managing Director of WMG.
Thomas Werner, head of the Economic Development department at WMG, added: "The results of the analysis prove that we have been experiencing increasing demand and falling vacancy rates for office properties in Wolfsburg for years and can also expect high demand in the future. The report confirms our empirical values and helps us to provide the right impetus for the further development of the location."
The partner meeting was rounded off by a contribution from Kai-Uwe Hirschheide, Wolfsburg's city planning officer, who informed the guests about the current status of the Nordhoff axis master planning. Dennis Weilmann, Head of Economics of the City of Wolfsburg, explained: "Projects such as the new Nordhoff axis or #WolfsburgDigital demonstrate the high innovative strength of Wolfsburg as a business location. At the same time, economic development also requires targeted development of the real estate market."
The Wolfsburg Office Market Report is available now and can be downloaded at http://www.wmg-wolfsburg.de/publikationen.html.