Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting Tonight, 12/13/2023 – Will Vote On Several Merge And Fox Commons Items Including Request To Submit Grant To Fund Development Of Downtown Market Within Fox Commons

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting this evening, 12/13/2023 at 6:30PM. They will be voting on a couple items related to the Fox Commons redevelopment and Phase II of the Merge LLC development. Fox Commons is requesting that a 5 foot wide no-build […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 10/25/2023 – Will Vote On Allocation Of Community Development Block Grant Funds For 2024

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 10/25/2023 at 6:30PM. The agenda consists of one action item and one related public hearing. The action item is a request to approve the city program funding for the 2024 Community Development Block Grant Funding. City staff […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Approves $80,000 Neighborhood Grant To Upgrade Columbus Elementary Playground

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 10/11/2023. The one action item on their agenda was a request to award approximately $80,000 in neighborhood grant funds to the Historic Central Neighborhood to help fund improvements to the playground at Columbus Elementary School. A number of […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 10/11/2023 – Will Vote On $80,000 Neighborhood Grant Request To Improve Columbus Elementary School Playground

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 10/11/2023 at 6:30PM. There is one action item on the agenda which is a request to approve the Neighborhood Grant Program request from the Historic Central Neighborhood. The Historic Central Neighborhood in partnership with the Appleton Area […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Approves Contract With Green Bicycle Company To Provide Consulting Services To Newly Created Appleton Housing Task Force

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 09/27/2023. The one item on the agenda was consideration of a contract award to Green Bicycle Company to work with a newly created housing task force. The task force, which consists of members from the Home Builder’s Association […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 09/27/2023 – Will Vote On $32,000 Economic Development Policy Contract

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 09/27/2023 at 6:30PM. They have one item on the agenda which is a request to award a contract for consulting services related to the City of Appleton Housing Development Policy, Process and Stakeholder Engagement Services to Green […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Amends Bird Safe Glass Resolution, Removes Requirement To Create Bird Safe Glass Ordinance – Alderperson Denise Fenton Voices Concern Over Creating Stringent New Building Requirements That Could Potentially Impact Affordable Housing Development

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 09/13/2023. The one item on their agenda was Resolution 6-R-23, the Bird Safe Glass Resolution. This resolution was based on an ordinance from Madison that is currently the subject of legal challenges. Arguments on the legality of the […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 09/13/2023 – Will Vote On Bird Safe Glass Resolution

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 09/13/2023 at 6:30PM. The one item on the agenda is Resolution 6-R-23 which would add bird safe glass requirements to the Appleton City Municipal Code and require all city windows that meet the size requirements to be […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Votes To Hold Bird Safe Glass Resolution Until September 13 To Give Resolution’s Authors Time To Consider Amendments

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 08/09/2023. Resolution 6-R-23, which would add bird safe glass requirements to the municipal code, appeared on the agenda, but the committee did not discuss it in detail but rather voted to hold it until the September 13 committee […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 08/09/2023 – Will Take Up Bird Safe Glass Resolution, Mayor And City Attorney Both Recommend Waiting Until Legal Issues On Madison Ordinance Are Resolved

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 08/09/2023 at 6:30PM. They have one action item on the agenda which is Resolution 6-R-23, the Bird Safe Glass resolution. As outlined last week, this resolution has issues regarding legality and unknown financial and economic impact. In […]