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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for June 30, 2026

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Greetings District 6 Neighbors, Apologies for the lack of a newsletter last week – we had both daughters and their families visiting and it was all kind of a blur. It did remind a couple of empty nesters about all the fun activities there are for children and families here in Appleton and the Fox Cities. In a week we visited the library for toddler and school age story time, took in the Downtown Farm Market, the Kiwanis Butterfly Festival at City Park, participated in Make Music Day (and found out that Mayor Woodford can sing!), played on the playground at Erb Park and swam at the Erb Park Pool, visited the Building for Kids and the History Museum at the Castle and went out for a Friday fish fry! I’m leaving Bay Beach out of the first list because Green Bay is not technically part of the Fox Cities, but it’s a must for a grandkid visit. I’m grateful that we had cool weather last week rather than the current conditions which give me (not pleasant) memories of Houston summers. Per our us...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for June 17, 2026

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Greetings District 6 Neighbors, Whew! What a weekend! There was so much going on around town that it seems impossible to even list it all, much less to participate in all of the events. I started my Saturday with the Bellin 10K in Green Bay. It was the 50th anniversary, so the field was large than normal – over 10,000 runners and walkers making their way through the streets of Green Bay and Allouez. After that, it was home for a quick change and out to the Flag Day Parade. The sheer number of entries made the new shorter route a little strange – those of us at the start of the parade were finished long before the later entries even left the staging area. I have heard some questions about the route change. There were a number of reasons that the difficult decision was made. Security is always a consideration – with the number of activities happening on any given Saturday during the summer, APD is stretched pretty thin. Some of the veterans who participate in our parades are getting olde...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for June 8, 2026

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Greetings District 6 Neighbors, Last week’s Common Council meeting was fairly short. The item that I expected to generate some discussion, the creation of Tax Increment District #14 for the Thrivent property development, was held for a future council meeting. I understand that there is a development agreement in process for part of the property and that city staff wishes for the items to be taken up together. Both the City Plan Commission and the Community Development Committee have cancelled meetings for this week, so I expect that it will be later in the summer that we take up the TID. As expected, Alder Croatt submitted a resolution that the Safety and Licensing Committee “ shall review all options related to the existing truancy ordinance language and the trial period and possibly take action on options presented by Legal Services.” As I noted last week, if the council takes no action, the ordinance will sunset on June 30. We are expecting additional data from AASD now that the sc...
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