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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for July 14, 2026

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July 19-25   Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, I hate to start with the weather report again, but it’s so hot! If you have to be outside, be careful and hydrate. The pools are open this afternoon and the library and transit center are designated as cooling shelters for those who don’t have air conditioning. I guess we will get a break starting next week. While it’s a full council week on the calendar, we have several other meetings scheduled. The Appleton Public Arts Committee met on Monday, July 13 because they did not have a quorum for their last scheduled meeting. The committee voted to approve the application of the Rotary Club of Appleton to install a Peace Pole in Ellen Kort Peace Park. The pole, which has peace messages in eight languages, and its installation would be funded by the Rotary Club and its partners. They also approved installing the kinetic wind sculptures that used to be in front of City Center in Ellen Kort Peace Park along Water St. Those sculptures were remo...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for July 6, 2026

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  Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, I hope everyone had a wonderful Independence Day weekend.  I was happy for a little break in the heat after what we experienced earlier in the week, especially for the Firecracker 5k in Kaukauna. That race has been my July 4th tradition for a number of years, and it seems like it’s always brutally hot. After the race I headed downtown to the farm market for some sweet corn and fresh salad greens to go with our holiday burgers, then helped my League of Women Voters friends pack up Constitution Square at the History Museum at the Castle for another week. Seeing people sign the giant preamble to the Constitution and take selfies with a live Lady Liberty was a perfect way to celebrate 250 years of our nation. As I noted in last week’s newsletter, there was not a full council meeting on July 1, so we have another committee week before the July 15th council meeting. Some committees don’t have any new action items and won’t be meeting this week – Mu...
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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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