Appleton District 6

I’m a little late starting the update this week because it was marathon weekend. This is the first time in three years the Fox Cities Marathon has been held after being canceled in 2019 for a bad storm with lightning and last year due to COVID, and the first time I have participated. My distance running days are behind me, but I do a lot of racewalking, so I had high hopes for a good effort yesterday in the full marathon. Alas, the weather had other thoughts – I finished, but the heat ensured that I didn’t have the time I had hoped for. It was definitely a busy weekend in Appleton. I stopped in at Rhythms of the World at the beginning of my trip through the Downtown Farm Market. I got to catch the Lawrence University Mariachi Ensemble (LUME), but there were so many groups that looked fun that I wish I could have stayed all morning. Speaking of downtown, I know that many people are disappointed that Octoberfest and License to Cruise have been canceled for another year. Based on my e-mai

The combination of this cooler drizzly weather (I started this on Saturday morning) and all the first day of school photos on social media confirm that summer is coming to an end. It was so much fun to see all of the bus stop photo shoots on my walk Wednesday morning. I miss that combination of the change in seasons accompanied by the start of a new school year – clean notebooks and new pens and pencils seem like a symbol of a fresh start in the way that the New Year coming in the middle of the long winter season seems less so. I envy my teacher daughters just a little for still having that every year. The city’s business moves on regardless of the change in seasons or the new school year. Before I get into the Common Council meeting from last Wednesday, I’d like to give a quick update on the Taskforce on Resiliency, Climate Mitigation and Adaptation. As I wrote when the body was formed, the purpose of the taskforce was to build on the many actions the city is already taking to becom