Appleton District 6

From Appleton Downtown, Inc Note that Ramp Parking is now $6 for over 4 hours Greetings District 6 Neighbors, It’s hard to believe that we’ve almost reached the end of January, but if February brings an end to this gloomy weather, I’m ready for it. The last week of January does bring us another “fifth week for the Common Council, where we have no committee or full council meetings. The committee work from last week will appear on the agenda for the next Common Council meeting on February 7. Before I get into normal council business, I want to let you know about an opportunity for citizens to learn more about the workings of local government and the operations of our city. The Appleton Citizens Academy is an enhanced version of the old Appycademy program that ended during COVID. The Citizens Academy is a 10-week program that will include some interesting behind the scenes tours of various departments and presentations from the people who really make the city work. You can get more infor

2023 Avenue of Ice (from ADI) Greetings District 6 Neighbors,  I’m excited today about some warmer weather – as I said to my husband when I got home from my exercise class today, being outside doesn’t hurt your face anymore. I even saw some kiddos having outside recess today! I do feel bad for the ice skaters and skiers – it seems that just when rinks and trails open, we’re likely to have a big thaw this week.  The Common Council meeting last Wednesday turned out to be very short. Mayor Woodford was away, so Council President Van Zeeland presided over the meeting. I had anticipated quite a bit of discussion on Alder Doran’s resolution calling for a study of the parking facilities (note that original language including the potential sale or lease of parking assets was removed from the resolution at committee), but Alder Doran was excused from the meeting and Alder Hartzheim moved to hold the item until the next council meeting. I voted against the hold because the item has been extensiv