Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Take a Break, Enjoy Your family and Your Neighborhood

Please plan on stopping by with your family at the Garden District's family festival this weekend, July 29, 30, and 31st at 5th & Layton. This is the only non-alcoholic festival that you will find in Milwaukee. There will be rides, a craft tent for the kids, and lots of fun activities to keep them entertained. Come on down and dunk one of your elected representatives in the dunk tank. There also be a car and motorcycle display on one of the days. The attached flier has a list of some of the events.
All the profits from this festival will go right back into the neighborhoods of the associations that are helping to make this a success. Please stop by. You can have some inexpensive fun with your family and help keep your neighborhood healthy at the same time.  



--- On Sat, 7/23/11, Connie J Wilson <cjwilson@ra.rockwell.com> wrote:

From: Connie
Subject: Upcoming Garden District Neighborhood Association Festival
To:
Date: Saturday, July 23, 2011, 2:08 PM


The FIRST ANNUAL FAMILY FRIENDLY* FESTIVAL is the last weekend of this month.  

Friday July 29th 4 pm - 9 pm

Saturday July 30th 10 am - 9 pm

Sunday July 31 12 pm - 5 pm

The organizers of several of the 13th Aldermanic District Neighborhood and Business Associations are working together to plan this 3 day event which focuses on the family.

The Festival will be held in the large field on South 5th and Layton Avenue (North side of Layton Avenue).

We will have lots of fun "rides" and activities for kids, teens and adults.  We also have a Dunk Tank!

Thank you for your help in getting the work out and I have attached a flier outlining our agenda for the weekend.

Connie Wilson

Chairperson of the GDNA



Friday, July 22, 2011

Update from District 2 Crime Trend Meeting

Whether you live in District 2 or District 6 this info is useful for your security.

Updates from tonight's D2 Crime Trend Meeting:
1. There is a company "Pinnacle Security" going door to door through our neighborhoods selling security systems, they do NOT have a license to do so and have been sited for such.

2. There has been a rise in daytime burglaries, we are reminded to secure our residences (lock doors & windows), make best use of lighting, get to know your neighbors & talk to them on a regular basis and lastly report suspicious activity.

3. Air Conditioners are the item of choice being stolen these days (go figure) so please be sure your air conditioner is securely bolted in your window.

Next Crime Trend Meeting will be Thursday, August 18th, 2011 at 6 p.m. at District 2.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

July 28th Board of Zoning Appeals Agenda

From Zoning Board  Attached is the agenda for the July 28th meeting of the  Board of Zoning Appeals.  Please feel free to contact the BOZA office with any questions that you might have.  Thank you,  Kari Egerstrom Collins, Secretary Board of Zoning Appeals  (414)286-2501 phone (414)286-2555 fax  

Sunday, July 17, 2011

From [bay_view_matters] Stolen Ladder update

This ladder in the forwarded Email below represents the countless metal objects stolen all over Milwaukee. These include working air conditioner units, ripped off aluminum siding, storm doors, fences, and just about anything else that can fit on a truck. For awhile until he was caught, we even had one guy cutting off and scrapping catalytic converters off of parked cars. The city has tried to combat some of these by requiring scrappers to have a license and to have the numbers of that license in big numbers on the side of their truck, a licensed scrapper would probably be less inclined to cross the line. They also require junk yards to get more information and identification from the sellers. Most scrappers serve a good purpose but that does not include trespassing on your property and stealing your grill. If you see a scrapper without their license numbers on the side of their truck picking up stuff on your block, or the person trespassing on your property, get the description and plate number of the truck and call the Police through the non-emergency number. Naturally if you see a crime in action call 911, just realize that if you are on a cell phone, your call will first go to the Sheriff's dispatch and be rerouted to MPD. This is a problem we can help with. Please get involved.


--- On Sat, 7/16/11, Heather  wrote:
 

We had the police liaisons stop by this week to talk with us. They pointed out a couple of things on the video including that they agree that it looks like a Dodge Dakota (the hood is curved more then most Fords and Cheys), it is a much newer then most scrappers trucks, it looks like there is some type of chrome over the back wheels (it glared), it looks like the front passenger side hubcap is missing. They are actively looking for the truck but if you see one that matches the description, please take down their license plate number and then call 6th district police. ANY ligit scrappers will have a number on the side of their vehicle. Any other scrapper should not be doing it. In my opinion, you should call the police whenever you see a not ligit scrapper.
 
If you haven't seen the video yet, take a look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpoXyX3HbHs&feature=share
This is a very good example of how laid back and confident thieves can be. Once you take a look, please share on Facebook with your friends so that there is a better chance that these thieves can be caught and people can realize how quickly this can happen.
 
Thanks everyone. Oh, and we did get a wonderful neighbor to borrow us his ladder yesterday and we were able to finish the job we working on.
 
Heather
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Scrapper Thieves Video on You Tube

Most scrappers provide a good service and make an honest living. These two, as caught in this video from a neighbor in Bay View are not. They might visit your area too so be on the alert. 





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