City of Milwaukee
 

Alderman Witkowski - 13th District

City Hall, Room 205, 200 E. Wells St., Milwaukee, WI 53202 | (414) 286-8537
E-mail twitko@milwaukee.gov

13th District Newsletters

Click to open Winter 2007-2008 Newsletter. Click to open Spring-Summer 2007 newsletter.

Click to open Winter 2006 newsletter.

  What's New

27th Street Business District Image Enhancement Contest - Deadline: June 30, 2009 by 3 p.m.

The S. 27th Street Business district extending from Oklahoma Avenue to College Avenue will see changes in 2010. The S. 27th Street Business Association is conducting a community wide contest to develop two distinctive graphic designs for the district. Area residents, artists and interested parties will have a chance during the next two months to develop art work that can be reproduced on the signs, banners and monuments that will be constructed in the medians of S. 27th Street and Layton Avenue.

Click here for more information and submission guidelines.


Students and Volunteers to Plant 10,000 Native Plants at Holler Park

The city’s Garden District (the 13th Aldermanic District) is hosting some new volunteer initiatives to restore and retain the city of Milwaukee’s outdoor landscape, and one of this year’s first projects starts tomorrow (Saturday, May 9) at 9:30 a.m. outside the Holler Park lodge, 5151 S. 6th St., according to Alderman Witkowski.

Interested volunteers will participate in planting 10,000 native plants around the Holler Park lodge. Again, the work starts tomorrow and will continue through Sunday, May 17. Students from five neighborhood grade schools will also be participating in the planting activities, and volunteers are encouraged to attend and bring their children to help make the project successful.

In addition to planting, 15-20 volunteers are needed for “train the trainer” rain garden sessions. The training consists of two to three class sessions and the installation of rain barrels and one cistern at the Holler Park lodge. The rain gardens will help to improve storm water quality by catching scrubbing and evaporating storm water from the lodge roof and Easter Seals parking lot and driveways before it enters the pond that empties into the Holmes Creek, Wilson Creek, and the Kinnickinnic River watershed.

The project and training is supported with a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant through the City of Milwaukee and the Garden District. If you are interested in participating in these volunteer initiatives, please contact the plan coordinator for both projects, David Ciepluch, at 414-483-9551 or dciepluch@att.net for more details.


I-94 Project Website Has New Content

The www.plan94.org web site is in its second phase and provides trip planning resources to aid travel during construction, including:

  • Driving directions around construction for travel today or on future dates
  • Current traffic conditions, such as speeds, travel times and alerts
  • Current and upcoming road closure information, and ability to search for planned future closures
  • Ability to subscribe to receive customized travel alerts delivered via e-mail or right to your desktop

 If you are affected by the I-94 project it makes sense to check out www.plan94.org soon.


Urban Coyotes

Learn more about coexisting safely and humanely with these fascinating, adaptable creatures at www.wihumane.org/wildlife/coyotes.aspx.


Garden District is carved in stone!
The Garden District is recognized for its plentiful array of outstanding landscaping, numerous gardens and its residents' care and concern for the area. This boulder naming the district is on display in front of the new Sleep Inn in the 4600 block of S. 6th St.


 

Southeast Side Area Plan
The Southeast Side Area Plan was adopted by the Common Council on October 29, 2008. Read the plan.

More info. can also be found on DCD's website at www.mkedcd.org/planning/plans/Southeast/index.html.

Click here for more details.

The Gateway to Milwaukee
The Gateway To Milwaukee is a community of businesses, commercial property owners and resources supporting the area around the airport and the people who live, work, relax and play there. It offers broad choices for visitors and customers to benefit from the many products, services, employment and growth opportunities that its businesses provide. Alderman Witkowski helped form the organization and serves on its board.

Garden District

Council Approves Garden District Designation (PDF)

The Garden District Report (PDF)

Garden District Logos (MS Word)

  Garden District Nomination Form (MS Word)


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