Prospect Avenue Association
Information Sheet, February 2008
Milwaukee and developers are talking big change for Prospect Avenue.
- The Department of City Development is drafting a
development plan for our “Northeast Area” neighborhood.
- The latest draft calls for new construction and
possible two-way traffic on Prospect and Farwell Avenues.
- An “overlay district” would be created to define
standards for new construction and historic preservation on Prospect Avenue.
- Meanwhile, real estate developers are talking
with city officials about intensive development and high rise
construction.
A new Prospect Avenue
Association is being formed so that residents and owners can have a voice
in our future. The Association will
- Serve as a conduit for ideas from Prospect Avenue residents and owners to city officials.
- Contribute to “Northeast Area” planning for Prospect Avenue.
- Participate in creation of an “overlay district”
for Prospect
Avenue.
- Share information.
- Build community and enhance the neighborhood.
Residents and owners have
already raised concerns about the need to:
- Preserve the mix of affordable and affluent housing.
- Retain the neighborhood’s historic charm,
ambience, and varied architecture.
- Require new development to be cutting-edge and
neighborhood enhancing.
- Improve pedestrian safety, including for people
with disabilities.
- Improve parking.
- Improve traffic safety and flow.
- Improve public transportation.
- Build, rather than destroy, property values.
- Preserve green space, access to the lake, and
safe bicycle lanes.
In addition, residents and
owners seek better and more timely information from
the city about development proposals and decisions and urge open meetings.
The Prospect Avenue Association needs your ideas, participation, and
support.
Please fill in the
attached opinion sheet and send it to
Prospect Avenue Association, Landmark on the Lake, 1660 North Prospect Avenue, Suite 411, Milwaukee, WI 53202; or give it to the Door Attendant in the 1660 lobby. Or email your ideas and any questions to Eileen.Collins1660@sbcglobal.net.
Thanks and looking
forward to seeing you at our next meeting,
Eileen Collins, PAA Recorder
Reference:
Prospect Avenue Association
Opinion Sheet, Winter 2008
Milwaukee and developers are talking big change for Prospect Avenue. In order to
have a voice in plans for change, residents and owners are forming the Prospect
Avenue Association.
Please tell us what you
think. Below are some issues that have
been raised. Please check any that
concern you.
_____ Retain one-way traffic.
_____ Preserve the mix of
affordable & affluent housing.
_____ Retain the
neighborhood’s historic charm, ambience, varied architecture & green space.
_____ Require new development
to be cutting-edge & neighborhood enhancing.
_____ Ensure the beauty and
integrity of the bluff and Oak Leaf Trail.
_____ Improve pedestrian
safety.
_____
Improve parking.
_____
Improve traffic safety & flow & access for service vehicles.
_____ Improve public
transportation.
_____
Improve bicycle lanes.
_____ Maintain green space and public access
to the lake.
_____ Build, rather than
destroy, property values.
_____ The
city should provide better, more timely information about proposals and
decisions and hold open meetings.
Please add any additional
comments or concerns that you have:
Would you be able to take an
active role in the Prospect Avenue Association? Yes No
Name Email
Address
Please send your opinion
sheet to Prospect Avenue Association, Landmark on the Lake, 1660 North Prospect Avenue, Suite 411, Milwaukee, WI 53202; or give them to the Desk Attendant in the 1660 lobby. Or
email it with your ideas and questions.
(Your personal information will not go to any outside
organization.) Thanks and see you at our
next meeting. Eileen Collins.
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