Good Early Monday Morning.
Please note the following articles of information:
Contents:
*LakeView Elementary Informational Meeting
*BLOG address
*Plant/Install A Vegetable Garden!!!
*Youth Sailing
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LakeView Elementary
Are you interested in learning more about Maple Bluff’s community elementary school? If so, please join your neighbors, and Lake View Elementary School leaders for an informational meeting on Wednesday, August 5th at the Maple Bluff Village Hall. The meeting will run from 6:30 to 7:45 pm.
The objective is to discuss in an informal environment:
Lake View experiences from the perspective of neighboring families
What is going well?
Ideas from families to continually improve the learning environment
Ideas for new, after school enrichment programs (e.g. foreign language, advanced mathematics, etc.)
Lake View student performance based on standardized test results
Questions from meeting participantsKristi Kloos, Lake View’s Principal, and Maple Bluff residents who serve on Lake View’s Parent Teacher Association (e.g. Karen Carroll, Sarah Redemann) will be present to facilitate the meeting and answer questions and gather ideas.For your ease, meeting organizers have arranged for child care at Fireman’s park, so please feel free to bring your children with you!Please RSVP for this session with Karen Carroll at carrollcrew@sbcglobal.net.
Thank you for your time and interest in our community elementary school!
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BLOG Address http://maplebluffvillagecenter.blogspot.com/
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Community GroundWorks @ Troy Gardens
Plant a Vegetable Garden this FallCommunity GroundWorks at Troy Gardens has launched a new vegetable garden installation business to bring the values and vegetables of Troy Farm to homes and businesses in Madison. Madison FarmWorks will design, install and maintain an organic vegetable garden of any size in your yard. We provide crop harvest and delivery to your doorstep as well as a monthly newsletter filled with stories from the gardens, harvest tips and information about the local and national organic movement.
If you would like to create and maintain your own garden, we offer professional instruction and consultation specific to your goals. We can help you with site analysis, design ideas, monthly consultations, written instructions, planting schedules, and personalized instruction on a variety of topics.
It’s not too late to plant a fall garden! There is still time for fall successions of some of the cooler weather vegetables such as beets, garlic, cilantro, salad greens, spinach and kohlrabi. We can also install your garden beds this fall to help you get a head start on next spring.
Join the urban organic agriculture movement by growing vegetables, herbs and flowers in your backyard! Contact megan@troygardens.org or troygardens.org for more information and a free site visit.
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Youth Sailing
The Madison Youth Sailing Foundation still has openings in their sailing and windsurfing August classes.Check it out at http://madisonyouthsailing.org.This is an incredible program and it’s located at the Village Marina. Take advantage of it!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Marina--Parking and Plans!!
Good Day Maple Bluff.
The Village Marina continues to be a great asset for Residents. Both for those who have in water storage but for those who need a place to park their boat during the boating season as well as during the off season. There has long been a desire to upgrade the Marina to make it more user friendly. But also, a more attractive destination for those who love to watch the water from dry land.
An ad-hoc committee recently completed some plans to give the Marina a face lift for next year. This plan will likely coincide with changes to rules on storage.
Village staff is continually chasing trailers, boat lifts, campers and other "stuff" that is dropped at the Marina. If you do not have the proper registration stickers afixed to both your boat and trailer, you need to contact the Village Center and speak with Rene about storage. Yes, there is a fee involved but comparatively speaking, this is a reasonable amount. Failure to have the proper registration stickers could result in the removal of your property and a daily storage fee charged.
The Village Marina continues to be a great asset for Residents. Both for those who have in water storage but for those who need a place to park their boat during the boating season as well as during the off season. There has long been a desire to upgrade the Marina to make it more user friendly. But also, a more attractive destination for those who love to watch the water from dry land.
An ad-hoc committee recently completed some plans to give the Marina a face lift for next year. This plan will likely coincide with changes to rules on storage.
Village staff is continually chasing trailers, boat lifts, campers and other "stuff" that is dropped at the Marina. If you do not have the proper registration stickers afixed to both your boat and trailer, you need to contact the Village Center and speak with Rene about storage. Yes, there is a fee involved but comparatively speaking, this is a reasonable amount. Failure to have the proper registration stickers could result in the removal of your property and a daily storage fee charged.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Traffic Traffic Traffic Plus Fun Stuff!!!
Good Morning Maple Bluff!!
Some of you who drive through the beach may have recently noticed additional cones to get your attention to slow down. Beach staff and Recreation Director Curt Erickson have noticed many vehicles driving through at considerable speeds. Squads have sat down there and some enforcement has been taken but mostly, people slow down when a squad is there. So far, it appears as if the cones are getting peoples attention; it just needs to change behavior. Staff have identified certain commercial vehicles that also offend and phone calls have been made requesting their compliance.
Where is this leading......well, if there is not voluntary compliance with the lower speed at the beach, the Village Board, at their meeting this week, has authorized the deployment of temporary speed bumps. Take care of your self first and slow down, but also talk to your neighbors to make sure that they slow down as well; this pertains at the Beach but also, at the other lower speed zone near Johnson Park on Bayside Drive and Old Shore Road.
The Village Board also discussed PODS at their meeting this week. The issue has been referred back to the Bylaws & Ordinance Committee for additional study/work/refinement.
Here are a few fun events for this upcoming weekend!!!
Fun Event For Friday:
Event: Kids vs. Parents Kickball Game "Let the kids show off their skills in kickball as they beat you parents"
What: Sporting Event
Host: 2009 Maple Bluff Lifeguards
Start Time: Tomorrow, July 16 at 5:25pm End Time:
Tomorrow, July 16 at 7:00pm
Where: Maple Bluff Beach Park
Fun Event for Sunday:
Event: Sunday Concert in the Park
What: Concert
Host: Park & Recreation Committee
Start Time: Sunday, July 19 at 4:00pm
End Time: Sunday, July 19 at 6:00pm
Where: Maple Bluff Beach Park
US Bank Championship in Milwaukee starts today. Jerry Kelly will be playing and teeing off at 7:55 this morning and hopefully will have a great week and play into the weekend!!!
Some of you who drive through the beach may have recently noticed additional cones to get your attention to slow down. Beach staff and Recreation Director Curt Erickson have noticed many vehicles driving through at considerable speeds. Squads have sat down there and some enforcement has been taken but mostly, people slow down when a squad is there. So far, it appears as if the cones are getting peoples attention; it just needs to change behavior. Staff have identified certain commercial vehicles that also offend and phone calls have been made requesting their compliance.
Where is this leading......well, if there is not voluntary compliance with the lower speed at the beach, the Village Board, at their meeting this week, has authorized the deployment of temporary speed bumps. Take care of your self first and slow down, but also talk to your neighbors to make sure that they slow down as well; this pertains at the Beach but also, at the other lower speed zone near Johnson Park on Bayside Drive and Old Shore Road.
The Village Board also discussed PODS at their meeting this week. The issue has been referred back to the Bylaws & Ordinance Committee for additional study/work/refinement.
Here are a few fun events for this upcoming weekend!!!
Fun Event For Friday:
Event: Kids vs. Parents Kickball Game "Let the kids show off their skills in kickball as they beat you parents"
What: Sporting Event
Host: 2009 Maple Bluff Lifeguards
Start Time: Tomorrow, July 16 at 5:25pm End Time:
Tomorrow, July 16 at 7:00pm
Where: Maple Bluff Beach Park
Fun Event for Sunday:
Event: Sunday Concert in the Park
What: Concert
Host: Park & Recreation Committee
Start Time: Sunday, July 19 at 4:00pm
End Time: Sunday, July 19 at 6:00pm
Where: Maple Bluff Beach Park
US Bank Championship in Milwaukee starts today. Jerry Kelly will be playing and teeing off at 7:55 this morning and hopefully will have a great week and play into the weekend!!!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Congratulations!!
Congratulations to Village President Eric McLeod to be the Very First person to join this Blog!!! I dont know if I have even joined yet...or if I have to....so much to learn.....
The Maiden Voyage!!!
Good Morning Maple Bluff.
I hope this writing finds you in good health.
This will be the maiden voyage of the Maple Bluff News & Information Blog. First, my thanks to Robert Godfrey for pointing me in this direction. I have been toying with this option for quite a while and looking for the best way to incorporate this blog into the Village Website. Finally, after a conversation today, I just had to get it done. Robert was correct, this took no time to get going. Thanks Robert.....now I just need to establish this as a regular task I complete!!!
As many of you know, I have been sending emails out to residents who have requested to be on the recipients list. I have experienced many problems with that email communication system over the years but we toiled through.
Let me describe a few of those problems. First, I had 4 different hotmail email accounts each filled with 4 Groups of up to 25 emails each.....I had somewhere around 350 email addresses.!! When I first set up that system, I could only send to 25 email addresses; and, hotmail also had a limit on the number of emails you could send in a day which was why I had to set up 4 different accounts with the use of those groups. I once lost an entire group as well....I recreated some of those emails but I lost quite a few as well. Another problem I have been having recently with the emails is that CHARTER WILL NOT DELIVER MY EMAILS!!! For those of you with a Charter email, my apologies if you have not been getting emails---they were bouncing back as undeliverable. I worked with a couple residents to try to get them to work, it seemed however that more did not work than those that did.
Finally, the last issue I continued to have with the emails was that people would respond to those emails and not to my regular email address....so I would get requests for things that I did not get for many days and sometimes weeks....and that bothered me as I felt very unresponsive. I will continue to send emails for the time being until we reach the point of termination.
So, what information will I be posting on this site?? Well, I anticipate a free flowing discussion of information and news related to the Village. Crime stats and discussions. Public Works News, Rec News, Meetings. For example, I have had requests in the past for meeting information both the date and time for meetings, but also agenda items. Let me give you some examples of meetings for tonight, July 14th.
BUILDING BOARD 5:15pm
3 projects on the agenda including:
VILLAGE BOARD 7PM
Please note that this is a special early time for the Village Board to meet tonight as they will convene as the Assessment Board of Review at 7pm and need to stay in session for 2 hours. They will conduct hearings with property owners who are contesting their property valuation.
After the hearings are completed, their regular agenda will include:
I hope this writing finds you in good health.
This will be the maiden voyage of the Maple Bluff News & Information Blog. First, my thanks to Robert Godfrey for pointing me in this direction. I have been toying with this option for quite a while and looking for the best way to incorporate this blog into the Village Website. Finally, after a conversation today, I just had to get it done. Robert was correct, this took no time to get going. Thanks Robert.....now I just need to establish this as a regular task I complete!!!
As many of you know, I have been sending emails out to residents who have requested to be on the recipients list. I have experienced many problems with that email communication system over the years but we toiled through.
Let me describe a few of those problems. First, I had 4 different hotmail email accounts each filled with 4 Groups of up to 25 emails each.....I had somewhere around 350 email addresses.!! When I first set up that system, I could only send to 25 email addresses; and, hotmail also had a limit on the number of emails you could send in a day which was why I had to set up 4 different accounts with the use of those groups. I once lost an entire group as well....I recreated some of those emails but I lost quite a few as well. Another problem I have been having recently with the emails is that CHARTER WILL NOT DELIVER MY EMAILS!!! For those of you with a Charter email, my apologies if you have not been getting emails---they were bouncing back as undeliverable. I worked with a couple residents to try to get them to work, it seemed however that more did not work than those that did.
Finally, the last issue I continued to have with the emails was that people would respond to those emails and not to my regular email address....so I would get requests for things that I did not get for many days and sometimes weeks....and that bothered me as I felt very unresponsive. I will continue to send emails for the time being until we reach the point of termination.
So, what information will I be posting on this site?? Well, I anticipate a free flowing discussion of information and news related to the Village. Crime stats and discussions. Public Works News, Rec News, Meetings. For example, I have had requests in the past for meeting information both the date and time for meetings, but also agenda items. Let me give you some examples of meetings for tonight, July 14th.
BUILDING BOARD 5:15pm
3 projects on the agenda including:
- Picket Fence at 438 N Sherman
- Front Entrance Remodel at 159 Lakewood
- Sunroom window convert to french door at 840 Butternut
VILLAGE BOARD 7PM
Please note that this is a special early time for the Village Board to meet tonight as they will convene as the Assessment Board of Review at 7pm and need to stay in session for 2 hours. They will conduct hearings with property owners who are contesting their property valuation.
After the hearings are completed, their regular agenda will include:
- Traffic Safety Concerns on Bayside Drive
- Amendment to Municipal Ordinance 166-11 related to the placement of PODS on properties. This ordinance will limit the number of days that a POD can be on a property.
- Park/Rec is requesting release of Bocce funds ($4000)for the Kayak/Canoe Sharing program and $500 to match a donation for new basketball Backboards McBride Park.
- The Marina Park concept will be discussed and acted upon
- There will also be an action item onthe placement of temporary speed bumps at the Beach.
- In addition, there will be updates and reports from other village committees and staff members.
Also this evening, between Building Board and Village Board, there will be a meeting between representatives of the Village and the Maple Bluff Country Club as we work out details on a Storm Water project. This is not an open/public meeting.
Later this week on Thursday, the Rec Department is taking a field trip to Lambeau Field for 16-20 kids. What an exciting trip as they will tour the Hall of Fame, the stadium to include thelocker room, make a walk down the tunnel and out onto the field and then, there is some "Special Surprise" that the team has not even disclosed to Curt, the Rec Director yet. To me, that means that they dont know what it is yet either!! But, I am sure it will be cool for the kids!!
I need to move on other tasks; please enjoy this "blog" and come back regularly for more Village News and Information.
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