City Pollination Effort Nearing Its Cutoff Time
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*****************ECRWSS**** PRST STD U.S. POSTAGE POSTAL CUSTOMER PAID SHAWANO, WI PERMIT NO. 135 MAY 26, 2021 x OSHKOSHHERALD.COM VOLUME 4, ISSUE 21 Sawdust District ideas heard Five developer groups outline housing projects By Jack Tierney Oshkosh Herald INSIDE The city’s Redevelopment Authority in a joint workshop with the Common Oshkosh Herald Council last week heard from five devel- A No Mow May sign is seen in a yard on the city’s south side indicating participation in this opers looking to pitch their proposals for month’s pollination initiative. the north end of the Sawdust District. Tadych Investment Partners and Gry- boski Builders, Red Earth LLC, Chet We- City pollination effort senberg, Alexander & Bishop, and T. Wall Enterprises made presentations for the parcel at 43 E. 7th Ave. Fallen heroes RDA members said they were im- nearing its cutoff time pressed with the presentations but not Memorial Day holiday ities participating in NMM throughout the ready to make recommendations at the ceremonies set No Mow May initiative state this year, ranging in population. Last May 19 meeting. brought questions with it year alone, Appleton had more than 400 “I liked all five of the proposals,” RDA Page 6 registered participants. vice chairman Thomas Belter said, “but I By Kaitlyn Scoville As it stands in any other given month, really am not ready to pick.” Oshkosh Herald city Inspections Division official John -Za A follow-up meeting is scheduled for June 16 where the public is invited to par- Power patent As May comes to a close, participants rate said lawns cannot exceed a grass height ticipate. in Oshkosh’s new No Mow May (NMM) of 8 inches. Professor’s furnace Development options include: initiative are looking to clean up their yards If grass height surpasses that limit, the • Tadych and Gryboski Builders of is energy innovation after letting it grow out for pollinators. city can send out notices, or warnings, for Green Bay proposed to install 12 upscale Page 7 At the Common Council’s April 27 property owners to mow their lawn. If a meeting, NMM was passed and subse- week passes and the lawn is not cut, a sec- townhouses along the riverfront that quently lifted the city’s lawn care ordinance ond notice will be sent and the city’s streets would be priced at $825,000 apiece. Res- for the month. division will be notified to do the cutting. idents would have access to boat docks NCAA tennis Proposed by Lawrence University biol- At that point, Zarate said property own- that would be situated on the other side West graduate sets ogy professor Israel Del Toro, he said the ers will have to pay the city’s service fee for of the pending Riverwalk expansion. The sights on nationals program is meant to have homeowners the mowing. project’s estimated cost is $20.1 million. “think about (their) role in the environ- As of mid-May, the inspections division • Red Earth, a Tomah company created ment.” Page 16 SEE No Mow May ON PAGE 9 SEE Sawdust District ON PAGE 15 Del Toro said there were nine municipal- District superintendent finalists in for interviews Oshkosh Herald intendent of the Water- tion, both from the University of Wiscon- town Unified School sin-Milwaukee, and a bachelor’s degree in After Board of Education review and District since 2011. education from UW-Whitewater. community survey input to develop a can- Davis previously Sadoff previously was principal of Bes- didate profile, the Oshkosh Area School served as of Columbus sie Allen Middle School in North Fond District narrowed the search for its next School District super- du Lac from 2006 to 2009. Before that he superintendent to three longtime Wis- intendent from 2010- was a social studies teacher at Fond du Lac consin school leaders with extensive expe- 2015, principal of Green High School and Woodworth Junior High rience as principals and teachers. Bay Southwest High (2000-2006) and at Manitowoc’s Lincoln The finalists are Bryan Davis, superin- School and assistant Davis Sadoff Schug High School (1997-2000). tendent of the Shorewood School District principal of Green Bay from 1998 to 2002 and at New Lisbon He was named the 2019 State Superin- since 2015; Aaron Sadoff, superintendent Preble High School. Before joining Preble High School from 1997 to 1998. tendent of the Year, has a master’s in ed- of the North Fond du Lac School District in 2002, Davis was a business education He holds a doctorate in urban education SEE Superintendent ON PAGE 10 since 2009; and Cassandra Schug, super- teacher at Oshkosh West High School and a master’s in educational administra- PAGE 2 x OSHKOSHHERALD.COM MAY 26, 2021 Council, board view middle school plan Oshkosh Herald The plan will continue to be developed dents of Oshkosh. with city planning staff and will soon Through a recent survey, the district The Common Council and Oshkosh move to the Plan Commission for recom- found that about 5 percent of its 10,000 Area School District Board of Education mendation to council. The virtual tour students do not have direct access to 923 S. Main St. Suite C received a virtual tour of the proposed given at the meeting can be viewed on broadband in their households. Gundlach Oshkosh, WI 54902 new middle school on New York Avenue Oshkosh Media under the Oshkosh Com- noted the numbers were found to be accu- in their joint meeting Thursday. mon Council & Board of Education Joint rate when COVID-19 hit and the schools General information/customer Nate Considine and Maria Welch of Meeting video. provided about 500 Wi-Fi hotspots to stu- service: Julie Vandenberg Bray Architects provided the walkthrough Deputy Superintendent David Gund- dents for their virtual learning. [email protected] of the proposed design of the school, not- lach also gave notice to the joint workshop He also said there may be incoming fed- Phone: 920-479-6301 ing its masonry detail derived from its participants about providing widespread eral funds to help with this after a recent Website: www.oshkoshherald.com soon-to-be predecessor, Merrill School. broadband access to students and resi- announcement by Gov. 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