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Humboldt Blvd. theredaccordion.com Riverwest Area of Milwaukee 414.562.5540 riowestcantina.com 2 • SHOREWOOD TODAY MAGAZINE • AUTUMN 2010 AUTUMN 2010 Shorewood TODAY magazine Shorewood Today is a community magazine providing useful information about the Village of Shorewood and offering news and feature stories about the people, places and things that make our community a special place to live, Table of Contents do business and raise a family. 4 A Challenging Summer: 16 Celebrating 60 Years Shorewood Today is jointly published four times a year Letter from the Village of AFS by the Village of Shorewood, the Shorewood School District President and the Shorewood Business Improvement District (BID), 17 School District Notes 6 Attracting New with additional financial support from the Shorewood 18 Shorewood High School Businesses to Shorewood Marketing Program. Graphic Design Program 7 Shorewood Today We welcome story ideas, content suggestions and 19 Shorewood High School Celebrates 2-Year advertising inquiries, but reserve the right to reject or edit Alumni News content to assure compatibility with our editorial mission, Anniversary and Wins advertisement criteria and other publication standards. National Award 20 Shorewood School Please e-mail all inquiries and suggestions to District Short Notes 8 Shorewood Connects [email protected]. Neighbors To Choose 21 New CD Released by Contributing writers: Barb Caprile, Karen de Hartog, Neighborhood of the Year Lake Bluff Staff Justine Leonard and Kim Robinson. and Stage Clean-Up Day 23 Business Spotlight: Contributing photographers: John O’Hara/John O’Hara 9 Senior Center a Great Eastmore Real Estate Photography, Jaci Sumner/Gloss Photography Studios, Community Resource Barb Caprile and Karen de Hartog. 24 Business Spotlight: 10 New Health Officer: Culver’s of Shorewood Design/Production: Caprile Marketing/Design Jamie Berg Shorewood Village Manager: Chris Swartz, 414.847.2700 26 Shorewood’s 11 Village of Shorewood Independent Pharmacies Shorewood School Superintendent: Dr. Blane McCann, Community News 414.963.6901 28 Loving and Caring for 12 Atwater Park Boardwalk Our Pets Shorewood Business Improvement District Construction Planned Board President: Tim Ryan, 414.332.3404 30 Out & About in 13 Plensa in the Park Shorewood For up-to-date information on Shorewood news, events and services, please visit: 14 Message from the School 32 Community Calendar VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD Superintendent www.villageofshorewood.org • www.shorewoodtoday.com SHOREWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT On the Cover: Spanish artist Jaume Plensa poses with his sculpture, www.shorewoodschools.org “Spillover II,” during its dedication in September at Atwater Park. This SHOREWOOD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT extraordinary gift to the Village of Shorewood was made possible by a www.shorewoodwi.com generous anonymous gift and other sponsors. Read more on page 13. Photo by John O’Hara. The deadline for the February 2011 issue of Shorewood Today is January 7 on a space-available basis. For advertising information, e-mail [email protected]. Shorewood Today Magazine Offers Cost-Effective Communications SPECIAL Shorewood Today offers an attractive and appealing way ISSUE: for the Village, School District and Business District to Shorewood Today share important information with the community. The Celebrates cost of publishing Shorewood Today is very reasonable, 2-Years – see thanks to the advertising support of local businesses. page 7! WATCH We will continue to be sensitive to keeping costs low in OUR NEW VIDEOS bringing you this high-quality communication vehicle. ON-LINE! We welcome your comments and impressions. Please keep us informed by e-mailing [email protected]. www.shorewoodtoday.com Shorewood is a “Fair Housing Community” with fair and equal access to housing in the Village regardless of sex, race, color, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, marital Please note: The Village Manager publishes a weekly memo status, lawful source of income, area ancestry, disability, or familial status. on Village business that you can request via e-mail by contacting [email protected]. SHOREWOOD TODAY MAGAZINE • AUTUMN 2010 • 3 From Guy Johnson, Village President 2010 A Challenging Summer Dear Shorewood Residents, We look forward to summer in Shorewood Bayside, Franklin and St. Francis provided On August 23, the Board approved a nine- knowing we will enjoy concerts in our equipment and manpower to help with the step action plan recommended by our parks, the Men’s Club Chicken BBQ and debris collection. The front office staff at the Village Manager. The action steps include the 4th of July celebration. This past DPW and Village Hall handled hundreds of developing a Comprehensive Sanitary summer’s highlights also included the request for help and information. And our Sewer, Storm and Drainage System Facility “Best Seats in the House” public art event, Health Department answered numerous Plan, that will be the primary source unveiling of the Plensa sculpture, major resident clean-up questions and document for recommendations required improvements to our business district, administered free tetanus shots. to establish infrastructure improvement including construction of The Cornerstone priorities, costs and timetable. mixed-use building (at Oakland Ave. and Given the expertise of our consultant Kensington Blvd.), and the Capitol Dr. “While the Village is engineer from Bonestroo and his reconstruction. making strides toward experience specific to Shorewood’s However, for many of us in Shorewood, infrastructure, we have hired Bonestroo to the heavy rains of July 15 and July 22 made improving the sewer complete the sewer facility plan. The Village the summer of 2010 a challenge as well. system, we are also trying to has also hired an internationally regarded More than 800 homes and businesses in make resources available third-party engineering firm to critically Shorewood had various degrees of either review the facility plan and develop sanitary sewer back-ups or flooding, for residents and building alternative recommendations. When the resulting in the regrettable loss of owners to make necessary plan is complete, the Village Board will be appliances, furnaces, personal property, improvements on their responsible for developing a community and, in many cases, irreplaceable family consensus around the preferred possessions. own properties.” alternatives and related cost. The storms also impacted our public Resources Outlined for buildings and parks. The police station, Infrastructure Improvements Property Owners Village Hall, public works building and Planned While the Village is making strides toward Village Center each had varying degrees While much of the storm damage across of flood damage. The floodwaters caused improving the sewer system, we are also the Village has been cleaned up, we trying to make resources available for significant erosion to the Atwater Park bluff recognize the need to improve our storm and the Hubbard Park riverbed. residents and building owners to make and sanitary sewer infrastructure in order to necessary improvements on their own Community Response Strong prepare for future storm events. A series of properties. In early October, the Planning The immediate community response to public meetings was held in August to and Development Department, in these events,