Our last neighborhood rummage was so successful many people have asked if we can do another one. The answer is YES! If we get enough people who have rummage to sell – we will do it!
Working around block parties and such other neighborhood fun, the date has been set for Sunday, September 30th from
CWNA will provide signage and put an ad in the Journal Sentinel.
Rummage
Sunday, September 30th
Leslie J
Dear neighbors:
I just want to share my appreciation to all that showed up to the AAA Slow Down Campaign Press Conference this past week. There was a good show of neighbors who came out on very short notice. The 5th District Captain and staff was there along with Alderman D’Amato and Council President Willie Hines, and AAA spokesperson.
Some highlights and suggestions heard:
1. A motorist was ticketed for squealing tires from a stop at Locust and Cambridge just prior to the event.
2. In addition to the recent signing of a Pedestrian Ahead sign, the Stop Bar on the road at the same location was re-stripped.
Other suggestions:
1. Stencil a LOOK sign on the sidewalk on the norhwest corner of Locust & Cambridge.
2. Replace the b&w Yield to Pedestrians sign with newer colored sign.
3. Stripe the perimeter of the (fried-egg) traffic circle at Cambridge and Kenwood so motorist see it.
4. Finish filling and planting the traffic circle at Bartlett & Linnwood.
To conclude, we can set examples to others so….Slow Down, Save Fuel, and Be Safe!
Peter McMullen, CWNA President
Tuesday, September 18th Read the flyer
7- 8:30 pm
Urban Ecology Center
Community Room
Panelists will respond to your questions about reckless driving, speeding, crimes committed by outsiders, robberies, vandalism, bike path access and drinking/drug use in our neighborhood.
Crime and traffic issues are of great concern to members of the CWNA and we will learn how to better protect our homes and families.
Coordinated by the CWNA Safety Team. Facilitated by Chris Breihan.
Please read a summary and comments of the 2007 CWNA River Bridge Crossings Survey.
Read the July / August edition of the CWNA notes. You you can also find past CWNA notes on the Archives page.
When our son’s rocking horse was stolen, we were angry, disheartened and felt somewhat vulnerable. We e-mailed a rather brusque-sounding message to neighbors, and to city and UWM officials. And although we didn’t find our missing rocking horse, what we did get back was a very good feeling.
Neighborhood contacts and officials expressed an interest in helping; and immediately got the ball rolling. Neighbors (including some student neighbors) e-mailed us or stopped as they walked by expressing dismay and condolences.
One invited us to a horse farm to let our son meet some real horses - he LOVED it. One came over with a small rocking zebra. One neighborhood family spotted a similar style rocking horse at a yard sale, mentioned our loss, and the family having the yard sale gave it to our son freely!
We have a newfound regard and good feeling for our neighborhood. We want to pass it on.
Thank you all!
The White Family
Read the May / June edition of the CWNA notes. You you can also find past CWNA notes on the Archives page
Tuesday, July 17th Read the flyer
7- 8:30 pm
Urban Ecology Center
Community Room
Get to know more of the people who live near you.
Connect with neighbors who offer services - such as handymen, landscape, home business, babysitting, dog walking, house cleaning etc
Find customers for your services - such as handyman, landscape, home business, babysitting, dog walking, house cleaning etc
Meet people with mutual interest - such as gardening, animals, biking, walking, environment, house + neighborhood improvement etc
Bring a dish to share. Bring your business cards.
Open to all who live in Cambridge Woods -
Saturday, July 7th
9am-3pm
Many households, lots of stuff!
All who wish to take part will have their addresses included on a list made available to the public. In past years when we¹ve done this we find that shoppers treat it like a scavenger hunt and make a point of trying to hit every address on the list!
The sale will be advertised in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the cost to be paid for by CWNA. We will also provide signage to be positioned at key intersections on the perimeter of the neighborhood.If you¹d like to take part, please contact Leslie at 962-2477 so that your address will be included on the list of participating households.
And if you¹re not selling, consider buying.
Remember: one person¹s trash is another¹s treasure
Cambridge Woods Neighborhood Association is a member of the North Shore branch of the “Wild Ones”. This, now national, organization was started in the Milwaukee area. It promotes landscaping with native plants. It provides workshops at the Urban Ecology Center and facilitates a yearly rescue dig of native plants for its members. Members are allowed to remove native plants from an area which is slated for development.
Saturday, May 19, three CWNA members, equipped with shovels, buckets and bags, dug out about fifty woodland plants (Geranium, Trillium etc.). They brought them to the area of Cambridge Woods between the bike trail and the river. There they pulled out and bagged four large garbage bags with the invasive non-native plant Garlic Mustard. Afterward they replanted and watered the 50 new woodland plants at the Garlic Mustard sites.
This is an annual event. You can already sign up for 2008 with Else (964-4481). If there is interest, we will organize Garlic Mustard outings in the CW area.