Tuesday, September 18thRead 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.
Raymond Robakowski, District 5 Community Liaison Officer, MPD
Oscar Perez, Neighborhood and Local Government Relations Liaison, and Neighborhood Relations, UWM
Art Koch, detective sergeant of the UWM Police Dept.
Gerry Broderick, County Supervisor
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.
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!
Tuesday, July 17thRead 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 - RiverPark to RiversidePark, MilwaukeeRiver to Oakland Questions: Hilary 737-1609
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.
On May 7, 2007 CWNA President Peter McMullen gave this oral presentation at the Listening Session of the newly appointed University of Wisconsin Committee at the UWM Student Union. This committee will consider possible changes of the student conduct code (Chapter 17).
Tuesday, May 15Get the meeting flyer 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.Agenda: Location:1. Introductions and Announcements
Urban Ecology Center2. Team Updates 1500 E. Park Pl.3. Milwaukee’s New Central Park
A Vision for the Milwaukee River Corridor
Milwaukee’s Central Park?
While the City is undertaking a comprehensive neighborhood plan, a group of people have been ahead of the curve in protecting a valued asset.The Milwaukee River Workgroup is preparing an overlay district that will provide temporary limits on development to protect the river ‘viewshed’.The boundaries of the overlay district include areas of Cambridge Woods.Come join the discussion on what the overlay district means and share your vision for the river corridor.