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Northwestern Mutual improving the neighborhood with the Falk Park expansion

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Northwestern Mutual, who is one of Franklin’s largest employers, has answered the call when the Milwaukee County Parks department requested that they get involved in efforts to enhance Falk Park which is part of the Milwaukee County Park System near their Franklin campus.

Map - Thanks to the Business Journal

The initial contact led to several years of dialog with Milwaukee County and the City of Oak Creek which culminated last week when the Milwaukee County Board approved a three-way land exchange that would increase the size of Falk Park.

For those of you that are not familiar with Falk Park, it is located in Oak Creek, and lies between Rawson and Drexel Avenues just to the east of 27th Street.

In an innovative agreement, Northwestern Mutual will exchange undeveloped, privately owned, park-like land that they control immediately to the south of the current Falk Park for primarily fallow farm-like land that is currently part of Falk Park.

If the land exchange receives final approvals by the State of Wisconsin and the National Parks Service which would include land parcels being exchanged between the city of Oak Creek and Milwaukee County, then Falk Park will grow by more than an additional 35 acres .

The quality of the acreage will be enhanced as the county receives the environmentally significant, 42-acre Esch Honadel Woods.  You may not know this but the woods are currently privately owned and unprotected from future commercial development.

By Northwestern Mutual entering the picture, they purchased the land that includes the Esch Honadel Woods along with additional high-quality park like land near the woods.

Northwestern Mutual is looking to help maintain the quality of development around the Franklin campus as part of the neighborhood and willing to take steps like this that will benefit the area.

This project is occurring despite that detractors on the Forward Franklin committee have spoken against Northwestern Mutual in the past when they gave over 1.6 million dollars toward the building of the Drexel Interchange which is going in this year.

Good thing Northwestern Mutual does not take them seriously.

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UPDATED: From the Franklin Police Department and Alderman Steve Olson

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Received this email from Franklin Alderman Steve Olson this morning and felt it was important to post.

Eugene T. Comiskey

From: “Steve Olson” <steve-olson@wi.rr.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 15, 2012
Subject: FPD needs your help
To: “Undisclosed Recipients” <solson@franklinwi.gov>

Dear Neighbors:

 Please help the Franklin Police find this gentleman:

 We are searching for a missing 81 year male, Eugene T. Comiskey of 7716 Maple Ridge Ct.  Last seen around 5PM yesterday in the area of S. 76th & W. Terrace Dr.  He is 6 ft, 195 lbs, gray hair, green eyes wearing /glasses, maroon long sleeve shirt & khaki pants.

 If you see Mr. Comiskey please call the Franklin Police Department at 425-2522 or 911.

 Thanks.

 Ald. Olson

  

 

 

 

UPDATE  3/16: I didn’t get home from picking up my daughter from UW- Whitewater until late last night so this is the first chance I had to update this notice. Thanks to Aimee Schlueter (911 dispatcher and candidate for FPS Board of Education) for commenting that Mr. Comiskey had been found. I was also pleasantly surprised to get the message that Mr. Comiskey was found from the City of Franklin Emergency Notification System which sent my cell phone the message that he had been found. Earlier in the day, the Notification System sent the message Mr. Comiskey was missing  to all Franklin Residents that had subscribed to Emergency text notifications from the City of Franklin Emergency Notification System.  As I have noted before the notification system can do much more that the outdated Tornado Siren system we paid $150,000 for last year and for considerably less cost.

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Franklin looses a Leader and Friend

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Lyle at the opening of Sendiks

I received the news of former Alderman Lyle Sohns passing on Monday night and was immediately struck with sadness. In this past year I have gotten to know Lyle as a mentor and a friend as he helped me with my campaign for his 5th district Aldermanic seat which he chose not to pursue.

Lyle had a unique sense of humor and wit that left you with a smile when talking with him.  I know that he left his mark on the City of Franklin as Alderman of the 5th district as I talked to hundreds of his constituents while going door to door this past spring for my campaign.  All the residents had nothing but glowing praise or stories of how he helped them in their own situation.

Lyle put much of his time into the the city of Franklin, from coaching little league baseball, to his time as 5th District Alderman and more recently as a Commissioner on the MMSD board. His participation in the MMSD board helped us to achieve the recently approved Ryan Creek interceptor which will allow Franklin to expand development.

Please see the Journal Sentinel obituary below. If you wish to sign his memorial book, you can click here.

Sohns, Lyle Edward Passed away Monday, December 6, 2010, at the age of 60. Beloved husband of Sharon Ruth (nee Grzybowski). Loving father of Jennifer Ann, Michael Edward and Kathryn Leigh (Timothy) Dworak. Proud grandfather of Aiden Edward Dworak. Cherished son of Quintin “Doc” Washington and the late Louise Lena Sohns. Dear brother of Lin (Jeff) Tortomasi, Jim (Chris) Sohns and Julie Sohns (Mark Croswell). Cherished son-in-law of Clare and Ted Marczewski. Loved brother-in-law of Dennis Grzybowksi (Marilyn Yopps). Further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Lyle proudly served the community of Franklin as an alderman. He will be missed. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial Friday at 4 PM, at St. Alphonsus Church (6060 W. Loomis Road, Greendale). Visitation Friday 2-3:45 PM at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Children’s Hospital appreciated.
 

If you GOOGLE the term “Franklin Leadership” at the top of the list is Lyle Sohns!

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Happy Thanksgiving

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In case you did not catch this in todays JS:

Serving meals, and serving the homeless

Mark Abramson

Mildred Kaminski is served a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at Unity Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Bay View church remembers those in need year-round

By Erin Richards of the Journal Sentinel

Please follow this link for the rest of the story and Happy Thanksgiving!

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