Fran Martin, president of the Conservancy, said the money would be used to purchase land that will connect their trails.
UPDATE: The Caledonia Conservancy has tentatively received about $130,000 from the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Grant, which is funded by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and private businesses and citizens. Fran Martin, president for the group, said the money would be used to purchases 15.3 acres of land on Short Road and Five Mile Road from Karen "Henni" Keland. The Village Board can adopt or reject the grant. However, they have already issued a letter of support for the project. One of the concerns the Village Board had was that the property would be removed from the tax roll and the Village would lose the tax money. However, Martin said the amount they would lose would amount to about 15 percent of $600. ORIGINAL STORY: The…
Fran Martin said the two-person Legislative and Licensing Committee was trying to centralize control and reduce citizen input by reducing the number of citizens and increasing the number of Village Board members that serve on Village committees and commis
UPDATE: The Legislative and Licensing Committee will meet at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29 at the East Side Community Center, 6156 Douglas Ave., to discuss this issue. Original story: A citizen active with the Caledonia Conservancy took issue with members of the Legislative and Licensing Committee over possibly changing the length of term and term limits for Village committees and commissions. In a heated discussion at the Village Board meeting Tuesday, Sept. 20, Fran Martin said the two-person Committee was trying to centralize control and reduce citizen input by reducing the number of citizens and increasing the number of Village Board members that serve on Village committees and commissions. The Legislative and Licensing Committee is …
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8:59 pm on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Most of the land safeguard by the Conservancy (and Kenosha Racine Land Trust) is protected because it is irreplaceable: last stand of naturally occurring beach trees east of the Mississippi, marker trees used by Native Americans to navigate from Chicago to Milwaukee...AND is zoned so as to allow for limited residential/conservation development. Land protected with DNR funds are public properties… more ›