Tax increment financing, or TIF, is a tool municipalities can use to help spur new developments within the TIF district. The latest proposal would provide $880,000 to a developer interested in building 14 housing units on a small parcel just north of the Harmonee Avenue bridge.
Hammond's exit puts the city back in recruitment mode less than two years after filling the development director role previously held for 12 years by Paulette Enders, until her retirement in 2024.
After two years without a July 4 fireworks display in Wauwatosa, city leaders were facing pressure to bring the show back in 2026. Then on Jan. 30, their latest plans hit a new roadblock.
The home at 1839 N. 74th St. was put up for sale for $2,250,000, but is the Tosa market ready for homes at that price point?
Owner Natasha Meyer's June grand opening brought lines of customers, and East Tosa was the scene of an even bigger extravaganza last weekend when Meyer and 21 other locations hosted a large book crawl.
Bald-faced hornets, a species of yellowjacket or wasp, have built a nest in the right ear of Mama Rosa, the troll statue at Wauwatosa's Firefly Grove Park.
Sean Lowe, in his April 10 announcement, acknowledged for the first time that he and his wife had recently purchased a house outside of his district, as Tosa Forward News had first reported on April 8.
Tax increment financing, or TIF, is a tool municipalities can use to help spur new developments within the TIF district. The latest proposal would provide $880,000 to a developer interested in building 14 housing units on a small parcel just north of the Harmonee Avenue bridge.
Athletic Director Andrew Thompson didn't have an estimate on what repairs to the softball field would entail, though he told Tosa Forward News that contractors would be visiting the site April 14.
Installing mobile saunas at Hart Park was a novel concept last fall when Heat Haven's owners pitched it to city officials. Now, as the inaugural season is winding down, the wellness business is counting a number of successes.
Flooding thwarted plans to install the Veterans Memorial at Hart Park. Instead, planners now are hoping to begin construction soon on the grassy triangle at Milwaukee and Harwood avenues.
