It will start at 11 a.m. near the Harwood Avenue intersection, with a reviewing booth set up in front of Leff's Lucky Town. It is expected to last about 45 minutes, with about 35 different groups marching and a vintage plane flyover.
The county has received federal funding for a new Lead Hazard Reduction Program, and county residents who suspect their houses might contain lead are encouraged to apply.
City leaders have a limited number of options for how to pay the cost of unreimbursed repairs, almost all of the options involving direct or indirect taxpayer support.
Though cars won't be able to get through, the county is turning the half-mile middle segment into a dedicated bike and pedestrian path, an extension of the Oak Leaf Trail.
The Wauwatosa Common Council has scheduled a final approval vote Oct. 28, after seven property owners reversed course at the last minute and withdrew their signatures from an opposition petition.
A group of about 30 parents of school-age children, civically engaged taxpayers and some residents old enough to have grandchildren at Tosa East were welcomed to the session by school staff, district administrators and four members of the school board.
City leaders now think it may be possible to stage the fireworks program on Swan Boulevard where it crosses the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's retention ponds, just south of Hoyt Park.
BID supporters, after appealing directly to some of the opposing property owners, say they succeeded in persuading at least three of them to reverse their opposition.
Several communities in the region, including Wauwatosa, had been waiting for the update before proceeding with repairs to their flood-damaged publicly owned properties.
