Monday, November 26, 2012
The Common Council unanimously approved the plan that allows the owner to close off the southwest corner of the intersection of 76th Street and Layton Avenue with large metal panels.
For the third time in six years, the owner of Kopp's Frozen Custard has received the go-ahead to improve the southwest corner of 76th Street and West Layton Avenue. Karl Kopp intends to create a "meditation garden" by installing anodized aluminum curved panels that are 6 feet high and 12 feet long along the north and east sides of the corner at the intersection on land adjacent to the popular Kopp's restaurant. Large, illuminated glass artwork cubes would be placed between the panels as well according to the plan approved unanimously by Greenfield alderpersons at a Common Council meeting Nov. 20. Landscaping crews were working on the corner last week. Get great local stories like this on Facebook. Click to join us! In April 2011, the city’…
Friday, October 19, 2012
Craig Mengeling can use an historic farmhouse to prepare food for his food wagons, but can't store the wagons on the property. At least not yet.
An historic farmhouse at the corner of Morgan and Forest Home avenues will only house a food preparation kitchen and serve as living quarters for a local businessman. But Craig Mengeling is holding out hope that’s just temporary. The Common Council voted Tuesday, 4-1, to approve Mengeling’s special use requests to use the farmhouse to prepare food for his food wagons. He and his wife can also live in the house, and run an antique and refurbishing shop at the location as well. But Mengeling cannot store either of his two food wagons on the property. The city and some neighbors were concerned about how the wagons would look on the property. “We do anticipate coming back to you and asking for sufficient screening permit to allow the trailer …
Friday, October 5, 2012
Craig Mengeling tweaked his original proposal to open a food catering business at a historic farmhouse and will return to the city's Planning Commission next week.
The idea of food wagons circling Greenfield, or at least parking and occasionally setting up shop at a historic farmhouse, isn't dead yet. Craig Mengeling's newest proposal to turn the farmhouse at 5225 W. Forest Home Ave. into a catering office and auxiliary kitchen for his food wagons now includes revisions and a scaled-back version of what he originally suggested he wanted to do at the location. Last month, the Common Council took no action on Mengeling's proposal mostly because there were too many concerns and unanswered questions, including those about parking and the aesthetic appeal of the wagons parked on the property. Mengeling told Greenfield NOW one of the wagons he planned on storing on the site would now be stored on a farm in…
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Monday, September 24, 2012
A couple's plan to convert farmhouses at the intersection of Forest Home and Morgan avenues into a catering office with the potential to open an outdoor restaurant is on hold.
Historic, unused farmhouses at the corner of Forest Home and Morgan avenues will remain just that – unused – at least for now. With questions about parking and the potentially unsightliness of two large food wagons being parked on-site going unanswered, the City of Greenfield decided to forgo any immediate action on Craig and Deborah Mengeling’s special use permit request to use at least one of the farmhouses as a food catering office. The Mengelings also hoped to use the location as a spot to park their two food service trucks, and use part of the farmhouse at 5225 W. Forest Home Ave. as a living space. In addition, another portion of the lot would potentially be used to sell antiques and crafts. At a Common Council meeting Sept. 18, …
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Craig Mengeling, who owns and operates two food trailers in Milwaukee, wants to purchase two nearly 150-year-old farmhouses at the corner of Forest Home Avenue and Morgan Avenue in Greenfield.
A local food trailer owner with three decades in the restaurant business is hoping to turn a historic farmhouse on Greenfield’s north side into a community gathering location, where folks can grab a cup of coffee, enjoy a pulled pork sandwich or shop for antiques. Craig Mengeling, who owns and operates two food trailers – The Hard Wood Café and The Wurst Wagon – in Milwaukee, wants to purchase the nearly 150-year-old farmhouse at the corner of Forest Home Avenue and Morgan Avenue in Greenfield. The half-acre lot at 5225 W. Forest Home Ave. would serve multiple purposes, according to a proposal Mengeling has prepared for Tuesday’s Plan Commission meeting. The farmhouse, which was built in 1865 but is not on a state or national registry of …
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HairMetalFan
11:41 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Although I think it's a strange idea, they can do what they want. I do believe an area to sit and eat with tables would be a better choice. more ›