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Mormon Church

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Mormon Church Inches Closer to Greenfield Home

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints now has a clear path to build a church at the intersection of Howard Avenue and Loomis Road.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints cleared yet another hurdle it quest to build a Mormon Church in Greenfield. The Mormon Church has talking with the owners of Arlington Park Cemetery, 4001 S. 27th St., about buying approximately 5 acres at the northwest end of the cemetery’s lot at the intersection of Howard Avenue and Loomis Road, directly across the street from Grainger’s Pub and just east of Zablocki Park. A preliminary site layout plan shows a 17,217-square-foot church and a 185-car parking lot. Right now, the lot is a grassy area with few trees. On Tuesday, the Greenfield Common Council voted unanimously, 5-0, in favor of altering the city’s comprehensive land use plan changing the 5 acres needed for the Mormon Church …

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Mormon Church Could Make Cemetery's Land its Home, Arlington Park Cemetery, Grainger's Pub & Grill, and 2 more ›

mau

8:04 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013

Will this include a Family Research Center like the one in Hales Corners?   more ›

Monday, November 26, 2012

Kopp's Meditation Garden is a Go

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’…

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Kopp's Frozen Custard, Kopp's Plans for Meditation Garden at Busy Intersection, What the Heck is This a Picture Of?, and 5 more ›

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 ›

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