Frozen Yogurt Shop Could Fill Shopping Center Space

A family-owned frozen yogurt company has been proposed to fill one of several vacancies in the Greenfield Place shopping center.

New Subdivision Near Elm Dale School in the Works

A developer wants to build 12 single-family homes just east of the elementary school.

A 6.3-acre plot of land on Greenfield’s east side that has gone undeveloped for decades while areas around it have become more and more residential could be turned into a subdivision. Sean Phelan would like to take the northwest corner of a wooded area near 37th Street and convert it into a 12-lot, single-family subdivision called Tuckaway Woods. Lot sizes would range from 12,100 square feet to 26,700 square feet. All the homes would be within walking distance of Elm Dale Elementary School, which sits just west of the proposed subdivision. The previous owner of the land was given the OK by the city to build condominiums on the site back in 2001. In 2005, another plan was brought before the city to build 10 duplexes in the area. But …

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Realty Company Offers to Buy Back Condos at Original Price

The deals for condo owners in "The Orchard," however, are contingent on Wimmer Brothers Realty being allowed to change the condos into upscale apartments.

Thirteen condominium owners in an upscale condo community on Forest Home Avenue could sell their condos back to the realty company they bought them from for the same purchase price from a few years ago. John and Mark Wimmer of Wimmer Brothers Realty reached contract agreements with all 13 condo owners in The Orchard near 91st and Forest Home. The offer to buy back the condos, however, is contingent on the City of Greenfield to alter the Planned Unit Development agreement of The Orchard project. In 2005, the Wimmer brothers planned to build six structures offering 46 condos. Construction began and in 2007, several of the condos, ranging is size of 1,465 to 2,209 square feet, were sold with an average price of $234,000. Construction on some …

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Tattoo Parlor to Leave Mark on Greenfield

The owner of a Wind Lake tattoo and body piercing studio wants to move her operation to Greenfield.

Updated: March 20 The Greenfield Chamber of Commerce will be getting a new neighbor unlike any other in the Edgewood Center on 76th Street. Melissa Lenz, owner of Madd Tatter Ink, a tattoo and body piercing studio in Wind Lake, received approval to relocate her business to a vacant office in the building, 4818 S. 76th St. In a letter to the city that accompanied her request for a special use, Lenz said she has been in the tattoo business for five years. The parlor, as proposed, will be open seven days a week from noon to 8 p.m. The 800-square-foot office space would be divided into a main lobby, two offices designated for tattoos, one office for body piercing and a common area. Lenz's request was approved by the Common Council on Tuesday. …

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Greenfield Additions Could Include Tattoos, Fro-Yo and Apartments

Proposals for all three are on Tuesday's Planning Commission meeting agenda.

Frozen Yogurt Shop Could Fill Shopping Center Space

A family-owned frozen yogurt company has been proposed to fill one of several vacancies in the Greenfield Place shopping center.

The frozen yogurt phenomenon could be making its way to Greenfield. John and Jen Mosier of Oak Creek are hoping to open Daddy-Yo’s, a family-owned frozen yogurt business in the Greenfield Place shopping center. According to a letter included in the Mosiers’ application to the city, Daddy-Yo’s would be similar to other frozen yogurt shops in that customers would pay by the ounce. The shop would offer at least 10 frozen yogurt flavors daily, along with toppings such as fresh fruits, candies and syrups. The shop would employ 5-15 employees. Daddy-Yo’s would have varying hours based on the season. From June through August, the shop would be open Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 9 p.m…

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Anthony Domitrz

11:29 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Sounds really good, and could also be good for the community.   more ›

Church Exploring Interstate Billboard Options

Mount Zion Lutheran Church wants to team with Lamar Advertising to erect an 83-foot high billboard on the north end of its lot to reach commuters on I-894.

Eight months after the city gave the Whitnall School District the OK to erect a giant digital billboard, officials will have to decide if a local church can strike a similar deal with an advertising company. Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 3820 W. Layton Ave., and Lamar Advertising will bring forward a proposal to install an 83-foot high billboard on the north end of the church’s lot to the city’s Planning Commission on Jan. 8. The proposed billboard would be seen by commuters on Interstate 894, which runs perpendicular to the north end of the church’s lot. The billboard – 13 feet higher than the one at Whitnall High School and 23 feet taller than that at the city’s Division of Public Works garage – would have digital advertising on its west …

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Kopp's Plans for Meditation Garden at Busy Intersection

It's the third plan the owner of the popular burger and frozen custard restaurant will submit to the city in the last six years.

The owner of Kopp’s Frozen Custard, already considered a top outdoor dining location in Greenfield, wants to spruce up a large “garden” area on the southwest corner of the intersection of 76th Street and West Layton Avenue. Karl Kopp wants to install 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, giving it an artistic, closed-off feel from the two busy thoroughfares. Large, illuminated glass artwork cubes would be placed between the panels as well. In April 2011, the city’s Planning Commission approved a proposal for a meditation garden at the corner that would have been enclosed by long metal tubes that were open to the interior of the garden to …

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Bren

6:43 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012

I'd be interested to see the plan. I like the idea of illuminated glass cubes, these look great especially at night. It is a very busy intersection and very commercial. As long as we have to wait for the lights to change, an attractive view would be welcomed.   more ›

Food Wagon Owner Coming Back for Seconds

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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City Will Keep Land Coveted in Buddhist Temple Proposal

The Planning Commission was not in favor of vacating the right-of-way wanted by temple officials and needed to build a proposed 8,100-square-foot temple near 43rd Street and Edgerton Avenue.

A proposal to build a Buddhist temple in a residential neighborhood west of 43rd Street and Edgerton Avenue in Greenfield faced many, many obstacles ranging from parking concerns to resident opposition. But perhaps the biggest - the city's decision not to vacate a half-acre of land that could be used in the future to build a street - has proven to be the biggest hurdle of all, so far. On Tuesday, the city's Planning Commission decided against vacating the land temple officials needed to build a 8,100-square-foot temple, according to Greenfield NOW. The story says temple officials will go back to the drawing board and bring back another proposal, one that will likely fit on the one acre of land temple officials own and would not require the…

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