Message from the Village President, Kevin Buckley
There's an upcoming election for WFB Village Board and School Board. This Thursday, the League of Women Voters is hosting a virtual Candidate Forum from 7-9pm. Read the story below for details.
One other reminder: Please do not place plastic bags of any kind in your recycling cart. Plastic bags can be dropped off at Sendik's and other grocers in the area.
Have a great week! -kb
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Why Is The Village Hall Phone Ringing? |
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Can I place my refuse and recycling cart behind a snowbank on the sidewalk? No, please utilize your driveway apron or clear a portion of the parkway for cart placement. Please do not place your carts behind a snowbank.
Have a question? Send us an email or give us a call at (414) 962-6690.
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This Week's Meetings:
- Tuesday, March 1, 5:30 p.m. Village Hall Board Room
- Thursday, March 3, 5:30 p.m. Zoom
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Last Week's Meetings:
- Monday, February 21, 6:00 p.m. GoToMeeting
- Tuesday, February 22, 6:30 p.m. Zoom
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Silver Spring Drive
Economic Development Partnership:
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Last week the Village of Whitefish Bay Community Development Authority (CDA) approved a consulting partnership with GRAEF for expanded economic development services to support Silver Spring Drive.
The nature of the partnership is to assist the Village of Whitefish Bay in the following categories:
- Business recruitment, retention, and expansion
- Economic development process and coordination
- Placemaking strategies (strategies to make Silver Spring Drive more visitor friendly)
The services are intended to achieve Village goals for the sustained vibrancy of Silver Spring Drive in accordance with the 2016 Silver Spring Drive Master Plan Update, 2018 Silver Spring Drive Parking Strategy, 2019 Comprehensive Plan Update, and 2021 Merchants of Whitefish Bay Strategic Plan.
GRAEF has been a planning consultant of the Village since 2015. GRAEF is a multi-discipline, engineering, planning, and design firm dedicated to serving public and private clients throughout the United States. In 1961, GRAEF began as an individual partnership structural engineering firm in Milwaukee, WI. Today, GRAEF is a nationwide firm with nearly 300 employees in eight offices in the Midwest and Florida.
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The March Bay Leaves magazine is now available on the Village website. Stories include:
- Resident Feature: The Liddle Family—Bringing More Lights to Silver Spring
- Property Tax and Spring Election Information from the Village
- Cancer Screening Resources from the North Shore Health Department
- Spring Shopping & Save the Dates from the Merchants of Whitefish Bay
- J.R.R. Tolkien-Inspired Book Recommendations from the Whitefish Bay Public Library
- How to Start Adding More Native Plants to Your Garden—in Winter from the Whitefish Bay Garden Club
- Keeping Safe at Your Home Away From Home from North Shore Fire Rescue
- Save the Dates from the Whitefish Bay School District
- Tips for Leaving Your Pet While You Travel from MADACC
- Spring/Summer Programs from the Whitefish Bay Recreation Department
- Discovering 5715 N Lake Drive from the Historic Preservation Commission
- Pancake Breakfast with the Bunny Details from Kiwanis
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Coffee With A Cop and Neighborhood Watch: |
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The next Whitefish Bay Police Department Coffee with a Cop is March 9 at 6:00 p.m. at the Whitefish Bay Police Station (5300 N. Marlborough Drive). Stop in anytime from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. to take a tour of the Police Station, enjoy coffee, and have conversations with officers.
In addition, the Police Department will be hosting a Neighborhood Watch and Crime Prevention presentation at 7:00 p.m. Contact Sgt. Straub at e.straub@wfbvillage.org with questions. |
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New Emergency Notification System - CodeRED: |
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The Bayside Communications Center now utilizes an emergency notification system, CodeRED, which allows North Shore Public Safety Departments to send emergency notifications to subscribers via email, text and phone calls.
In case of an emergency, individuals within the effected geographic area will be notified via text, phone or email. There is no need to sign up for life-threatening emergency alerts.
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Updates from Public Works: |
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We need your help cleaning up our recycling!
Village Collectors are seeing an increase in plastic bags in recycling carts. This results in recycling contamination and fines from our recycling vendor. Please do not place plastic bags of any kind in your recycling cart.
Plastic bags can be dropped off at the following locations:
- Sendik’s - Whitefish Bay (500 E Silver Spring Dr)
- Metro Market - Shorewood (4075 N Oakland Ave)
- Pick n Save - Glendale (6969 N Port Washington Rd)
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Winter Reminders From Public Works:
⛄ During winter weather, remember to drive safely and please give Village snow trucks/plows plenty of room to clear the streets. Village crews clear streets starting with the main thoroughfares, the crews then proceed to streets adjacent to schools, after that residential streets and alleys are cleared.
❄ All residents and business owners are responsible for snow and ice removal from public sidewalks adjacent to their properties within 24 hours after a snow event.
🌨 Remember to clear all corners with crosswalks to help the children, elderly, and those with mobility concerns get around the Village.
🚒 As the snow piles up, help the Fire Department by adopting the fire hydrant closest to your home or business and keep it free of snow during the winter.
♻ Please utilize your driveway apron or clear a portion of the parkway for refuse and recycling cart placement. Snow and ice must be cleared around the cart(s) as well as the lid. Please do not place your refuse and recycling carts in the street so Village trucks can get through.
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MMSD 2022-2024 Strategic Plan: |
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) has published their 2022-2024 Strategic Plan.
The plan aims to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations and ensure employees and stakeholders are working toward common goals.
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Updates From The Whitefish Bay Library: |
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Cozy Evening Zoom Storytime with Miss Taylor - Tuesday, March 1, 6:30 p.m.: Join us for a cozy evening storytime on Zoom from the comfort of your own home. Wear your comfiest pajamas, build your coziest blanket fort, and enjoy stories and songs with Miss Taylor. Registration required.
Zoom Storytime - Mondays, 10:00 a.m. - February 14 to March 21: Join us for an interactive Zoom storytime with stories, songs, and rhymes! More program information.
Facebook Storytime - Fridays, 10:00 a.m. - February 18 to March 18: Join one of our youth services librarians for an All Ages Storytime on Fridays at 10:00 a.m. on our Facebook page for books, songs, and more! We'll be sure to save the storytime so you can watch it later. Click here to visit our Facebook page.
Hospice 101 - Thursday, March 10, 2:00 p.m.: This program will be held in person in our upstairs program room. Hospice 101 – will be an open discussion of qualifications for Hospice services including:
- What is the goal of hospice?
- Misconceptions often associated with hospice and end of life care.
Our speaker is a qualified hospice nurse who has treated numerous patients, and has a knowledge of medications and the end of life process. The presenter of this program is from Compassus. Compassus provides a continuum of home-based services including home health, palliative, and hospice care. Please register.
Virtual Mystery Book Club - Thursday, March 10, 6:30 p.m.: Our Mystery Book Club meets once a month and is led by librarian Sharon Nagel. This month we're reading V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton. This meeting will take place virtually on Zoom. Click here to join. Meeting ID: 890 9070 0104. Passcode: J8yJp03W
2022 Friends of the Whitefish Bay Public Library Scholarship: Friends of the Whitefish Bay Public Library are pleased to announce two $500 educational scholarships for students who have been positively influenced by libraries. High school seniors who are residents of or attend school in Whitefish Bay and will be attending college during the 2022/2023 school year are eligible. Application deadline is March 15. Find the application on the library’s website.
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Whitefish Bay Candidate Forum:
Join the ZOOM Whitefish Bay Candidate Forum on March 3, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. Moderated by the League of Women Voters and hosted by Bay Bridge, this forum will give you a chance to familiarize yourself with the candidates up for election on April 5, 2022. 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. is the Village Board Forum and 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. is the School Board Forum. Click here for the Zoom link. Join by phone: US: +1 312 626 6799 Webinar ID: 863 9198 5678 |
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Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast with the Bunny:
Come celebrate Spring at the North Shore Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast with the Bunny on Saturday, April 2, 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. The event will take place at Dominican High School, 120 E. Silver Spring Drive, Whitefish Bay.
Enjoy taking photos with the Bunny, raffles, and a delicious breakfast featuring pancakes, sausage, juice, milk & coffee. Tickets are available at the door, from Kiwanis members, or at Winkie’s Variety Store - just $8 per adult (10 & up) and $5 per child (over 2 years of age). Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time. All proceeds will benefit Kiwanis youth charities.
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NSHD Healthy Highlight: Eating disorders are not a choice. They are complex medical and psychiatric illnesses that patients don’t choose. The earlier an eating disorder is detected, the higher a person’s chances for recovery. Eating disorders can impact anyone regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality.
According to ANAD (National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders):
- 9% of the U.S. population, or 28.8 million Americans, will have an eating disorder in their lifetime.
- Eating disorders are among the deadliest mental illnesses, second only to opioid overdose.
- 10,200 deaths each year are the direct result of an eating disorder—that’s one death every 52 minutes.
- BIPOC are significantly less likely than white people to have been asked by a doctor about eating disorder symptoms.
- BIPOC with eating disorders are half as likely to be diagnosed or to receive treatment.
- Gay men are seven times more likely to report binge-eating and twelve times more likely to report purging than heterosexual men.
- Transgender college students report experiencing disordered eating at approximately four times the rate of their cisgender classmates.
- Non-binary people may restrict their eating to appear thin, consistent with the common stereotype of androgynous people in popular culture * BIPOC refers to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
A person struggling with an eating disorder won’t generally have all signs and symptoms at once. Each eating disorder has its own warning signs. Common symptoms of an eating disorder include behaviors and attitudes indicating weight loss, dieting, and control of food are becoming primary concerns.
Emotional and behavioral signs and symptoms
- Preoccupation with weight, food, calories, carbohydrates, fat grams, and dieting
- Extreme concern with body size and shape and/or frequent checking in the mirror for perceived flaws in appearance
- Refusal to eat certain foods, progressing to restrictions against whole categories of food, food rituals, new practices with food or fad diets or frequent dieting
- Appears uncomfortable eating around others and/or skipping meals or taking small portions of food at regular meals
- Withdrawal from usual friends and activities
- Extreme mood swings
Physical signs and symptoms
- Noticeable fluctuations in weight, both up and down
- Difficulties concentrating and/or sleep problems
- Dizziness, especially upon standing and/or fainting and/or muscle weakness
- Feeling cold all the time and/or cold, mottled hands and feet or swelling of feet
- Impaired immune functioning and/or poor wound healing
- Dental problems and/or dry skin and hair, and brittle nails
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