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Janet, a Town of Brookfield resident, has lived in the Elmbrook area for nearly 40 years and is an avid gardener and volunteer. Her blog focuses on the city and town of Brookfield – past, present and future.

New Around Town

By Janet Wintersberger
Friday, Sep 28 2007, 03:58 PM

Earlier this week, the Town of Brookfield announced development plans for the area near Goerke's Corners.

The timing is right.  The Marcus Theater complex is vacant, and the Menards complex will soon become vacant.

Current plans call for a mix of residential and commercial development that wisely uses the open space available.  A road that runs parallel to Bluemound (but well south of it) will be built  The road will intersect with Janacek.

Like many of the city's plans, the development requires higher density.  Unlike the city, the Town's development won't require a tax-incremental district.

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intewedm   

And I notice that they are smart enough to build a frontage road unlike the City which did a hideous job of allowing Bluemound to turn into a nightmare. Maybe we could trade Dean Marquardt to the Town for one of their part time planners and a used Nash Rambler?
September 30, 2007 11:56 AM

Scott Berg   

Actually, the new Majestic Theater used a special type of TIF for environmental cleanup of the old food processing plant. State law prohibits towns from using TIF districts, other than an environmental TIF. Thus, the lack of use of a TIF is not necessarily a policy decision. It just isn't legally possible. The city has often debated building height. The town's plan includes buildings far higher than anything now in the city and at a comparable, if not higher, density to the often criticized PDDs. If no town residents complain, that's what will happen. Now, are residents in the town and city so different (can you really tell where the borders are?) that skyscrapers are acceptable in one and not the other? Now THAT would be a useful inisght!
September 30, 2007 7:42 PM

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