Beautiful Whitewater

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/21/2013

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/20/2013

Who was the first person to live in Whitewater?

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/15/2013

It’s a simple question, although to some it may sound like a trick one. It’s not meant to be. There’s also a simple answer: I don’t know – and neither does anyone else. We know that settlers arrived here in 1837, but our part of the world had its name, and human inhabitants, long before…

Animals, Beautiful Whitewater, City, Good Ideas, Hip & Prosperous, Liberty, Local Government

The Backyard Chicken Trend

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/08/2013

We’re not alone among communities recently allowing urban chickens. A good and smart friend sent along news of Beloit’s urban chicken ordinance, now in effect in that city. She noted in her message that backyard chickens are a positive trend, and she’s right. (For a prior post on this topic, see Common Council Session of…

Beautiful Whitewater, Holiday

Beautiful Whitewater

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/25/2012

Cravath Lakefront Arch December 25, 2012

Animals, Beautiful Whitewater, City, Good Ideas, Hip & Prosperous, Laws/Regulations, Liberty, Local Government, New Whitewater

Common Council Session of 12.18.12: Backyard Chickens

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/19/2012

Here’s my fourth post on last night’s meeting. Approved unanimously, and waived from a second reading, Whitewater now has a backyard chicken ordinance. Not just an ordinance, but a fine, model one of which we should be proud. This is a good idea, that’s come to Whitewater through the hard work of a thoughtful resident.…

Agriculture, Animals, Beautiful Whitewater, City, Farming, Food, Good Ideas, Hip & Prosperous, Laws/Regulations, Liberty, Local Government, New Whitewater, Planning

A Model Ordinance

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/13/2012

These last few months, beginning in September, Whitewater’s Planning Commission has heard, and subsequently considered, a proposal for an urban (backyard) chicken ordinance. The proposal is not mine; I have been a mere observer of this effort. One may write about a topic, but only after months of careful observation, as in this case. I…

Beautiful Whitewater, City, Holiday

Whitewater’s Happy Holly Days Parade

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/07/2012

Here’s a video of the Downtown Whitewater-sponsored Christmas parade. The route stretched from Whiton down Main and then back along Whitewater to the Cravath lakefront. I was among the many onlookers that night, but if you’ve not had the chance to see it, this embeddable video from Whitewater Community TV makes enjoying the parade still…

Beautiful Whitewater, City, Holiday, Press Release

Whitewater’s Annual Holly Days Events

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/30/2012

Tonight’s Whitewater’s annual Christmas parade, at 6 PM, beginning at Main & Whiton, traveling down Main, and turning on Whitewater Street toward the Cravath lakefront. Downtown Whitewater is the parade’s sponsor. There’s a parade, of course, yet even more awaiting: live storytelling, hot chocolate for sale, gingerbread house decorating, roasted chestnuts, the Whitewater Chamber’s open…

Beautiful Whitewater, Nature

Beautiful Whitewater

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/21/2012

Beautiful Whitewater

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/16/2012

Photos courtesy of the Phantom Stranger.

Beautiful Whitewater, City, Elections

Beautiful Whitewater

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/06/2012

Beautiful Whitewater

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/29/2012

Beautiful Whitewater, Charity, City, Good Ideas, New Whitewater, Poverty

Sunday, 10.7.12: Whitewater CROP Hunger Walk 2012

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/07/2012

Details: Location – Begins at Fairhaven Retirement Home (435 W. Starin Road, Whitewater) and ends at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (46 S. Church St., Whitewater). Registration – 12:30 p.m., Walk: 1:00 p.m. See, for additional details or donation link, Whitewater CROP Hunger Walk 2012 – CROP Hunger Walk.