Good morning.
Veterans Day in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 41. Sunrise is 6:42 and sunset is 4:35 for 9 hours 53 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 56.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Public Works Committee meets at 5:15 PM.
On this day in 1918, Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
Last evening, at a meeting of Whitewater’s Planning and Architectural Commission, the commission unanimously approved a permit for townhomes to be built through Habitat for Humanity of Walworth County. (The basis of the commission’s action was to grant a conditional use permit for first-floor residential use in the downtown business district.)
A description of the project from the zoning administrator was part of the agenda packet for the evening:
The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit for first floor residential use in the B-2 zoning district. Habitat for Humanity has partnered with the City of Whitewater to complete a residential project located at 216 Main Street. The parcel previously had a dilapidated building on the site, and in previous years had been used as a vehicle parking area. The building has since been razed, and old alleyway has been formally vacated, and the site is ready for new development.
Yes — that area did previously have a dilapidated building, and the site is now ready for new development. Habitat for Humanity is a good choice for the property in itself, with the work to be accomplished through labor equity from the homeowners. The result will be better by far than the sorry former state of the property.
It’s to our city’s credit that Whitewater has proposed and now advanced these homes. No one builds what no one tries. Whitewater is not a new city and Habitat for Humanity is not a new program. It was our current municipal government that made this possible for the community.
Well done.
Brookfield Zoo animals see season’s first snowfall: