Blight ruling hangs over Oak Creek farm

(Hashtag) in the planning in Oak Creek

Published: November 23, 2012
Tags: Doug Seymour, Oak Creek, social media, Twitter, Yovino

From tragedy comes technology.

Supervisor takes swipe at land swap

Published: January 27, 2011
Tags: Doug Seymour, Energy and Environment Committee, Esch Honadel Woods, Falk Park, Gerry Broderick, Kevin Haley, land swap, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee County Parks Department, Northwestern Mutual, Oak Creek, Sanfelippo

By Joe Lanane Milwaukee County is selling itself short in a three-way land swap with Oak Creek and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC, according to Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo. “From a purely financial standpoint there is no way what we’re getting is going to be close in value to what we’re giving up,” he said. “Once [...]

Proposed Oak Creek property swap could shape area’s future

Published: January 20, 2011
Tags: David Clark, Doug Seymour, Jerry Peterson, land swap, Mervis, Northwestern Mutual, Oak Creek, real estate, Zilber Ltd.

By Joe Lanane Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC, Milwaukee, is leaving its comfort zone by trying to acquire land in a three-property swap across from the firm’s Franklin campus. But the step into the unfamiliar could assure the company it will have a say in what type of development eventually surrounds the campus on South [...]

Oak Creek to build new $3 million fire station

Published: December 21, 2010
Tags: 240 E. Puetz Road, Bolender, Doug Seymour, fire station, Oak Creek, Wimmer Brothers Realty

After more than five decades of service, Oak Creek’s first fire station will be replaced by a new $3 million building. The $3 million price tag is a small price to pay for the long-overdue replacement station, said Oak Creek Mayor Dick Bolender. “We have to do this now because we can’t keep putting things [...]

Oak Creek seeks proposals for Delphi site (UPDATE)

Published: October 22, 2010
Tags: Bolender, Delphi Automotive, Dephi, Doug Seymour, Jakubczyk, Michalski, Oak Creek, We Energies

By Marie Rohde By Thanksgiving, Oak Creek officials will have proposals to redevelop the heart of the city: the 86-acre site of the former Delphi Automotive Systems operations. But whether City Hall and the library will be on the property — an idea supported by Mayor Dick Bolender — is anybody’s guess. “This is the [...]