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UPFRONT regional roundup » Highway 41 Corridor Brown, Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago, Fond du Lac Counties C O U R T E S Y o f S TAD T M U E L L E R & A S S O C IAT E S New riverfront plan for The Cedars at Kimberly unveiled The former NewPage property in Kimberly will be the site of a new mixeduse development called The Cedars at Kimberly. Several organizations and businesses are collaborating to develop a new neighborhood on the former 98-acre NewPage property overlooking the Fox River, including the village of Kimberly, Stadtmueller & Associates, AIM Development and East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission. During a public meeting on Nov. 14, the property was named The Cedars at Kimberly to recognize nature and the historical Treaty of Cedars that was signed in 1837 by the Menominee Indian tribe, which led to the development of the Fox Cities communities. Development plans for The Cedars at Kimberly incorporate community input and provide a long-term vision for the property 12 | Insight • J a n u a r y 2 014 Development in the New North By Felic ia Clark For links to economic development groups in the New North, visit www.thenewnorth.com/communitiesmap. with construction of a mixed use of residential and commercial buildings and green space along the riverfront. "We can create more public access to the Fox River and trails that will connect nearby destinations, like Sunset Park," says Randy Stadtmueller, owner of Stadtmueller & Associates. "A new development will transform this former industrial area into a vibrant, sustainable neighborhood." Demolition of the former mill is scheduled for completion by May 2014. A Community Placemaking Workshop will be held on Jan. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mapleview Intermediate School in an open house format, allowing community members to give their input on the process. Renee Torzala, director of communications and marketing for Stadtmueller & Associates, says there will be maps, handouts and crosssection renderings to show certain vantage points of sites and building design ideas being considered. There will also be updates on the next steps in the process. Village of Kimberly Administrator Adam Hammatt says, "I think the process has gone really well so far. We've had a lot of great support from the public and a lot of input, and that's what we want because we want the residents to have a lot of 'buy-in' on this." He says the process could take five to 15 years to complete, depending on factors such as economic stability. EAA hosts unit returning from Afghanistan The Experimental Aircraft Association's hosted the return of 78 Wisconsin Army National Guard's Battery B, 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery soldiers deployed to Afghanistan for 10 months. This was the fifth time the EAA has hosted returning Wisconsin military units returning from overseas. The welcome-home event was hosted in EAA's Exhibit Hangar C on the AirVenture grounds. Bank First National funded the event so the military unit could use the facility for free. Gov. Scott Walker, Sen. Ron Johnson and Rep. Tom Petri and numerous Wisconsin National Guard leaders attended the event. The unit consists of members from throughout Wisconsin and is based in Plymouth. It completed more than 400 combat missions during deployment to Afghanistan, with soldiers earning 14 Bronze Star recommendations. GAIN provides alternative fuel for remote asphalt plant U.S. Oil and the Murphy Concrete & Construction (MCC) asphalt plant in Seymour collaborated to provide GAIN compressed natural gas (CNG) to MCC. GAIN, a clean fuel program developed by U.S. Oil, will stage CNG trucks at the plant 24 hours a day to provide necessary fuel as the facility is converted from burning waste oil to more eco-friendly and costeffective CNG. MCC's plant is currently using both CNG and waste oil as a fuel source and plans to fully convert the plant to CNG by spring 2014. "We're excited about this business opportunity as it's never been implemented in Wisconsin," says Mike Koel, vice president of business development for U.S. Oil. "We are able to provide a solution that helps a rural business take advantage of the benefits of compressed natural w w w. i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m