Dear Concerned Citizen,

On Monday May 7, the City Council will be voting on the long awaited “Big Box” ordinance.  If this vital ordinance should fail to pass, it could mean that drastic changes are in store for Kenosha.  The development of a “Big Box” store on the Southside would potentially result in an additional 4,000 vehicles per day. This increased traffic would use our neighborhood streets creating not just major safety and pollution concerns but the additional traffic would cause additional stress to our public infrastructure.   As a taxpayer, you would pay the cost of street repairs for this increased commercial traffic.

Currently we are faced with a split council on this matter and a community presence may be the only thing that helps tip the balance.  If you share my interests in protecting our neighborhoods and preserving our property values, I need you to attend Monday’s meeting at City Hall.  The address is 625 52^nd St. Kenosha, the meeting starts at 7pm.  I hope to see you at the meeting. Also, please consider speaking when the public hearing portion is called when we get to this item on the agenda.