Pewaukee River Partnership Inc.

Today Waukesha Freeman, weekend edition reporter, Justin Kern, began a two-part series entitled 'Not Your Typical River' about "how Lake Country communities are working to increase the visibility of the rivers that flow through them."
The vote passed at the meeting of the Pewaukee River Partnership on Sept. 28th was highlighted in the article.
"The Pewaukee River Partnership, which has brought monitoring and grant money to river projects since 2004, voted Thursday night to pursue building a riverwalk in the village" said Charlie Shong, director of the Lake Pewaukee Sanitary District and a partnership board member.
Mary Schwister, president of PRP, explained "the river will always be over-shadowed (by the Lake), but can have its own draw. It's an asset that's been in hiding."

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Members of PRP also voted to adopt the River Profile Project as a long-term project. We will begin informally collecting information about the River that eventually will be used to develop the Profile.

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Members at the Sept. 28th Annual Meeting reviewed the three projects that have been proposed for 2006/2007: Profile the River, Develop a Canoe Route or Build a Boardwalk/Riverwalk.

After open discussion the members voted to revise the third proposal and focus on developing a Riverwalk along the River at the back of the site for the new Village Hall. In addition there may be some necessary shoreline restoration work involved with the project.

Because archectitural plans are currently being developed for the Village Hall, it was felt that this part of the Boardwalk/Riverwalk proposal was the most urgent. (Plans for building a Boardwalk in Village Park were temporarily put on hold.)

Members felt that we should also look for ways to work with the Village on plans for the parking lot adjacent to the Riverwalk. The Village will be looking for ways to implement requirements of the Clean Water Act. We would like to explore new ideas for storm water management relating to parking lot situations. We also felt that we would like to explore grant funding opportunities that could be helpful in financing this project.

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President: Mary Schwister
Vice President: Charlie Shong
Secretary: Amy Jo Benson
Treasurer: Nancy Koepp
Director: Paul Evert
Director: Ray Schwabe
Director: Don Frederick

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During this past summer, we have taken time to explore possible projects for the coming year.
Three possibilities have emerged as possible projects. A Powerpoint presentation entitled: "Charting Our Course" will be used at the September 28th Annual Meeting to outline them.

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The Pewaukee River Partnership officially began operating in September of 2004. Currently we have about 35 members who share a common desire to protect and preserve the Pewaukee River and its Watershed.
The first project undertaken by PRP was to work with the Village and the City of Pewaukee to have river signs erected at all street intersections.
The River Monitoring Project was started in 2005. Currently we test the river for six different indicators (temperature, turbidity, stream flow, dissolved oxygen, macroinvertebrates and habitat once a month from April through October.
In 2005/2006 PRP worked with Pewaukee Park & Rec and the Lake Pewaukee Sanitary District to build an 800 ft. boardwalk in Simmons Woods Park.
At our September Annual Meeting members voted to explore building a riverwalk at the back of the new Village Hall site.
We are incorporated and have obtained 501(c)3 non-profit status.

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