Developers will hold listening session for $85 million Pewaukee development
Jordyn NoennigCITY OF PEWAUKEE - Developers of the proposed Lake Country Commons, an $85 million development in Pewaukee centered around a baseball park, are planning a June 21 listening session in the grand pavilion at Country Springs hotel.
The informal meeting, which will go from 4 to 8 p.m., will give residents an opportunity to learn more about the proposed development at the site of the Pewaukee Golf Club. Residents will also be able to voice concerns before a revised proposal goes back to the plan commission.
The original plan included plans for a 2,500-seat baseball stadium, five or six lacrosse fields, a nine-hole golf course, public market, restaurant and two apartment complexes comprising 410 living units.
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According to Tom Kelenic, one of the proposal's four developers, some changes have already been made since the plan made its initial appearance before the plan commission.
"We lowered the density for the living units, made some changes to the ballpark and relocated some things," Kelenic said.
Kelenic did not say how many units would now be proposed. During the plan commission's May 17 meeting, City Planner Harlan Clinkenbeard said the density proposed would not pass the plan commission.
Kelenic said the new plan also relocates the apartment developments farther east, near the GE Healthcare business part, and farther away from condominiums and homes on the west side of the golf course.
"What we took from the last meeting is that people are worried about their visual aspect, what they will see from their home, so we changed some things around," Kelenic said. "Hopefully, this meeting will be the final feedback from our perspective."
During the May meeting about 50 residents came to express their concern over the proposal. The developers also said they will eventually request public money, through tax incremental financing, for infrastructure.
