🌱 Patch AM: How a new Shorewood apartment plan could erase 49 parking spaces.

Morning Shorewood! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a new Shorewood apartment plan could erase 49 parking spaces.

Also on today's calendar: 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 67 and low of 64 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 67, low: 58.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 67 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Former West Allis school to be converted into affordable apartments (jsonline.com) — A proposed 19-unit affordable apartment building called The Oakleaf at 4450 N. Oakland Ave. in Shorewood would receive a $950,000 federal grant under a Milwaukee County funding plan. The project, which replaces a 49-space village-owned parking lot, is drawing local opposition and still needs county and other approvals, alongside several other affordable housing developments in West Allis and Milwaukee.
   

📸 Around Shorewood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Shorewood

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 18
• NOTICE OF POSSIBLE QUORUM: Public Art Committee →
  Shorewood
  8:30 am

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Other local events

Friday September 18
• PTO Touch a Truck Event
  Cumberland El Milwaukee, WI 53211
  3:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Table Tennis →
  Shorewood Intermediate School, 3830 N Morris Blvd, Shorewood
  2:30 pm
• Stone Soup Shakespeare Presents: Merry Wives of Windsor →
  Shorewood Public Library, 3920 North Murray Avenue, Shorewood
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• Shorewood Farmers Market →
  Estabrook Park, Shorewood
  9:30 am
Monday September 21
• Village Board →
  Village Hall, 3930 North Murray Avenue, Shorewood
  7:30 pm
Thursday September 24
• Design Review Board →
  Village Hall, 3930 North Murray Avenue, Shorewood
  5:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• Shorewood Farmers Market →
  Estabrook Park, Shorewood
  9:30 am
Friday October 2
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am
Saturday October 3
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 16
• 2026 NASWA Summit →
  Milwaukee Baird Convention Center, 400 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee
  8:00 am
• National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA): 2026 NASWA Summit →
  Milwaukee Baird Convention Center, 400 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee
  8:00 am
• Coffee Connection: North Shore Chamber →
  Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee, 770 N. Jefferson St., Milwaukee
  10:00 am
• Bayside Meet @ Doctor's Park
  Maple Dale-Indian Hill SD Milwaukee, WI 53217
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Whitefish Bay

• Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: September 14-20, 2026 (milwaukeerecord.com)

Glendale

• Mike McKay (ottumwaradio.com)
• Glendale woman charged after motorcyclist critically injured in hit-and-run (cbs58.com)

Milwaukee

• Paul Keppler leads tour of Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility (jsonline.com)
• Milwaukeeans celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month kicking off (cbs58.com)

Ok Shorewood! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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