This Sheboygan neighborhood will get a lift from Habitat for Humanity, plus more local news in your weekly dose
SHEBOYGAN - Habitat for Humanity Lakeside is focusing its annual Rock the Block event in the Gateway Neighborhood in Sheboygan Sept. 22, 24 and 25.
Rock the Block is a revitalization program typically held in September that offers residents a chance to partner with HFHL for affordable home repairs.
Each year, HFHL selects one Sheboygan neighborhood burdened by housing repairs — such as fixing unstable porches, broken storm doors and overgrown yards. More than 100 volunteers then gather to complete exterior home repairs for neighbors in need during the three-day event.
“The energy and enthusiasm from the large number of volunteers is contagious, and the results are so satisfying," said Niki Zohrab, HFHL executive director, in a news release. "In partnership with the City of Sheboygan, Sheboygan Fire Department, the Sheboygan Police Department and the IBEW Local 494, Habitat and the volunteers complete amazing things over the course of only three days.”
To reserve a spot as a Rock the Block volunteer between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Sept. 24 or noon and 4 p.m. Sept. 25, email lpuls@habitatlakeside.com.
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► Sheboygan quilt show returns after two-year hiatus: Sheboygan County Quilters Guild is holding an annual quilt show from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sept. 24 at Sheboygan Christian School, 929 Greenfield Ave., Sheboygan.
More than 200 quilted items will be on display. Raffles, food and vendors selling quilted-related items will also be on site.
The guild is happy to be offering the event again after it was canceled the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
► Residents invited to flood map open house: Federal Emergency Management Agency representatives will host a Virtual Flood Risk Open House Oct. 4 for communities in the Milwaukee River Watershed and Lake Michigan coastal region of Sheboygan County.
According to a news release, the open house will give residents the chance to review preliminary versions of a recently completed Flood Insurance Study report and its accompanying preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map for the Milwaukee River Watershed and Lake Michigan coastal areas.
The FIS and the FIRMs provide base flood (also known as the 1% annual chance event) information, designate areas that are subject to significant flood hazards within the county and offer information that public officials may use when permitting development in the floodplain.
At the open house, representatives from various local, state and federal agencies will be available to provide the most current information about flood risk, flood insurance, floodplain development regulations and the process used to map Sheboygan County’s floodplains. The newly prepared preliminary maps can also be reviewed.
Once the maps become effective, they will be used as the basis for flood insurance rates and for local floodplain management ordinances adopted under the National Flood Insurance Program.
FEMA also encourages public officials to use the effective maps as tools to assist planning processes and outreach efforts for better resiliency in response to flood and storm events.
Details for the Sheboygan County meeting are as follow: 4-7 p.m. Oct. 4 via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83734096539?pwd=b1FRQWY5WTZsVWVYU09VczBwcE94UT09). Meeting ID is 837 3409 6539.
Digital files of the preliminary FIRM and FIS report can be downloaded from www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata or viewed via the Map Service Center Preliminary Map Change viewer at https://msc.fema.gov/fmcv.
► Plymouth Arts Center gears up for Paint the Towns in Fall Color: Plymouth Arts Center’s annual Paint the Towns in Fall Color, En Plein Air (outdoor painting) competition and exhibition is gearing up for the season.
The competition and exhibition, coordinated by artist Dan Rizzi of Plymouth, is offering an early registration fee of $45 for artists who register by Sept. 30. The fee is then $50 for artists who register after Sept. 30. Artists from throughout the Midwest are invited to participate.
Since only the first 45 artists who register will be accepted, early registration is encouraged, a news release said.
Painting will be Oct. 6-13 with a public reception Oct. 14. Painting boundaries will include specified areas in Plymouth and Greenbush and a special weekend “Sunset Quick Paint.”
At the Oct. 14 reception, cash prizes in the amount of $3,000 will be awarded with Best of Show getting $1,000, second place getting $750 and third place getting $350, along with a number of other cash and merit awards.
The paintings created at Paint the Towns in Fall Color will be on display and up for bid in the main gallery of the Plymouth Arts Center, 520 E. Mill St., Plymouth.
The artist prospectus and registration form is available on the PAC website and Facebook page. All proceeds benefit the Plymouth Arts Center.
The public will be invited to the reception and silent auction from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 14. Admission is free and will include live music and complimentary appetizers and desserts.
After the reception and silent auction, the unsold works will remain in Gallery 110 North through Nov. 18 and be for sale at a “buy it now” retail price.
More info: call Plymouth Arts Center at 920-892-8409 or visit plymoutharts.org.
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This article originally appeared on Sheboygan Press: Sheboygan Rock the Block by Habitat set in city's Gateway Neighborhood
