Williams Bay residents want to maintain small-town feel, they say during comprehensive plan process
CARINA LOPEZ
For the Lake Geneva Regional News
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The sun rises over Williams Bay in early January. The village is meeting on its comprehensive plan now. Many have expressed they want the village to maintain its small-town feel.
STEPHANIE JONES,
Groups of people gather in the Williams Bay High School gym on Jan. 19 to discuss their vision for the future of Williams Bay. The meeting was part of the village’s comprehensive plan.
Residents of the Village of Williams Bay overwhelmingly expressed a desire to maintain a small-town feel during an open forum meeting to develop a 20-year comprehensive plan.
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Produce
Ying Mova, restocks the asparagus at his stand at the Williams Bay Farmers Market on Friday, May 21.
Williams Bay Farmers Market
The Williams Bay Farmers Market is open on Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. through Sept. 10.
A day out with the dog
Linda Hand, of Lake Geneva, walks through the Williams Bay Farmers Market with her dog, Milo, a miniature doxie.
Seeds of Hope
Sandy Johnson, a retired Williams Bay Elementary School teacher, holds up the flowers she bought Friday, May 21, from Seeds of Hope at the Williams Bay Farmers Market. Seeds of Hope is a nonprofit that gives people with disabilities an opportunity to learn to grow plants, which are sold at the farmers market.
Williams Bay Farmers Market
Metal work that blows in the wind is sold at the Williams Bay Farmers Market.
Wearable art
Mickey Doherty shows some of the clothing made by her daughter, Deidre Thiest, at the Williams Bay Farmers Market.
Farmers Market
Stacey McDonald, left, and Krissy Youngquist, right, push their strollers together through the Williams Bay Farmers Market on Friday, May 21.
Canned beets
Shirley Fry Sopha, 85, who goes by “Ma Fry” shows off some of the beets she canned herself at the Williams Bay Farmers Market.
The sun rises over Williams Bay in early January. The village is meeting on its comprehensive plan now. Many have expressed they want the village to maintain its small-town feel.
Groups of people gather in the Williams Bay High School gym on Jan. 19 to discuss their vision for the future of Williams Bay. The meeting was part of the village’s comprehensive plan.