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Mequon, WI  53092
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Barry Rassin selected to be 2018-19 Rotary president
 

Barry Rassin, of the Rotary Club of East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International for 2018-19. He will be declared the president-elect on 1 September if no challenging candidates have been suggested.

As president, Rassin aims to strengthen our public image and our use of digital tools to maximize Rotary’s reach.

“Those who know what good Rotary clubs do will want to be a part of it, and we must find new models for membership that allow all interested in our mission to participate,” he says. “With Rotary more in the public eye, we will attract more individuals who want to be part of and support a membership organization that accomplishes so much good around the world.”

Rassin earned an MBA in health and hospital administration from the University of Florida and is the first fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives in the Bahamas. He recently retired after 37 years as president of Doctors Hospital Health System, where he continues to serve as an adviser. He is a lifetime member of the American Hospital Association and has served on several boards, including the Quality Council of the Bahamas, Health Education Council, and Employer’s Confederation.

A Rotarian since 1980, Rassin has served Rotary as director and is vice chair of The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees. He was an RI training leader and the aide to 2015-16 RI President K.R. Ravindran.

Rassin received Rotary's highest honor, the Service Above Self Award, as well as other humanitarian awards for his work leading Rotary’s relief efforts in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake there. He and his wife, Esther, are Major Donors and Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation.

Rassin’s nomination follows Sam F. Owori’s death in July, just two weeks into his term as Rotary International president-elect.

The members of the 2017-18 Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International are Anne L. Matthews (chair), Rotary Club of Columbia East, South Carolina, USA; Ann-Britt Åsebol, Rotary Club of Falun-Kopparvågen, Sweden; Örsçelik Balkan, Rotary Club of Istanbul-Karaköy, Turkey; James Anthony Black, Rotary Club of Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland; John T. Blount, Rotary Club of Sebastopol, California, USA; Frank N. Goldberg, Rotary Club of Omaha-Suburban, Nebraska, USA; Antonio Hallage, Rotary Club of Curitiba-Leste, Paraná, Brazil; Jackson S.L. Hsieh, Rotary Club of Taipei Sunrise, Taiwan; Holger Knaack, Rotary Club of Herzogtum Lauenburg-Mölln, Germany; Masahiro Kuroda, Rotary Club of Hachinohe South, Aomori, Japan; Larry A. Lunsford, Rotary Club of Kansas City-Plaza, Missouri, USA; P.T. Prabhakar, Rotary Club of Madras Central, Tamil Nadu, India; M.K. Panduranga Setty, Rotary Club of Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Andy Smallwood, Rotary Club of Gulfway-Hobby Airport (Houston), Texas, USA; Norbert Turco, Rotary Club of Ajaccio, Corse, France; Yoshimasa Watanabe, Rotary Club of Kojima, Okayama, Japan; and Sangkoo Yun, Rotary Club of Sae Hanyang, Seoul, Korea.

To learn more about Barry Rassin, read this interview and vision statementoutlining his goals for Rotary.

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Foxtown rezoning paves way for brewery, restaurants, housing at Mequon Town Center district

MEQUON - The developers behind Foxtown received unanimous rezoning approval from the Mequon Common Council on Jan. 9 for their proposal to build a brewery, restaurants, 96 apartments and 21 single-family homes on the southern end of the Mequon Town Center district.

The developers plan to seek financial incentives from the city for costs associated with demolition, remediation and other issues related to the site's existing infrastructure.

The project is located in Town Center TIF District 3, which has allocated all of its authorized expenditures. Mequon officials would need to approve an amendment to the TIF before authorizing any financial incentives for Foxtown. City staff is evaluating the developer's estimated $50 million and the project's need for an incentive.

Foxtown would turn a $1 million parcel into an estimated $50 million town center community south of Mequon Road between the railroad tracks and Buntrock Avenue. 

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The anchor of Foxtown would be Foxtown Brewing Co., a beer-themed restaurant housed in a historic two-story building that was used as a brewery in the 1850s. 

The proposed Foxtown Brewing Co. would be housed in a historic two-story building that was used as a brewery in the 1850s. The building would have lager cave tours, an outdoor beer garden and a public beer hall with a dance floor and banquet hall seating.

 (Photo: Rinka Chung Architecture)

Next door would be a new two-story building with a restaurant and retail space on the ground floor topped by another restaurant and commercial office space on the second floor. 

Tucked back farther from Mequon Road, developer Bob Bach plans to build a three-story, 96-unit apartment building at the site of the former school bus transportation terminal.

Two three-story buildings would also be constructed, featuring retail and commercial space on the ground floor, commercial office space on the second floor and 11 extended-stay corporate residences on the third floor. Another 11,000-square-foot, two-story retail building is also shown in the plans.

Closer to the railroad tracks, a brewery and beer hall called Fox Yard Brewery would go into a renovated 13,000-square-foot building previously used as lumber barns and sheds. 

On the southeast corner of the site, the development team plans to build a pocket neighborhood with 21 single-family porch homes.

Although the project has received rezoning approval, there are still multiple city approvals needed going forward, including building and site plan approvals from the Mequon Plan Commission.

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