Good morning, Appleton.

4 Schmidts and Giggles BBQ purchased The Wishing Well on Newberry Street and will remodel the pub for a bar and grill opening in early 2027.

The family-owned business will keep its food truck on the road (a local favorite) while expanding its dining options.

Foster Elementary Charter School has opened a new Curiosity Classroom for play-based learning built on a Chicago Children’s Museum model, where students from kindergarten through fifth grade receive weekly 45-minute play sessions.

The classroom features themed stations (art, building blocks, and a wind tunnel) with support from local partners.

Horizon Crossing is a new 56-home mixed-income development planned along Jacobsen Road with access to Highway 10.

Tom McHugh Construction begins 39 market-rate homes this fall and Habitat homes with zero-interest mortgages, sponsored by Community First Credit Union (with two streets named for sponsors), start in 2027.

Work is underway on Horizon Crossing, a new housing development in Fox Crossing including 56 mixed-income homes, with 39 market-rate units and 17 zero-interest mortgage residences from Greater Fox Cities Habitat for Humanity & donor support from philanthropist Mary Beth Nienhaus addressing local affordable housing needs.