Brookfield/Elm Grove Monthly

Page 6 • Freeman Brookfield & Elm Grove JULY 2015 245020001 FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS IN DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA For all things Waukesha go to LiveLoveWaukesha.com Waukesha's Information Station www.LiveLoveWaukesha.com Presented by The Waukesha Downtown Business Association FRIDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCE 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Check the schedule at WaukeshaFridayNightLive.com SATURDAYS 8:00 a.m. to Noon Come to the Market for fresh, locally grown produce, hot food, great gifts and friendly atmosphere! HEAR the sounds of Waukesha's Friday Night Live TASTE the products of the Waukesha Farmers' Market FEEL the Love & Life of Waukesha! ENJOY Shopping & Dining in Downtown Waukesha 244891007 241530007 241881011 Upscale Women's Consignment Elite Repeat Ruby Isle Shopping Center 2205 N. Calhoun Rd., Brookfield 262-789-9359 • www.eliterepeatclothing.com the best labels 7iÊ>ÛiÊÊ9ÕÀ Summer Essentials E liteRepeatClothing.com GIF T CARDS AVAILABLE PLEASE CALL AHEAD FOR CONSIGNMENT CLOTHING / PURSES / SHOES / JEWELRY Bring in this ad and receive 10% OFF YOUR ENTIRE PURCHASE Consignment Hours: Mon. 10am-6pm; Wed. thru Sat. 10am-2pm Store Hours: Mon. thru Fri. 10am-7pm; Sat. 10am-5pm Expires 7-31-15 the best looks the best prices. Community From Page 1 You occasionally feel this way because the Brookfields — city and town — and Elm Grove do an exceptional job fulfilling your human needs. Needs fulfilled Patty Jackson is a certified life coach, and operates THRIVE! Life Services at 240 Regency Ct. in Brookfield. She can be reached through her website, http://www.thrivelifeser- vices.com/. Jackson said the work of Tony Robbins offers a good template through which to examine the connection resi- dents feel to the Brookfield and Elm Grove area. Robbins is an international- ly known motivational speak- er and self-help coach. Rob- bins said six basic needs shape and drive human behavior: certainty, uncer- tainty/variety, significance, connection/love, growth and contribution. According to the "Change Your Life Now" blog on Rob- bins' website, www.tonyrob- bins.com, "certainty" refers to the assurance that one can avoid pain and gain pleasure. " U n c e r t a i n t y / v a r i e t y " addresses the need for the unknown and new stimuli. "Significance" involves feeling unique or important, and "connection/love" is a strong feeling of closeness or union with someone or some- thing. "Growth" involves expand- ing in a personal capacity, and "contribution" describes a sense of service or a focus on helping, giving to and sup- porting others. Consider Kutschera's short walk with her dog through the points addressed in Rob- bins' six basic needs. Kutschera felt certain a walk with her dog in her neighborhood would be plea- surable, not painful. "Brookfield provides cer- tainty because it feels safe," said Jackson, who grew up in Brookfield. "It provides that backyard buffer for the kids, a place to play." Elm Grove is much the same. The two Brookfields and Elm Grove might be sepa- rate, but each is a variation on the theme of post-World War II suburban expansion. "It's a really safe communi- ty to live in," said Deb Halada, who lives on Underwood River Parkway near Tonawanda Elementary School in Elm Grove. "It's quiet, with lots of trees. It's pretty. "For me, I feel like I'm in the country." Kutschera's walk addressed her need for variety. She dis- covered an opportunity to meet new people and experi- ence new stimuli. A woman running from her home and across her lawn to hand-deliver an invitation to a relative stranger is a certain indicator of significance. Small-town feel "It's small enough that you can be seen in your surround- ings," Jackson said of Brook- field and Elm Grove. "People know who you are in your neighborhood. People know who you are in your area." Jackson said significance feeds into connection/love. "Because you are signifi- cant, you're not just a num- ber, or a pixel in the dots," Jackson said. "There is a place to stand out for some- thing." The connection/love and sense of community in Kutschera's neighborhood is obviously strong enough that a stranger felt she could approach another with an invitation to a party. Kutschera and her neigh- bor experienced growth as a result of their exchange. Their social circles grew, as did faith in their neighbors and their belief in the splen- dor of the Brookfield-Elm Grove area. And both Kutschera and her neighbor contributed on a multitude of levels — to each other, to their families, to the community — as a result of their exchange. Your need to feel certainty, uncertainty and variety, sig- nificance, connection and love, growth and a contribu- tion are met as a result of liv- ing in the Brookfield-Elm Grove area. The Brookfields and Elm Grove feel like smaller com- munities than they are, and allow for one to identify and pursue their needs. It is also easy to access metropolitan areas from each community, which provide additional out- lets for meeting one's needs. "People are really fulfilling their creature comforts," Jackson said. "They're com- fortable, they're feeling safe. Everything that contributes to fulfillment of basic, human needs is right there." WHY WE LIVE HERE Photos by Charles Auer/Freeman Staff The lagoon in Elm Grove Village Park. The Brookfield Village brings a small town feel to the area along Brookfield Road. Elm Grove and Brookfield both have many tree-shaded sub- urban neighborhoods. Elm Grove Village Park.

• Cover