The City of Madison Planning Division is excited to announce an Open House for upcoming plans, projects, and initiatives in the West Area. The event is a great opportunity to hear directly from City staff about proposed improvements aimed at serving…
For the third year in a row, the City of Madison is giving every Madison Metropolitan School Districts Middle and High School student a free Metro bus pass for the summer. This summer Metro has made 7,000 passes available to MMSD students.
The City of Madison is the latest recipient of a $15 million federal grant to put toward John Nolen Drive Bridge Reconstruction, a generational project with historic funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Senior Advisor to the President and…
The City of Madison Planning Division is excited to announce an Open House for upcoming plans, projects, and initiatives in the Northeast Area. The event is a great opportunity to hear directly from City staff about proposed improvements aimed at…
Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and Congressman Mark Pocan were joined by Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Major Shiels of the Salvation Army of Dane County to highlight a $4 million federal investment to help build a new emergency shelter and…
Dane County and the City of Madison announced today that the Dane COronavirus REntal program (CORE 2.0), funded by the Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program through the U.S. Department of Treasury, will permanently stop accepting applications…
Today the US EPA released draft standards for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. PFAS are a group of human-made substances that are widespread in the environment and can impact human health. The proposed standards take…
On Tuesday, the Common Council adopted legislation to encourage the development of more affordable housing downtown. Developers can now add additional stories to new buildings proposed in the downtown area if at least half of the added space will be…
On Tuesday, the Common Council adopted the Building Energy Savings Program to reduce carbon pollution from large commercial buildings. The program requires owners of large nonresidential commercial buildings to annually track their energy use…
South Madison residents could be shopping in a new, full service 24,000 square foot grocery store by the end of this year. The City of Madison has reached an agreement with Kristie Maurer to open a store in South Madison, located in the new building…
This week, the Madison Common Council will vote to authorize a federal lawsuit against car manufacturers Kia and Hyundai for their failure to install industry standard anti-theft technology in millions of their vehicles.
The City is taking action to…
The US Department of Transportation announced the City of Madison has been selected for transportation safety planning funding as part of the US DOT Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program. The planning grant includes $267,680 in federal…
Given the worsening weather across southern Wisconsin, there will be changes in City office staffing.
On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, offices will close to the public at 2:00 pm. We are expecting mixed precipitation including sleet, snow, and…
On Thursday, February 16, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway will join other Wisconsinites for a “Communities in Action: Building a Better Wisconsin” event at the White House. Community leaders from around the state will share ways the Biden/Harris Economic…
The Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic that created a worldwide heath emergency also brought a traffic safety crisis to the United States, and to Madison.
I want to thank Chief Barnes for his work to make our community even safer than it already is. He and I both understand that seeing the effects of violence on our neighborhoods or in the news makes us feel unsafe. We know how important it is to both…