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Northside Planning
Council
Jim Powell, Facilitator/Lead
Organizer/Editor
Jule Spears, Community Organizer
Dana Slowiak, Managing Editor
2702 International Lane, Suite 203
Madison WI 53704
Tel: 608-661-0060
Fax: 608-661-0064
Email:
Jim@NorthsidePlanningCouncil.org
Julie@NorthsidePlanning
Council.org
Dana@NorthsidePlanningCouncil.org
The Northside Planning Council (NPC) is a
nationally recognized coalition of 24 neighborhood associations and community
organizations on Madison’s Northside, one of Madison’s most economically and
culturally diverse areas. Madison's first planning council, NPC was initiated as
a pilot collaboration between Northside neighborhoods, the City of Madison, Dane
County, United Way, and Madison Community Foundation in 1993 to create a vehicle
for greater citizen participation and involvement in the decisions and issues
that affect their community. NPC fulfills its mission through a wide variety of
neighborhood organizing, information sharing, issue advocacy, and community
development initiatives. An independent nonprofit organization, NPC is governed
by a board of neighborhood residents elected by each neighborhood association.
NPC was proud to receive the prestigious National
Neighborhood of the Year award in 1999 from Neighborhoods U.S.A. (NUSA), the
only national award given to neighborhood organizations on an ongoing basis for
their self-help initiatives.
Mission
Improving the Quality of Life for
All Northside Residents by:
- Increasing Citizen Participation and Voice in
issues and decision-making processes affecting the Northside community, and
- Building Community on the Northside by linking
people and organizations.
Boundaries
The boundaries of the Northside
Planning Council are:
- West: Lake Mendota from the City of Madison
northern limits running south to the Tenney Locks (including the Village of
Maple Bluff):
- South: From the Tenney Locks southeast along
the Yahara River to Sherman Avenue; then northeast along the western side of
Sherman Avenue to Fordem Avenue; then running south along the eastern side of
Fordem Avenue to the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; then heading north
along the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad to Commercial Avenue; then
Commercial Avenue east to Packers Avenue;
- East: Packers Avenue north (including Dane
County Regional Airport and the Oak Park Terrace Trailer Court), to the City
of Madison northern limits; and
- North: The City of Madison northern limits
(including Cherokee Marsh).
Association List
Neighborhoods of Berkley Oaks, Brentwood Village,
Cherokee Garden Condominiums, Cherokee Park, Cherokee Townhouses, East Bluff,
Kennedy Heights, Lake View Hill, Lerdahl Park, Lindbergh, Mendota Hills, Maple
Wood Condominiums, North Lake Mendota, Nobel Park, Northport Apartments, Packer
Townhouses, Sheridan Triangle, Sherman, Troy Gardens, Vera Court, Whitetail
Ridge, Woodlands, Woodland Park. Organizations of Lakeview Lutheran Church,
Northside Business Association, Northside Communities of Faith, East Attendance
Area POT Coalition, Friends of Troy Gardens, North/Eastside Senior Coalition,
Friends of Cherokee Marsh and Upper Yahara Watershed, Dane County Timebank,
Warner Park Community Recreation Center Circle of Friends, Northside Community
Council.
Current and Ongoing Activities
- Neighborhood Organizing: Building community by
forming and strengthening Northside neighborhood organizations. NPC has
helped organize or revitalize 11 new neighborhood associations
- Fostering Better Cooperation Among Northside
Organizations and Residents: Pursuing efforts to better understand and
represent all Northside residents by building diversity and capacity within
NPC and the Northside community.
- Community Visioning: Engaging Northside residents
and organizations in creating and implementing a shared vision for their
Northside community, including comprehensive goals in the areas of Community
Building & Heritage, Natural Environment, Housing, Businesses &
Economic Development, Community Services & Facilities, Safety &
Health.
- Northside News: Creating and publishing a
bimonthly community newspaper to increase awareness of community issues,
needs, and resources; to cover positive community news and history; and to
strengthen the Northside’s sense of community identity. Circulation:
12,000.
- Swimming Pool at Warner Park: Leading efforts to
realize community dream of a public swimming pool. Pool advocacy goes back
two decades, was part of the original Warner Park Center Plan, and is a high
priority of the Northside 2000 Community Vision.
- Student Achievement: Through the efforts of the
Northside PTO Coalition and school organizing of core teams at elementary
schools, NPC seeks to bridge the student achievement gap by more effectively
engaging parents in their children's education, as well as building better
neighborhood-school relationships.
- Warner Park Community Recreation Center:
Gathering citizen input, mobilizing community support, and spearheading the
development of a multi-purpose community-recreation center in Warner Park,
which opened in 1999. NPC raised over $800,000 in private donations toward
the $4.5 million cost of this unique public facility
- Troy Community Gardens: Leading a coalition of a
dozen organizations in developing a 31.5 acre "community resource
park" providing an innovative mix of community gardens, urban
agriculture, education programming, parkland, and mixed-income
owner-occupied housing.
Co-Chair Contact Information
Helen Marks Dicks
Tel: 608-222-3843
Email: helen@mailbag.com
Lisa Wiese
Tel: 608-242-8572
Monthly Meetings
The Northside Planning Council meets on the 4th
Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m., at Warner Park Community Recreation Center,
1625 Northport Drive, Madison WI. All meetings are open to the public.
Website
www.northsideplanningcouncil.org
Newsletter Contact Information
Northside News (Community
Newspaper), Dana Slowiak - Managing Editor
2702 International Lane, Suite 203, Madison WI 53704
Tel: 608-661-0060
ext. 1
Fax: 608-661-0064
Email: Dana@NorthsideNews.org
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