Last update Tuesday, August 3, 2010
| Neighborhood Contacts |
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| Neighborhood Contact Person: |
Ted Blazel, 5301 Knightsbridge Rd, Madison, WI 53714, (H)608-224-1583, blazel@sbcglobal.net |
| Neighborhood Association Meetings |
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| Neighborhood Association Meeting: |
Place: Board Member Homes Address: Date: First Wednesday of Month Time: 7:00 p.m. Please contact neighborhood association to confirm meeting date, location, and time. |
| Profile, Statistics and Indicators |
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| Neighborhood Description: | Our neighborhood has a combination of friendly, caring, concerned and hard-working people who live in beautiful one– and two-story single family homes along lovely, tree-lined, wide, winding streets. These conscientious citizens enjoy, protect, and enhance our community's beautiful parks and sanctuaries. The neighborhood has wonderful green space in the Heritage Heights Park, Kennedy Park, Heritage Sanctuary and Heritage Prairie Conservation Park. The Heritage Heights Community Association was formed in the late 1960s. Heritage Heights is on the far east side of Madison. The neighborhood's boundaries are Meadowlark Road on the west, Milwaukee Street to the north, South Thompson Drive on the east and Cottage Grove Road on the south. |
| Neighborhood Boundaries: | Milwaukee Street on the north, South Thompson Drive on the east, Cottage Grove Road on the south, Meadowlark on the west |
| Neighborhood Statistics Indicators: | The Neighborhood Indicators Project is a demonstration of key characteristics and various indicators that relate to the quality of life in Madison at the neighborhood level. Basic neighborhood information as well as housing, public safety, health and family well-being, economic, and transportation indicators by neighborhood is available. |
| Recent Accomplishments: | -The City of Madison adopted the Stoughton Road Revitalization Project Plan June 3, 2008. The Plan, prepared by the Cuningham Group, P.A., represents a two year collaborative project joining east side neighborhoods, private sector business interests, local, state, and county units of government. The Plan’s objective is to create a new vision for the Stoughton Road Corridor from Highway 12/18 north to Highway 30. The Plan establishes a clear sense of place, establishes Stoughton Road as a Gateway to the City, promotes a positive business climate, connect neighborhoods, generate design standards, updates land uses and zoning patterns, and generates multi-mode transportation opportunities. |
| Neighborhood Events: | Annual business meeting and dinner, annual picnic, Eucher tournment, a Santa's Helpers Visit, Easter Egg Hunt, scavenger hunt, Parks Cleanup, Community Garage Sale, Winter bonfire and hay ride and annual business meeting. For youth, bowling parties and scavenger hunts. For adults, dinner/dance parties, sporting events, bridge and bowling parties, golf outings and casino night. |
| Places of Interest: | Kennedy Elementary School |
| Neighborhood Communications |
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| Newsletter: | Heritor Laura Whitmore, 114 Merryturn Rd, Madison, WI 53714, (H)608-244-5606, hhcaeditor@gmail.com |
| Web Page: | http://www.madison.com/communities/hhca/ |
| Plans and Publications |
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| City Plans: | -Stoughton Road Revitalization Project Plan (June 3, 2008) http://www.cityofmadison.com/planning/pdf/SRRPPlanFinal%209_08.pdf -Stoughton Road Revitalization Project Summary http://www.cityofmadison.com/planning/pdf/SRRPBrochure.pdf |
| Publications: | -Kennedy Elementary Traffic Safety Brochure, 2009-2010 (English and Espanol) http://www.publichealthmdc.com/family/safetyAndInjuryPrevention/SchoolTrafficSafety.cfm -Neighborhood Directory (published every two years) |
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| Governmental Officials |
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| Madison Alderperson: | Lauren Cnare, Aldermanic District 3 - Ward 6 Lauren Cnare, Aldermanic District 3 - Ward 7 |
| Dane County Supervisor: | Elaine DeSmidt, Supervisory District 3 - Ward 6 Elaine DeSmidt, Supervisory District 3 - Ward 7 |
| State Representative: | Joe Parisi, Assembly District 48 - Ward 6 Joe Parisi, Assembly District 48 - Ward 7 |
| State Senator: | Mark Miller, Senate District 16 - Ward 6 Mark Miller, Senate District 16 - Ward 7 |
| Facilities and Services: |
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| Community Gardens: | |
| Fire Stations: | Fire Station #5 (4418 Cottage Grove Road) |
| Library: | Hawthorne Branch (2817 East Washington Avenue), Pinney Branch (204 Cottage Grove Road) |
| Neighborhood Resource Team: | |
| Parks and Open Space: (Map) |
Charing-Cross Meadows Greenway, Heritage Heights Park, Heritage Sanctuary, Heritage Prairie Conservation Park, Kennedy Elementary School Playground, Kennedy Park |
| Police Districts: | East District, Capt. Tom Snyder, 211 S Carroll St., Neighborhood Officers, Newsletter |
| Polling Place: | Ward 6, Kennedy Elementary School, 221 Meadowlark Dr Ward 7, New Beginning Alliance Church, 602 Acewood Blvd |
| Public Art: | |
| Public Schools: |
Elementary School Attendance Area 36 Kennedy Elementary School (221 Meadowlark Dr) Middle School Attendance Area 227 Whitehorse Middle School (218 Schenk St) High School Attendance Area 142 LaFollette High School (702 Pflaum Rd) |