Leaf Management, Lake Monona Waterfront

Hi Everyone,

Here are this week's updates:

Help The Lakes From Home This Fall

Raking leaves is a great way to help our lakes from your home. Leaves contain phosphorus, and when they break down, they can create one of the largest sources of urban phosphorus pollution. 50% of the annual phosphorus loading to our lakes from urban areas comes from fall leaf debris in the streets.

When left in the street, stormwater passes through leaves like a teabag. This creates a phosphorus-rich tea that washes down storm drains and directly to our lakes. Raking leaves from the street edge (three feet from the curb) and onto lawns will help fertilize the grass and reduce cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) blooms in our lakes.

Click here for information about how to prepare your yard waste for pick-up as well as the pick-up schedule this fall.

Lake Monona Waterfront Design Challenge

You are invited to attend the public event series for the Lake Monona Waterfront Design Challenge hosted by Madison Parks. The event series is an opportunity to learn more about the design challenge, the selected teams, their progress in plan development, and the final master plan proposals. The three events include a design challenge kick-off, midpoint check-in, and team presentations of their proposed vision for the Lake Monona Waterfront.

Each event will be held in person and streamed to the Madison City Channel for remote viewing at the time of the event. The first event of the series is Monday, October 3. Please join and help reimagine possibilities for the Lake Monona Waterfront. For more information, visit Lake Monona Waterfront Design Challenge.

Design Challenge Kick-Off
Monday, October 3, 2022 @ 6:00 pm CT
Madison Central Library, Rooms 301-302, 201 W. Mifflin Street
Design teams will live-stream to the event and introduce themselves and their team's unique perspective on master plan development.

Design Challenge Check-In
Monday, November 7, 2022 @ 6:00 pm CT
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, Lecture Hall, 1 John Nolen Drive
Design teams will virtually present initial thoughts and concepts in developing a master plan vision for the Lake Monona Waterfront.

Design Challenge Master Plan Presentations
Thursday, January 26, 2023 @ 6:00 pm CT
Olin Park Center, 330 E. Lakeside Street (at the new Parks administrative offices)
Design teams will present in person their proposed master plan for the Lake Monona Waterfront.

Community Talk Back Series

Join the Foundation for Black Women's Wellness at noon on October 11 for their Community Powered Policy Session to share your thoughts on the most pressing issues affecting Black women, children, and families. Your feedback will directly shape the policy recommendations included in their "Policy Blueprint for Black Women's Health: Black Women Deserve," which will be published as a resource and roadmap for policymakers and decision-makers across the nation. All community members are invited to attend the various sessions. Register here for the upcoming session or future sessions.

20th Annual Wisconsin Book Festival

The schedule for the 20th Anniversary Fall Celebration of the Wisconsin Book Festival has been released! Visit wisconsinbookfestival.org to see the full lineup for the 4-day celebration taking place October 13-16 and start saving the date for your favorites. Catch international best-selling author Andy Weir for Project Hail Mary, activist and advocate Brenda Myers Powell for Leaving Breezy Street, Reese's Book Club author Thrity Umrigar for Honor and many more!

Now Hiring

The City of Madison is hiring many positon for the fall and winter. See all job listings or sign up to receive job alerts. 

That's all for now. Take care and stay safe.

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