District 13 Blog

Yesterday I along with Alders Abbas, Foster, Heck, Rummel and Kemble introduced a resolution for consideration at the 9/17 Common Council meeting: Responding to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Air National Guard F-35A…

Take the Every Drop Madison poll! Our input will help guide Madison Water Utility as it plans for the next phase of water conservation and sustainability in Madison. The EVERY DROP MADISON initiative seeks community input on new conservation…

Another big race event is taking place this Sunday, in fact, the biggest of the year!  If you're like me, you'd rather not get caught up in a frustrating traffic jam.

September 28 is National Good Neighbor Day, and in 2019 the neighborhoods of District 13 (Bay Creek, Monona Bay, The Triangle, Greenbush, Vilas, and Dudgeon-Monroe) are joining together to organize a Good Neighbor Gathering for the entire city to…

Please find information and important dates related to the review of the F35 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) below.   The Executive Summary of the EIS is here, the full report can be accessed here. Please feel free to share yout thoughts with…

Several downtown streets will be closed on Saturday morning, August 17, due to the 11th Annual Madison Mini-Marathon & 5K. The race starts at 7:00 a.m. on Langdon Street, continues to the Capitol Square, through the UW Arboretum and back to the…

On Thursday and Friday, August 15 and 16, the Streets Division will begin collecting curbside items in the downtown area, including the Regent Street student neighborhood, beginning at 4:00 a.m.  Crews will be emptying refuse and recycling carts,…

The first community workshop to discuss the future of Law Park is this Thursday, August 15th from 6 PM to 7:30 PM in the Atrium at the Villager Mall.  Please join our youth ambassadors, Rob Dz, Mike Ford, the Hip Hop Architect, Parks' staff, and the…

Grocery Store Update Yesterday was the deadline for responses to the Truman Olson RFP which targets the location of a new grocery store to serve South Madison. I'm pleased to announce the City has received four proposals.   This is tremendously…

The City of Madison's Urban Design Commission (UDC) will hold a public hearing in Rm 153 of the Madison Municipal Bldg, 215 MLK Boulevard at 4:30pm on Wed Aug 14. The subject of the hearing will be an application to build a new 2-Story Commercial…