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Meeting & Event Updates For The Week of July 17th

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Hi everyone,

I know that some of you are having difficulty managing the new Metro Routes. We are hearing your concerns and are looking into tweaks and changes that will help serve those who are experincing longer walk times, especially those who have mobility and accessibility issues. You can visit the Metro site to provide feedback with any concerns so that they have a record of it.

I've had the opportunity to speak to our Special Victims Unit over the last month and a half. It was very enlightening. Please help keep our loved ones safe by knowing what to look for and be aware of your surroundings when you're out. I'll be having conversations with individuals from the County, and outside organizations in order to find our best way forward. Here are a few resources to help.
Wisconsin DOJ   
US Department of State
Here are the ongoing projects. 

Atwood Project
Dempsey/Davies Project begins This Week
Hudson, Miller, Willard, Center, Sommers Reconstruction Updates
Olbrich Gardens Royal Thai Pavilion Roof Replacement

 

Coming up:

 

Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of July 17, 2023

Meetings

  • Finance Committee:  The Finance Committee meeting will take place on Monday, July 17, 2023 in virtual format at 4:30 PM. Agenda items include authorizing the City of Madison to accept a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support the development of a Permanent Men's Shelter, the approval of the creation of project plans and boundaries for multiple TIDs, authorization to execute a lease agreement with the Madison Public Market Foundation, and more!
   
  • Street Use Staff Commission: The Street Use Staff Commission meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 19, 2023 in virtual format at 10:00 AM. Agenda items include the consideration, discussion, and vote of street use permits for events such as India Day 2023, apartment move-ins, Ironman Wisconsin, and more!
   
  • Economic Development Committee: The Economic Development Committee meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in virtual format at 5:00 PM. Agenda items include a staff presentation and discussion regarding the Small Cap TIF loan program, staff updates on TIDs and land banking, and more!
   
  • Madison Food Policy Council: The Madison Food Policy Council meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in virtual format at 5:30 PM. Agenda items include approving the Healthy Retail Access Program funding recommendation for the Dane County Farmers Market, a presentation about Wisconsin Food System Inc, a number of business and staff reports, and more!
   
  • Wingra Proper Watershed Study, Tuesday, July 18, 2023: Project Overview: The City of Madison is completing a watershed study in the Wingra Proper watershed (as shown below). The City of Madison contracted with an engineering consulting firm to complete the study. The watershed study will identify causes of existing flooding and then look at potential solutions to try to reduce flooding. The study will use computer models to assist with the evaluations.
 
  • Virtual Public Meeting - West Area Plan!, Tuesday, July 18, 2023: Join us at a virtual public meeting to see what we've heard thus far via surveys, interactive mapping, and previous public engagement, and to review and provide feedback on initial plan recommendations. This meeting will cover the same content as the July 26 virtual public meeting and August 2 in-person meeting at Rennebohm Park. See details for these meetings, also in the Events section of the Planning Division's webpage.
 
  • Hawthorne Court Road Reconstruction, Tuesday, July 18, 2023: Project Overview: The City plans to reconstruct Hawthorne Court between University Avenue and State Street. The proposed project includes replacement of underground utilities (storm sewer and sanitary sewer) as well as replacement/installation of street infrastructure such as roadway base, concrete pavement, curb and gutter, sidewalk, driveway aprons, and lighting.
 
  • Listening Session: Elver Park, Thursday, July 20, 2023: Madison Parks is proposing a number of improvements to Elver Park in the coming years.  These improvements represent relatively minor projects that will take place before a larger master planning process begins in 2024. The master plan process will address larger changes to the park and provide opportunities to provide feedback and comments for Elver Park's long-term uses, vision, and layout.
 
  • Parks Alive | Owl Creek Park, Thursday, July 20, 2023: Parks Alive builds stronger neighborhoods and connects neighbors to their parks through fun, family-friendly activities, music and free food. Events are held in parks across the city and throughout the summer. Connect with your neighbors and engage with your community at a Parks Alive event near you! Owl Creek Park: July 6, July 20, August 3, and August 17.
 
  • US 51 (Stoughton Rd) South Study, Thursday, July 20, 2023: WisDOT is hosting the first public involvement meeting of the study on Thursday, July 20, 2023. This meeting will be an open house format and will focus on identifying areas of concern on the corridor that should be addressed with future transportation projects.
 
  • Warner Park and Cherokee Marsh Watershed Study, Thursday, July 20, 2023: The City of Madison is completing a watershed study in the Warner Park watershed (as shown below). The City of Madison contracted with an engineering consulting firm to complete the study. The watershed study will identify causes of existing flooding and then look at potential solutions to try to reduce flooding. The study will use computer models to assist with the evaluations.
 

Heads Up!

  • Lake Monona Waterfront - Master Plan Update, Monday, July 24, 2023: Please join us for an update on the Lake Monona Waterfront planning initiative! Madison Parks is holding a public event at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center on Monday, July 24, beginning at 6:30 pm. Representatives from the Sasaki design team will present proposed revisions to their lakeshore plan based on community input received during the first phase of the design challenge. The team is working closely with the Lake Monona Waterfront Ad-hoc Committee to prepare an updated plan for Common Council consideration later this fall.
 

Events

  • Food Cart Pop-up, Monday, July 17, 2023: Pop over to your neighborhood park for a Food Cart Pop-up! Scheduled at various times and in parks across the city, food carts and trucks, offering desserts, coffee, dinner and more, add to the fun of your favorite City of Madison parks. Join Kona Ice Vilas Beach Park! 
 
  • Parks Alive | Elver Park, Monday, July 17, 2023: Parks Alive builds stronger neighborhoods and connects neighbors to their parks through fun, family-friendly activities, music and free food. Events are held in parks across the city and throughout the summer. Connect with your neighbors and engage with your community at a Parks Alive event near you! Elver Park: July 17, July 31, and August 14.
 
  • Wild Rumpus: An Anji Play Experience, Monday, July 17, 2023: Enjoy child-led play at A Wild Rumpus based on the educational approach of AnjiPlay. The library will provide special play equipment to spark your children's imagination at two parks this summer. Messy clothes and a water bottle are encouraged. Bring your own picnic dinner and make an evening of it! All ages and abilities are welcome. No registration needed.
 

  • NewBridge Summer Concert Series, Monday, July 17, 2023: Concert series sponsored by NewBridge Madison, at Warner Park. Carts in Parks event! Enjoy some treats from local food vendors.

    • Cool Sweet Treats
    • KC Taste Asian Cuisine
    • Taquitos Marimar
  • Lakeside Kids: Fun With Weather, Tuesday, July 18, 2023: Learn about how the National Weather Service monitors and forecasts the weather! There’ll be a lightning safety quiz and we’ll simulate a thunderstorm by snapping and jumping around. We’ll have our teaching tornado along with some tornado tubes for the kids to play with at the end. Bring your weather questions to try and stump the meteorologist!
 
  • Food Cart Pop-up, Tuesday, July 18, 2023: Pop over to your neighborhood park for a Food Cart Pop-up! Scheduled at various times and in parks across the city, food carts and trucks, offering desserts, coffee, dinner and more, add to the fun of your favorite City of Madison parks. Join Kona Ice Vilas Beach Park!
 
  • East Side Farmers' Market, Tuesday, July 18, 2023:  The Eastside Farmers' Market is Madison Wisconsin’s finest weekday farmers' market. Our goal is to bring the freshest Wisconsin grown food direct to the heart of the East side. Our vendor members are agricultural producers and food artisans who make value added products from Wisconsin's agricultural bounty. 
 
  • Parks Alive | Aldo Leopold Park, Tuesday, July 18, 2023: Parks Alive builds stronger neighborhoods and connects neighbors to their parks through fun, family-friendly activities, music and free food. Events are held in parks across the city and throughout the summer. Connect with your neighbors and engage with your community at a Parks Alive event near you! Parks Alive in Aldo Leopold Park: June 20, July 18, August 1, and August 15.
 
  • Movin' Out Financial Literacy Series (#3 - Savings), Tuesday, July 18, 2023: The City of Madison, in partnership with Movin’ Out, invite South Madison residents to participate in Movin’ Out’s financial wellness series! This six-session financial literacy program covers a range of topics to provide a solid understanding of the fundamentals of personal finance. In between sessions, interested participants can work with Movin’ Out’s Counseling staff on their own financial goals toward homeownership.
 
  • Dane County Farmers' Market - Wednesday Market, Wednesday, July 19, 2023: The Wednesday Dane County Farmers’ Market is located on the 200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, in between the Madison Municipal Building and the City County Building. While more intimate than the Saturday Market, you will still find many of your favorite Dane County Farmers’ Market members, as well as a full array of fruits and vegetables, eggs, cheeses, honey, maple syrup, bakery items, cut flowers, plants, and many specialty items.
 
  • Free Hands-Only CPR & AED Class, Wednesday, July 19, 2023: Learn life-saving skills with Madison Fire Department EMTs and Paramedics! This class will teach you hands-only CPR, how to use an AED, and help you know what to do if you see someone collapse from sudden cardiac arrest. Registration is free and required.
 
  • The Capitol View Farmers’ Market, Wednesday, July 19, 2023: The Capitol View Farmers Market is returning to the North Star Neighborhood! Join us each Wednesday (May 31-October 11, 2023) from 3:00-7:00pm to support local farmers and vendors, enjoy live music and food carts, and make the most of summer in Madison!
 
  • Parks Alive | Hammersley Park, Wednesday, July 19, 2023: Parks Alive builds stronger neighborhoods and connects neighbors to their parks through fun, family-friendly activities, music and free food. Events are held in parks across the city and throughout the summer. Connect with your neighbors and engage with your community at a Parks Alive event near you! Hammersley Park: July 5, July 19, August 2, and August 16. 
 
  • Concerts on the Square, Wednesday, July 19, 2023: The Capitol Square comes alive for six consecutive Wednesdays during the summer months with music from the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. FREE and open to the public, grab a blanket, a picnic basket, and your family and friends for this Madison tradition!
 
  • Sheboygan-Segoe Redesign, Wednesday, July 19, 2023: The overall project includes pavement reconstruction, spot replacements of curb and gutter, sidewalk, and driveway aprons. The project also includes improved pedestrian crossings, bike lanes, storm sewer replacement, new storm sewer, replacement of sanitary sewer and laterals, water main and services, new street lighting, new pavement markings, and new signs. Segoe Road will be reconfigured from 2 lanes in each direction to 1 lane in each direction with two layout options (See Exhibits B and C below). To give feedback on these options, please fill out the Segoe Resurfacing Survey. 
 
  • Barre3 at The Glen, Wednesday, July 19, 2023: Join Madison's barre3 and Madison Parks Foundation on fairway #1 at The Glen Golf Park for a heart-pumping, joy-filled workout. To help raise money for the Madison Parks Foundation, donations are suggested but not required to attend.
 
  • Food Cart Pop-up, Thursday, July 20, 2023: Pop over to your neighborhood park for a Food Cart Pop-up! Scheduled at various times and in parks across the city, food carts and trucks, offering desserts, coffee, dinner and more, add to the fun of your favorite City of Madison parks. Join Kona Ice Vilas Beach Park! 
 
  • Capitol City Band Concerts in the Park, Thursday, July 20, 2023: Old fashioned band concerts in the park, "as American as apple pie." Familiar toe-tapping tunes, songs, polkas, broadway tunes and the marches of John Philip SoUSA. Music for all ages and all cultures. Relax, enjoy the music. Bring a friend. Bring a chair for listening comfort.
 
  • Concerts on the Rooftop: Madison County, Thursday, July 20, 2023: Country show band Madison County knows how to rock the Monona Terrace rooftop to capacity! They’ve been voted Country Artist of the Year at the Madison Area Music Association Awards Show, Wisconsin Area Music Industry People’s Choice for multiple years, Isthmus readers’ favorite local country band, and Madison Magazine’s best local band and country band six years running.
 
  • Food Cart Pop-up, Friday, July 21, 2023:  Pop over to your neighborhood park for a Food Cart Pop-up! Scheduled at various times and in parks across the city, food carts and trucks, offering desserts, coffee, dinner and more, add to the fun of your favorite City of Madison parks. Join Kona Ice Vilas Beach Park! 
   
  • Summer Nights at Segoe, Friday, July 21, 2023:  Carts in Parks: The City of Madison Carts in Parks program continues in 2022 and will be regularly featured at parks around Madison! Food carts are scheduled at a variety of parks and community events through the summer. Many of the food carts accept credit for payment, but not all. Please plan accordingly. The exact food cart(s) and the schedule are subject to change. Weather may impact or cancel vending activities.
     
  • Opera in the Park, Saturday, July 22, 2023: Opera in the Park, Madison Opera's gift to the community, is a night like no other. In beautiful Garner Park, the stars come out in the sky, the light sticks glow in the audience, and world-renowned singers share their favorite opera and musical songs with the Madison Opera Chorus and Madison Symphony Orchestra.
 

Announcements

  • Common Council Approves Program to Support BIPOC Entrepreneurs: The Common Council last night approved a $300,000 Request for Proposals (RFP) for management of the BizReady program, a training, technical assistance, and micro-enterprise funding initiative to support the development of BIPOC entrepreneurs across the city.
 
 
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