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Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of November 10, 2025

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Hi everyone! Thank you to everyone who sent comments on the proposed Birrenkott development. If you haven't sent over comments, please continue to do so.

Tonight is the Public Information Meeting for the reconstructions of Evergreen, Ohio, Sommers Recontruction. Hope you can all join. 

Public Information Meetings (PIMs)

Thank you all for being great partners!

Updates and Notices 

Public Health Offices Closed: Public Health Offices will be closed on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, for the Veteran's Day holiday. The City of Madison Offices will remain open and operate regular office hours.  

Boards, Commissions, and Committee Meetings 

Note: This is not a complete list of meetings for this upcoming week. All meetings and their details can be found at the Meeting Schedule page. 

  • Common Council: The Common Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 11, at 5:30 p.m. in hybrid format. Agenda items include adopting the 2026 City Budget.  
  • Common Council: The Common Council meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 12, at 5:30 p.m. in hybrid format, if needed. This meeting, if needed, would be used for budget deliberations. 
  • Common Council: The Common Council meeting will take place on Thursday, November 13, at 5:30 p.m. in hybrid format, if needed. This meeting, if needed, would be used for budget deliberations. 

If you would like more information about becoming a member of a City board, commission, or committee, please visit the page linked here. 

Announcements and News Releases 

  • 2026 & 2027 Trash and Recycling Schedules Now Available: Tired of being unsure if this week is your recycling week? Worried about mixing up those confusing holiday schedules? Are you just done with wondering if the neighbors you have been relying on to put out their carts first so you can follow their lead… [posted November 6, 2025] 
  • Street Closures for Madison Marathon: Several streets in and around downtown will be closed for the Madison Marathon races on Sunday, November 9th. The races all begin on the Capitol Square with the full marathon course taking runners through the UW Arboretum, Vilas Park, around Lake…[posted November 6, 2025] 
  • North Randall Avenue - Street Reopened: North Randall Avenue has been reopened to traffic between Campus Drive and West Dayton Street, as of Wednesday morning, November 5. The street had been closed to traffic since May for a UW/DOA utility installation project. [posted November 5, 2025] 
  • Foods Scraps at the Farmers Market: Season Over and Goal Update: The ability to bring your food scraps to a neighborhood farmers’ markets has ended for 2025.For the winter months, you can use one of the Dane County Scrap Stops to drop off your food scraps. Visit the Dane County website to register for a kiosk… [posted November 4, 2025] 
  • Gorham Street Lane Closures: Work began Monday, November 3 on W Gorham Street, between N Broom Street and N Bassett Street, and will last until approximately Friday, November 21. There will be lane closures and vehicle travel lane shifts in place to accommodate utility… [posted November 3, 2025] 
  • Put Your Pumpkins in Your Leaf Piles: Spice up your leaf piles with this season’s jack-o-lanterns. Streets Division crews will collect pumpkins, hay, corn stalks along with your leaves and other yard waste. Remove wires, candles, string, electric lights, and similar items from your… [posted November 3, 2025] 

Please visit the City news webpage to find additional news and announcements and to subscribe to receive notification of news releases as they are posted. 

Events 

  • T-shirt to Tote, Saturday, November 15: Give an old tee new life as a reusable tote! Visit the first indoors Dane County Farmers’ Market of the season and stop by our activity station to make a bag for your market purchases. 
  • Bird & Nature Adventures | Starkweather Creek Area, Saturday, November 15: Fall Tree Walk ~ Join Tree Expert Naturalist Sean Gere for a fun and informal free family friendly guided walk for all ages on easy paths along Starkweather Creek. Enjoy the outdoors and learn about trees when leaves have fallen and you can see the branching structures and bark more easily. 
  • Bird & Nature Adventures | Warner Park, Sunday, November 16: Fat Bears and Chonky Squirrels ~ Join Wildlife Naturalist Kathlean Wolf for a free guided walk on easy walk paths along Warner Pond and the wild side of Warner Park.  Wild critters are busy fattening up and hunkering down as days gets colder.  Learn about wildlife and how they change their bodies and their environment in preparation for winter. 
  • Visit RoundTrip @ the Winter Bike Fashion Show, Sunday, November 16: This free, family-friendly event features models showing off their winter biking gear, demonstrations on how to layer for cold-weather rides, and Q&A sessions filled with tips for staying comfortable riding through the winter. You’ll also have a chance to practice loading a bike onto a Metro bus rack! 

Additional upcoming events can also be found on the City events calendar. 

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