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Two Meetings of Interest to District 19 Tonight! posted October 24, 2023
Two meetings tonight! A hybrid meeting related to the tree removals/sidewalk widening along Mineral Point Road and a Zoom meeting related to a proposed apartment development on Old Sauk Road. See details below and be sure to register ahead of time…
Category: Development , Road Construction , Transportation
West Area Plan Community Focus Group posted October 16, 2023
Category: Development , Meetings , Parks , Transportation
Highlights for the Week of October 16, 2023 posted October 15, 2023
If you haven't already, be sure to take the City of Madison Sustainability Survey. And please help spread the word with your networks of friends, neighbors, and colleagues in Madison. There are lots of city meetings to pay attention to this week. A…
Category: Basic Services , Budget , Events , Meetings , Road Construction , Transportation , WeeklyUpdate
Highlights for the Week of October 9, 2023 posted October 6, 2023
Hello everyone. I apologize for missing the city highlights from last week. It was a super busy week and it flew by. I am super grateful for the assistance of City staff member Lorissa Banuelos, who pulls together the list of weekly happenings and…
Category: Basic Services , Budget , Development , Events , Meetings , Parks , Road Construction , WeeklyUpdate
How to Lessen the Usefulness of an Important City Survey posted October 1, 2023
One thing I can't stomach is a wasted opportunity to learn about inequities and disparities. In this blog post, I outline my efforts to try to influence a City survey about environmental issues, a cause of great interest to me and the reason that…
Category: Basic Services , Development , Flooding , Parks
Capital Budget Deliberations posted September 25, 2023
Learn more about the Executive Capital Budget and follow what is happening with proposed amendments by various alders. Details provided about a Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday and a virtual lunch-and-learn session about the budget process on…
Category: Budget
How are we doing on public transportation in Madison? On the west side, not so great. posted September 24, 2023
Public transportation is a service, not a luxury. It is my view that cities should seek to maximize ridership coverage over maximizing ridership numbers, because the former is, on its face, the more equitable strategy. People of all ages, abilities…
Category: Basic Services , Transportation
Highlights for the Week of September 25th, 2023 posted September 24, 2023
There are big decisions to be made in the coming weeks about the city's capital budget, several proposed amendments to it, and changes to the Metro bus network for December. Please weigh in. Also, don't miss Cheese Fair off the square on Saturday!
Category: Budget , Events , Meetings , Road Construction , Transportation , WeeklyUpdate
More on the Benefits of Urban Trees posted September 20, 2023
I was more than delighted to receive this excellent summary of a project undertaken by a truly dynamic duo: The Director of the Nelson Institute for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Michael Notaro, and his son and…
Category: Parks
Comment on Proposed Repeal of Panhandling and Sleeping Ordinances posted September 19, 2023
My thoughts on the proposed repeal of the panhandling and sleeping ordinances on the Common Council agenda for tonight (panhandling ordinance) and in the near future (sleeping ordinance).
Category: Meetings

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