Updates August 2, 2021

In this update:

• Emergency rental assistance available
• City 
• Transportation
• Community
• COVID information and resources

Local help following the end of the eviction moratorium 

The federal eviction moratorium ended on July 31. There is help for both renters and landlords via the Dane CORE Emergency Rental Assistance Program. The Dane CORE Pre-Application is an online system that tenants and landlords can access to complete a pre-application for rental assistance. 

City

City meetings highlights

The Common Council Executive Committee will be receiving an update on recycling and large item pick-up and discussing an alternative emergency sheltering proposal at its meeting on Tuesday.

Meeting details

Agenda

Register for Public Comment

City meetings schedule

City weekly meeting schedule
The Mayor's meeting schedule
The County weekly meeting schedule

Updates about PFAs remediation 

The Dane County Regional Airport (DCRA) Commission will host a community information session on August 4 at 5:30 pm regarding the PFAs remediation process at the airport. Presentations will include an update from the 115th Fighter Wing about the Remedial Investigation (RI) awarded to Truax Field by the National Guard Bureau. A previously scheduled in-person public meeting had been cancelled last year due to the pandemic. Additional community information sessions will be scheduled in the future as the remediation process continues to progress.

Transportation

Help inform future City street projects

The City of Madison wants to know what you think about the streets you use everyday: how they are designed, who they serve, how they are used, and how to make them safer. 

Take this quick survey to let them know. Your ideas will help shape future street projects. 

Community

Friends of Madison Public Library host warehouse clearance book sale

Library Friends' groups are pooling their inventories for a large sale of gently used and donated books. 

The sale takes place Saturday, August 7, 2021, 9 am-4 pm, rain or shine, at the Madison Public Library Service & Support Center at 1301 W. Badger Road in Madison. All proceeds benefit Madison Public Libraries.

Dane Dances! returns

Dane Dances! kicks off its 2021 season on Friday, August 6, at 5:30 pm. This free, family-friendly event takes place on the Monona Terrace rooftop every Friday evening in August. 

The 6th Annual Madison Black Restaurant Week is August 8-15

Enjoy more than 40 participating vendors during this celebration of the flavors of African America, Africa, and Caribbean cuisine.

Host an event for the Wisconsin Science Festival

The Wisconsin Science Festival is seeking partners throughout Wisconsin to host fun, unique science events October 21-24. Anything from a brewpub demonstrating how beer is fermented to a nature center showing how bees make honey.

COVID information and resources

• Public Health Issues New Mask Recommendations: Masks strongly encouraged for everyone in indoor spaces, including vaccinated

• This week's COVID data notes

• What you need to know about the Delta variant

• How Can I Talk to Someone About Getting Vaccinated?

• Data Dashboard

• Renter Assistance 

• WI Dept. of Health Services Cases by Neighborhood (Census Tract)

• Madison COVID-related news and service updates, Español: COVID-19 and Hmoob: COVID-19

• Community-aggregated COVID resources