Construction updates, Meetings, and fun events!

Hello neighbors,

I have good news and bad news. The good news is that the construction on University Avenue, including installation of the new BRT shelters, is on track to be completed by November. The bad news is the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District has just informed the City that they need to replace the sewer pipe that is directly underneath the off-ramp from Campus Drive onto Highland, and the on-ramp from Highland onto University. This means the Highland-University intersection is destined to be impacted by construction for about 6 weeks next spring/early summer. If you’re like me, you’re probably sighing with construction fatigue, but this is the price of progress! I wanted you to have the heads-up about this as soon as possible, so you’d understand when traffic is diverted next spring.

Meetings

• Regent Neighborhood Association monthly meeting – June 27, 7pm, online.
• Listening Session: Elver Park - June 28, 3-7pm. 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.
• Regent Street Culvert Replacement at Kenosha Drive – June 28, 6:30pm. The stormwater pipes (culverts) that go under the road to connect the Kenosha Greenway to the downstream greenway are in bad condition and need to be replaced. Please register in advance for this virtual public information meeting.
• Youth Restorative Justice: A Conversation with Briarpatch and Dane County Community Restorative Courts – June 29, 12-1pm. Public Health Madison and Dane County’s Violence Prevention Unit is hosting a virtual session on Youth Restorative Justice. The virtual session is free but registration is required. The session will be recorded and made available on Public Health’s Violence Prevention Unit webpage.

Events

• Monday Mornings at The Glen – June 26, sunrise-8am. Explore the beauty of The Glen Golf Park every Monday morning this summer, from sunrise until 8:00 am. Enjoy a stroll, get in your morning workout, walk your leashed dog or just take in The Glen scenery. Visitors will likely see golf equipment running, but no tee times are scheduled. Please keep out of prairie areas.
• Food Cart Pop--ups:
  • June 26, 10am-2:30pm, James Madison Park.
  • June 27, 3:30-8:30pm, James Madison Park.
  • July 1, 4-9pm, Olbrich Park.
• 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 | Allied Park | Movie: Wakanda Forever – June 26, 5-8pm
  • Parks Alive | Worthington Park – June 27, 5-8pm
  • Parks Alive | Warner Park | Movie: Wakanda Forever – June 28, 5-8pm
  • Parks Alive | Meadowood Park – June 28, 5-8pm
  • Parks Alive | Penn Park | Movie: Wakanda Forever – June 29, 5-8pm
• NewBridge Summer Concert Series – June 26, 6-7:30pm, Warner Park. The Summer Concert Series brings people together and provides older adults in the area with free, high-quality summer entertainment.
• Lakeside Kids: Danztrad, Traditional Mexican Dance – June 27, 10-11am, Monona Terrace rooftop gardens. DanzTrad “Traditional Mexican Dance” is a Madison dance group created with the idea of a workshop for everybody interested in the Mexican folkloric dance. DanzTrad intends to present, represent and promote Mexican culture and art through dance to younger generations. The dances represent some of the traditions in Mexico from Aztecs before the Spanish conquistadors to Jalisco from the revolution time.

• Concerts on the Square – Wednesdays, starting June 28, 5-9pm. 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!
• Barre3 at The Glen – June 28, 6:30-7:30pm. Join Madison's barre3 and Madison Parks Foundation on fairway #1 at The Glen Golf Park for a heart-pumping, joy-filled workout.
• Capitol City Band Concerts in the Park – June 29, 7-8:15pm. 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.
• Live at The Glen: DJ Pain 1 Hip Hop Dance Party – June 30, 7-9pm. It's a dance party at The Glen! Come move to the music of beat-master DJ Pain 1, a Madison-born Multi Platinum producer and world-touring DJ. DJ Pain 1 will share his artistic talent to create a free Hip Hop dance party on the patio at The Glen Golf Park.

Have fun and be safe out there!

-Regina Vidaver