| Neighborhood Description: |
Prairie Hills is a diverse neighborhood with a variety of housing--duplexes, apartments, and single family homes. Prairie Hills has two large parks, Lucy Lincoln Hiestand and Pilgrim Park, and borders Elver Park, which provides both summer and winter recreational opportunities. Elver Park has cross-country skiing, sledding, ice-skating and hockey in the winter and a playground, splash pad, and sports fields in the summer. Prairie Hills boasts a community garden and green spaces in addition to its parks. Prairie Hills also has a newly-constructed neighborhood center.
Prairie Hills is close to shopping, lying just south of West Towne Mall. Bike paths provide access to downtown Madison, Verona, and southern Wisconsin. The Prairie Hills Neighborhood Association (PHNA) works to improve the quality of life through communication within the neighborhood and between Prairie Hills and city and county governments. |
| Neighborhood Boundaries: |
Hammersley Road on the north, Prairie Road and Loreen Drive on the east, Putnam Road on the south, and McKenna Road to the west |
| Neighborhood Statistics Indicators: |
The Neighborhood Indicators Project is a demonstration of key characteristics and various indicators that relate to the quality of life in Madison at the neighborhood level. Basic neighborhood information as well as housing, public safety, health and family well-being, economic, and transportation indicators by neighborhood is available. |
| Neighborhood Events: |
Organizes a yearly park clean-up for Lucy Lincoln Hiestand and Pilgrim parks (May). Holds ice cream socials in Lucy Lincoln and Hiestand Parks (summer). Holds a Pie Social in March. Hosts informational meetings about neighborhood issues featuring representatives from city government and the police department (throughout the year). Hosts an annual meeting with reports from city, county and school officials (September). Co-sponsors a hayride with the Theresa Terrace Neighborhood Center (fall). |
