Park Towne News and Notes

Park Towne News & Notes

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Development News for the Weeks of: 9/16/2017 - 9/29/2017

TO ATTRACT PEOPLE, WISCONSIN LOOKS TO TRANSCEND ITS CHEESY REPUTATION

Cheese. Cold winters. Packers.

When people in other parts of the country think of Wisconsin, those are some of the main ideas that come to mind, according to a survey conducted last year by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

-Wisconsin State Journal

CITY ASKS HOW DO WE GET TO 100 PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY

Do you have ideas on how Madison can get to using 100 percent renewable energy and drop the carbon footprint to zero?

-Wisconsin State Journal

GREATER MADISON CHAMBER UNVEILS NEW VIDEO SHOWING MADISON AS 'THE NEXT BIG THING'

One-thousand people attended the Chamber of Commerce dinner on Wednesday night at Monona Terrace.

-Wisconsin State Journal

MADISON CITY COUNCIL CHANGES TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE STRUCTURE, MOVE FORWARD ON EXACT SCIENCE FUNDS

The Madison City Council voted Tuesday to simplify transportation-related committees and is moving forward with a $2.5 million loan to assist Exact Sciences in building a second processing laboratory in Madison.

-Wisconsin State Journal

MADISON PLAN COMMISSION APPROVES HOTEL PROJECT FOR FORMER MAUTZ PAINT BUILDING

The Madison Plan Commission approved a project Monday that would renovate a historic structure at 901 E. Washington Ave. and add a five-story building to it for a 144-room hotel.

-Wisconsin State Journal

WILLY STREET CO-OP LAUNCHES INCUBATOR TO GROOM SMALL BUSINESSES INTO VENDORS

It launches Retail Ready Lab, a program with mentoring, feedback and a retail channel for participants.

-Wisconsin State Journal

MATC AIMS TO CONNECT SOUTH SIDE CAMPUS WITH SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD

Madison Area Technical College (MATC) wants its coming campus to create change on the south side of the city. That partnership with the neighborhood begins with the design of the building, the project team says.

-The Cap Times

PROPOSAL WOULD REPLACE PARTY PORT ON UNIVERSITY AVE. WITH APARTMENTS, COMMERCIAL SPACE

A new proposal would demolish Party Port Liquors, with its distinctive sign on University Avenue, to make way for a new mixed-use development.

-The Cap Times

MADISON HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN SEEKS TO PROTECT HISTORY OF UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES

The city wants to do a better job of protecting the history of underrepresented communities as it creates its first-ever Historic Preservation Plan.
-The Cap Times

NEIGHBORHOOD, CITY PUSH STATE STREET HOTEL TO SHIFT DESIGN FROM MODERN TO TRADITIONAL

The developers of a planned hotel on State Street originally proposed demolishing existing buildings to make way for a more modern style. After months of feedback, they're pitching a more traditional design.

-The Cap Times

Around the State and Points Elsewhere

WAUWATOSA RESEARCH PARK PLANS FOR APARTMENTS, CAFE, HOTEL, OFFICE BUILDING MOVING FORWARD

Plans for apartments, a hotel and an office building at Wauwatosa's Milwaukee County Research park are proceeding with approvals Thursday from research park officials.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

WEST ALLIS MIXED-USE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD

Work on a large mixed-use development near the West Allis Farmers Market is likely to begin by year's end, following final city approvals.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

KENOSHA'S LONG-VACANT DAIRYLAND GREYOUND PARK SOLD TO L.A.-BASED BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPER

Kenosha's former Dairyland Greyhound Park has been sold to a developer that plans to replace it with a business park.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

STUDY RECOMMENDS REDEVELOPMENT OPTIONS FOR MILWAUKEE'S FORMER NORTHRIDGE MALL AREA

The area around Milwaukee's former Northridge Mall could be redeveloped with new light industrial, retail and other new uses under a plan undergoing Common Council review.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

FORMER BRENNAN'S MARKET IN TOWN OF BROOKFIELD BEING CONVERTED TO OFFICES FOR MLG CAPITAL

The former Brennan's Market in the Town of Brookfield will be converted into offices for a local real estate investment and development firm.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

MILWAUKEE GETS NEW LIMITS ON FUNDING STREETCAR, NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICTS

Milwaukee will get new - and apparently symbolic - restrictions on funding its streetcar and its neighborhood business districts, under the state budget signed into law Thursday.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

FRANKLIN APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT SEEKS APPROVAL, DESPITE CITY STAFF CONCERNS

A 180-unit Franklin apartment development is being recommended for approval by the Plan Commission despite concerns raised by city planning staffers.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

CASH FOR SHERMAN PARK REDEVELOPMENT, CONVERSION OF MILWAUKEE SCHOOL TO HOTEL APPROVED

Plans to redevelop a former Sherman Park bank torched in last year's riot and the conversion of a former near west side school into an upscale hotel both won approval Tuesday from a Milwaukee Common Council committee.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

DEVELOPERS SEEK MORE URBAN WALKABILITY IN THE SUBURBS

The eight or so lanes of cars and trucks roaring along W. Blue Mound Road, just east of four-lane N. Barker Road, don't exactly paint a picture of an urban, walkable neighborhood.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

MILWAUKEE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION RECOMMENDED, BUT FINANCING PLAN REMAINS UNCLEAR

An expansion of downtown Milwaukee's convention center is again being recommended by a consultant.And, again, there is not yet a plan for financing that project, which could cost more than $100 million.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel