At times it seems Madison is awash in plans: blueprints for the city as a whole, and even more detailed plans for Downtown, neighborhoods, special areas and more. But many parts of the city have no special plans at all, or very old ones, and there’s uneven public influence on these powerful documents, which guide the growth, look and feel of the city through such things as land use, building height, density, parks and acces to transportation.
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After failing to win city approvals, a developer is offering revised plans for a seven-story apartment building on a street that’s home to many fraternities and sororities near UW-Madison.
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Starting this year, Madison developers will be required to include electric vehicle charging equipment in most new parking lots as part of a push to meet the city’s sustainability goals.
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Wisconsin regulators have authorized construction of a 150-megawatt solar farm in Wood County that Alliant Energy is seeking to buy as part of a $900 million investment in clean energy.
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In the story of climate change, smokestacks and tailpipes are the stock villains, spewing carbon dioxide into the air. Often overlooked are homes, offices and other buildings — which require electricity and natural gas to heat, cool and light — that account for nearly a third of all energy consumption and an even larger share of heat-trapping gases.
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Madison Gas and Electric is seeking to build a $15.3 million solar farm to provide renewable energy to local city and school buildings. The utility filed an application with the Public Service Commission Wednesday for the 8-megawatt plant to be built on about 53 acres owned by Hermsdorf Farms north of the Dane County landfill.
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Oakwood Village, the largest retirement living organization in Madison, plans to build a new nursing home on its West Side campus to replace the existing one there. The $25 million project, to be presented to the city’s Urban Design Commission Jan. 13, is being pursued instead of a previous $240 million plan to add independent-living apartments and eliminate subsidized units for people with low incomes, which was opposed by many residents.
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