News & Notes
News and Notes for the Week of 1/1/22 - 1/7/22
After two years of effort, the Madison City Council on Tuesday adopted a new blueprint for the South Side that envisions hundreds of millions of dollars in development and improvements and a mini-neighborhood including detached, single-family, owner-occupied homes along Wingra Creek.
-Wisconsin State Journal
The South Madison Plan, which was crafted by city planning staff over the past couple of years, was presented to the public during several resident engagement sessions. Over the past several months the plan has been approved by multiple boards and commissions. Madison’s Plan Commission approved the plan during its Dec. 13, 2021, meeting.
-The Cap Times
Cheryl Thoerson has lived in her home on Madison’s south side for more than four decades. Her house, located on a quiet street near the Alliant Energy Center, has given her a sense of pride and stability over the years.
-The Cap Times
Many residents want new single-family, owner-occupied housing to build community wealth, but some say more housing density can better build wealth and support public transit.
-Wisconsin State Journal
Nearly 20 years after the plan was approved, the town of Madison will cease to exist next fall, its residents and property absorbed by the cities of Madison and Fitchburg.
-Wisconsin State Journal
In a new Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity report that surveyed 400 manufacturing executives across the state, 83% of respondents said finding qualified workers for new and open positions was “difficult” this past year.
-Wisconsin State Journal
Red Barn is the first wind farm permitted under wind siting rules the PSC drafted in 2010 in an effort to make the process easier for developers.
-Wisconsin State Journal