Fixing IZ – Piecemeal
There is a current debate about if we can fix the pieces of the IZ (inclusionary zoning) ordinance that we have solutions for, or...
MABA first to take ball and go home . . .
At the last mayor's workgroup, Alder Zach Brandon posed a question to the committee: Do you support "100% cost offsets" for the builder?He wanted...
Downtown: Land of Luxury
Rob Zaleski's Cap Times article yesterday called Downtown Quickly Becoming a Land of Luxurywas one of those articles where you read the headline and...
Inclusionary Zoning – Just twisted
One thing I learned from inclusionary zoning is that the development community doesn't all think alike. In fact, often, two people from the same...
Inclusionary Zoning – Twists, spins and goes in circles
And we end up nearly where we started?WARNING: Talking about equity models is boring. If you don't want to hear alot of wonk...
How the Realtors (and other groups?) want to gut the IZ ordinance
At noon today, Phil Salkin presented a plan to "amend" the inclusionary zoning ordinance for the City of Madison to the Mayor's workgroup. Phil...
Realtors work in good faith . . .
Not.You may have seen the recent article in the Isthmus about the Realtors take on inclusionary zoning, and here's another one in the Sunday...
Missing information . . .
Lesson #7: Counter fears and bad information with facts.So, I thought I would try to look at some more facts about inclusionary zoning ....
The Rest of David Rusk’s lessons . .. .
Zach left out a few of David Rusk's lessons . . . #7 is the one Madison ought to focus on . . ....
Concerns about Mayor’s IZ workgroup
Kristian from thedailypage.com blogged about the Mayor's IZ workgroup that met today. It's a great summary of the meeting. In fact, I don't think...
Smart Growth Madison Inc. Changes their Mind . . .
So, not only has Smart Growth Madison, Inc. a lobbyist group for Madison developers changed their staff from Delora Newton (who now works for...
IZ report is in . . .
Lisa Subeck has already written about the IZ report.My thoughts and more details are here.