Common Council Recap – The Basics (Not quite done . . .)
Bike lanes on Midvale, 600 E Johnson Project, Chronic Nuisance Ordinance, TIF agreement for Capital West, Capital Revolving Funds, the Sign Ordinance and oh,...
Inclusionary Zoning: How many incentives are enough?
The City of Madison adopted an Inclusionary Zoning program a little less than two years ago. The theory behind the program is that the...
Horror of Horrors
“Unfortunately, (the park) is taken over by folks who sit there all day and hang out."Sometimes, smart people, say dumb things. People who...
Getting Involved in Transportation Planning
How would you like to participate in deciding which roads, bike paths and other transportation projects are recommended for funding by the Madison Metropolitan...
IZ report is in . . .
Lisa Subeck has already written about the IZ report.My thoughts and more details are here.
County Board Recap
It may have been short, but I'm glad Robin Schmidt and others did what they did. Once again, the most excitement was during...
Madison Neighborhoods, Inc. – What is it?
With all of the budget talks about if there should be a Westside Planning Council and our annual attack on the funding for the...
Slow News Week Thursday
The slow news week continues, so I have to make my own . . . luckily I have some material you won't be reading...
No one?
So, we are being told that can't do an RFP (Request for Proposals) to find someone to develop 9 acres of land on Allied...
Kozak Properties
Last week, Marc Eisen wrote a piece in the Isthmus on the potential sale of several Kozak properties, the majority of which are on...
“Cars First” is not a Progressive Policy Position.
So-called "Progressive" talk show host John “Sly” Sylvester doubled down on the “Cars First” rhetoric last Friday, flipping his rationale from “because we pay...
TIF – Good questions.
The recent WSJ article about the Board of Estimates meeting on TIF made me ask some questions. I couldn't stay for meeting to ask...