Published: December 2, 2010
Tags: American Planning Association, blight, downtown, Fruhling, Gary Peterson, historic, Madison, Melissa Huggins, Mifflin, Mifflin Street, officials, Scott Kolar, university, Verveer, WAPA
By James Briggs A debate is brewing among Madison officials over what to do about a downtown area that has fallen into disrepair between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Capitol. The discussion comes as Madison is redrafting its long-term plan for downtown, including a four-block area along West Mifflin Street, which extends between the [...]
Published: May 6, 2010
Tags: blight, CDA, common council, Doug Seymour, eminent domain, farm, Giefer, Heymann, Howell Avenue, Mordja, Oak Creek, Oak Creek Community Development Authority, Vogel, Wispark
Comments: 9
By Sean Ryan A dispute over what qualifies as blight is at the heart of Oak Creek’s possible use of eminent domain to take a farm and clear the way for development. “Some people may say the land should be condemned because it’s full of garbage,” said Valentine Vogel, who lives across the street from [...]
Published: October 21, 2009
Tags: blight, Freshwater Sciences, Great Lakes Water Institute, Milwaukee, south side, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Comments: 1
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com The stretch of waterfront land that repels people on Milwaukee’s south side could attract the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Freshwater Sciences project. But there’s a reason people avoid the land east of First Street along Greenfield Avenue, and it likely will cost a lot of money for construction work to make that reason [...]
