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Project compromise falls short for church (access required)

Published: August 23, 2011
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By Adam Wise Chopping by one-third the height of a proposed Madison apartment building fails to qualify as a compromise for the leaders of the neighboring Luther Memorial Church. Those same leaders, however, have yet to say what would qualify as a compromise for the project proposed by St. Francis House Episcopal Student Center. “We’ve [...]

Developer lowers Madison project to please neighbors (access required)

Published: August 3, 2011
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A city of Madison developer has chopped four levels from its planned 12-story apartment building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to shed light on a neighboring landmark.

The OSHA report (access required)

Published: May 27, 2011
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OSHA reports • Contract Supply Inc., East Lansing, Mich., reached an informal settlement with OSHA on April 28 to reduce a $2,640 powered-industrial-trucks citation to $1,848 and a $2,640 fall-protection citation to $1,848. The company was issued the citations April 25 during a framing job in St. Francis. • Mid City Plumbing & Heating Inc., [...]

Sacred work

Published: December 1, 2010
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Aerotropolis goes to Milwaukee County Board

Published: September 15, 2010
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The Milwaukee County Transportation, Public Works and Transit committee approved a resolution Wednesday supporting Milwaukee’s Gateway Aerotropolis collaborative planning efforts. The 4-2 vote brings the measure before the entire County Board at its Sept. 30 meeting. If approved, Milwaukee County would join eight other local government boards that already approved legislation supporting the aerotropolis concept, [...]

Right angle

Published: September 3, 2010
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Roof raising

Published: March 28, 2010
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I-794 extension surprises southern neighbors

Published: February 5, 2010
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By Sean Ryan The gung-ho support in Milwaukee County for extending Interstate 794 south could dead-end at the border with Racine County. Racine County does not have the rights of way or planning in place for the highway. “No one’s really approached us about it, unless I’m missing something,” said Thomas Lebak, village administrator for [...]

Dead plans litter city’s downtown

Published: January 14, 2010
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By Sean Ryan The Fixx Coffee House should be in the center of St. Francis’ downtown, but instead of storefronts and shoppers, there are vacant lots to the east and the mostly vacant Cousins Center to the north. Coffee shop owner Sheri Franz said she thought that would change when Cardinal Stritch University planned to [...]

Stritch kills Cousin’s Center project

Published: April 29, 2009
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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Cardinal Stritch University and St. Francis are both stuck without a plan after the demise of a proposal to develop a campus on the Archbishop Cousins Catholic Center property in the city. St. Francis is wondering what will happen to the vacant Cousin’s Center site, and Stritch does not know how it [...]