Published: July 6, 2011
Tags: 215 Pinckney St., Blue Planet Partners, Cnare, common council, Common Wealth Development, Government East, Madison, Maniaci, Marsha Rummel, NorthStar Economics, Paul Soglin, public market, Verveer
By Adam Wise The city of Madison in August will convene a committee to once again study the potential of a downtown public market. The city already has studied the possibility for six years, spending at least $160,000 on consultants for a possible market. Such exhaustive research is the Madison way but not necessarily a [...]
Published: May 5, 2011
Tags: Adam Plotkin, American Planning Association, Capitol Neighborhoods Inc., common council, Downtown Madison Inc., Gary Peterson, Madison, Melissa Huggins, Mifflin Street, Mifflin Street Block Party, Noble Wray, Paul Soglin, Suzan Schmitz, Urban Design Commission, Verveer, West Mifflin neighborhood
By James Briggs A raging block party that flowed from porches to streets and included alcohol, drugs and stabbings, could help build a case for changes to a historic Madison neighborhood. City officials — including Mayor Paul Soglin, Police Chief Noble Wray and Alderman Mike Verveer — uniformly have condemned the Mifflin Street Block Party, [...]
Published: March 3, 2011
Tags: apartment, Bieno, Indy Stluka, Klaven, Madison, Mifflin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Verveer
By James Briggs A four-story apartment building is headed for final approval in Madison despite strong objections from neighboring University of Wisconsin students and the alderman supporting their cause. Madison-based McCaughey Properties LLC plans to build a 42-unit building on West Mifflin Street, a neighborhood popular with students who fill many of the two- and [...]
Published: February 8, 2011
Tags: Adam Milch, developer, development, Hannah Somers, Klaven, Madison, McCaughey Properties, Mifflin, Pat McCaughey, Plan Commission, Verveer, West Mifflin
By James Briggs Afraid of being priced out of a neighborhood popular among 20-somethings, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are standing up against a proposed apartment development. “In all the years I’ve served,” 16-year Alderman Michael Verveer said, “I have never seen this level of student interest in a land-use application.” Thousands of students have organized [...]
Published: January 24, 2011
Tags: James Madison Park, Jed Sanborn, Judy Compton, Madison, Maniaci, Mansion Hill, Percy Brown, tax-incremental finance district, TIF, Verveer
By James Briggs The city of Madison will pump $300,000 over the next five years into redeveloping houses in two downtown neighborhoods. But some city officials say the plan will benefit an area of Madison that is loaded with wealth and doesn’t need the help. “I think it’s a pretty safe assumption we’re taking money [...]
Published: January 14, 2011
Tags: Capitol Neighborhoods, Cieslewicz, Edgewater, Fred Mohs, Mansion Hill Historic District, Maureen Mulroy, preservation, Verveer
By James Briggs A Madison neighborhood group fears the city is irrevocably turning its back on the past, disregarding historic neighborhoods and structures. And, Fred Mohs, one of the fiercest protectors of Madison’s past, acknowledges the battle might be slipping away. Mohs is the co-founder of Capitol Neighborhoods Inc., a powerful neighborhood association that stretches [...]
Published: January 12, 2011
Tags: Bethel Lutheran, Bill White, Capitol Neighborhoods, church, community center, Jason Tish, Landmarks Commission, Madison, Mansion Hill, Queen Anne, Steensland House, Verveer, Zellers
By James Briggs A downtown Madison church wants to build an expansive community center but first must find a new home for a 114-year-old house on the property. The Steensland House, a registered historic landmark, has hamstrung Bethel Lutheran Church leaders, who don’t use the house and want to build a 150,000-square-foot building in its [...]
Published: January 11, 2011
Tags: Amy Supple, Capitol Neighborhoods, common council, Edgewater, Edgewater Hotel, Hammes Co., Juan Colas, Verveer, Zellers, Zellhoefer
By James Briggs A $16 million Madison commitment to the Edgewater Hotel project should buy free, continuous access to the property’s lakefront terrace, the leaders of a neighborhood group argue. But those project neighbors say they suspect they won’t get that unhindered access if the Common Council on Tuesday approves the latest version of a [...]
Published: December 7, 2010
Tags: Amy Supple, Brad Murphy, Breitlow, Brenda Konkel, Building Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, Edgewater, Edgewater Hotel, Hammes Co., Madison Planning Division, Maniaci, Overture Center for the Arts, Plan Commission, Verveer, Wisconsin Open Meetings Law, Zellhoefer
By James Briggs Drama surrounds Madison’s Edgewater Hotel redevelopment several weeks after the project received final city approval. An item appeared on Monday’s Plan Commission agenda about a public access management agreement outlining how and when members of the public could use the hotel. Public access is a contentious issue because the city agreed to [...]
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 [...]
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