Dane County BUILD Grants Available

Dane County is Accepting Applications for BUILD Planning Grants
Applications must be received by Dane County, postmarked no later than March 30, to be accepted. The attached Application Guide provides information about how to prepare a funding application. It is also available on the web at http://www.co.dane.wi.us/plandev/community/build/ or by email by contacting Steve Steinhoff at 266-4270, or mailto:steinhoff@co.dane.wi.us, or Olivia Parry at 261-9957 or mailto:parry@co.dane.wi.us. Please contact Steve or Olivia with any questions you may have.

Steve
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Steve Steinhoff
Community Development Coordinator
Dane County Planning and Development
210 Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd., #362
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 266-4270

New Police Liaison

From: Radke, Timothy
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 9:37 AM
To: Konkel, Brenda
Subject: Police Liason for Tenny-Lapham neigborhood

Greetings.

My name is Tim Radke, and I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you and your neighborhood association. I am a Police Officer currently assigned to the central Community Policing Team, and will serve as a Police Department liason to the Tenney-Lapham neigborhood this year.

I have been a Police Officer with the City of Madison for approximately 6 years, working in Patrol Services in the South, East, and North Districts prior to having the opportunity to work with the CPT downtown beginning in January of this year. I currently am on light-duty status due to an injury, but I look forward to returning to regular-duty work and taking a more active role with the rest of my team in the near future.

If you have any questions you can direct them toward me, and if I don't know the answer I will do my best to find it out for you. I hope to make most of the neighborhood meetings this year, and if there is something you would like answered for a particular meeting, please ask me in advance.

Also please keep me informed of upcoming meetings, changes, concerns, etc. I look forward to meeting you and the other members in person.

Sincerely,

P.O. Tim Radke #3243

Central CPT - 1644

City of Madison Police Department

(608) 266-4145

Meeting on Lapham School Possibly Closing

Please Attend

Monday February 12th

8:00pm

Doyle Admin. Building

545 W. Dayton

Long Range Planning Commission

MMSD administrative staff will be discussing possible closing of Lapham

TUESDAY-February 13th

6:30pm

Marquette SCHOOL LIBRARY

LAPHAM/MARQUETTE PTG MEETING

FREE CHILCARE AVAILABLE

No Snow Emergency Tonight

To: snowemergency@wiscnet.net
Cc: Schumacher, Al
Subject: [Snowemergency] NO snow emergency tonight

Hi,

The City of Madison will NOT declare a snow emergency tonight. Because more snow is forecast for late this evening and early tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, there is a good chance we will declare one tomorrow.

If you live in the Downtown/Isthmus Snow Emergency Zone you will not have to follow the alternate side parking rules tonight.

If you live outside the Zone, you should park on the ODD house numbered side of the street this evening.

George

George P. Dreckmann

Recycling Coordinator

City of Madison

1501 W. Badger Rd.

Madison, WI 53713

608-267-2626

FAX 608-267-1120

Public Market at Brayton Lot?

There will be a separate meeting for Tenney Lapham and Marquette at a later date, but feel free to come to this meeting as well.

Neighborhood Meeting Concerning

*Four-Season Public Market/Possible Brayton Lot Location*

7:00 pm, Tuesday, February 20, 2007

St. Patrick’s Church, 404 E. Main St., Parish Hall Basement

Common Wealth Development, Inc. and Blue Planet Partners, Inc., two non-profits in our community, in cooperation with the City of Madison, Dane County, the Madison Community Foundation, and a number of other nonprofits are proposing to bring a four-season public market to Madison. (You can read more about the Public Market in the attached brochure.) They have been working for approximately 18 months on a wide set of issues including potential sites. A number of these potential locations are on E. Washington Avenue, with the Brayton Lot being a strong candidate site. The non-profits are now at the stage of the project where they must begin to find the right home for the market and would like to get the community engaged early in the process.

The purpose of this meeting is to brief the community on the project, discuss steps to date, get the community’s initial input on the project, and discuss key next steps. The meeting will be facilitated by First Settlement neighbor, Bert Stitt. If you have questions or concerns, please contact me:

Ald. Judy Olson, District Six

608-245-0557

district6@cityofmadison.com

Neighborhood Grants

From Rebecca Cnare

Good Morning,

I am sending you this e-mail because you have been a contact person for a City of Madison Neighborhood Grant sometime in the last four years. While many of you still have grants currently in process, I wanted to take an opportunity to let you know about the details for the 2007 Neighborhood Grant Cycle. We are starting the grant process earlier this year in the hope that more projects will be able to be completed this summer.

If you believe that you have received this e-mail in error, or wish to be removed from this contact list, please reply, and I will take you off of the list.

Information about the 2007 City of Madison Neighborhood Grants is listed below, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact myself, Rebecca Cnare at 266-4957 or Linda Horvath at 267-1131.

The first important date is our annual grant workshop. It will be held at 6pm, Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 in Room LL110; the basement of the Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

The grant guidelines and application forms are available on the city’s webpage: http://www.cityofmadison.com/neighborhoods/grant program.htm,

Warm Regards, Rebecca Cnare

2007 City of Madison’s Neighborhood Grants

Information Release

The 2007 grant guidelines and application forms are attached and also available on the city’s webpage: http://www.cityofmadison.com/neighborhoods/grantprogram.htm. You can contact Linda Horvath at 267-1131, Ext. 219 (lhorvath@cityofmadison.com) or Rebecca Cnare at 266-4957, Ext. 204 (rcnare@cityofmadison.com) for more details.

Learn More

Grant Informational Workshop: February 21, 2007 (Optional)

An informational workshop is planned for anyone who has questions about the grant program. The informal session is to be held at 6:00 p.m. in Room LL.110 (lower level), Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Eligible Applicants

Grants are open to recognized Neighborhood Associations, Planning Councils, and Business Associations. In some cases, a community organization may be able to apply if granted prior authorization.

Type of Grants

The City of Madison Neighborhood Grants Program, administered by the Department of Planning and Development, Planning Unit, provides funding for a variety of activities to strengthen neighborhoods. Two types of grants are available:

▪ Mini Grants for projects/activities where grants awarded will be up to $500 and have no match requirement. Deadline for mini-grant submissions is April 9th, 2007

▪ Neighborhood Grants for larger, more complex projects/activities where grants awarded will be up to $20,000 and have a flexible match requirement based on the resources available within, and to, the neighborhood.

· Deadline for the “letter of intent” for grants is March 7 ^th, 2007

· Deadline for final grant submissions is April 9th, 2007

Eligible Projects and Activities

Grants are available to fund the following eligible projects and activities:

▪ Community Enhancement: The intent of category is to assist and encourage neighborhood–based organizations in making improvements to public places. Projects/activities that will be considered are those that will improve the appearance and livability of the neighborhood’s streetscapes, gateways, and neighborhood business areas. Such projects/activities are generally high visibility, capital projects that can be undertaken and completed in a short period of time.

▪ Neighborhood Leadership and Capacity Building: This category is for projects/activities to improve the organizational capacity of neighborhood associations in addressing issues, improving conditions, and enhancing the quality of life within the neighborhood. It is designed for neighborhoods with active associations and leadership, as well as neighborhoods with little organizational structure or leadership.

▪ Neighborhood Planning: This category is to provide financial assistance to neighborhood organizations to help neighborhoods strategically plan for the future. Projects/activities that will be considered include the preparation of neighborhood plans, typically focusing on matters such as land use and development standards, as well as other issues. Such plans may cover an entire neighborhood, a sub-area of the neighborhood, or a neighborhood business district.

Dates to Remember

February 21, 2007: Grant Informational Workshop

March 7 , 2007: Deadline for the “letter of intent” for grants over $500

April 9, 2007: Deadline for mini-grant and neighborhood grant submissions

Rebecca S Cnare, ASLA

Urban Design Planner

City of Madison Department of Planning & Development

Madison Municipal Building Ste LL.100

215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd

PO BOX 2985

Madison WI 53701-2985

rcnare@cityofmadison.com

608.266.4957

608.267.8739, fax