So many meetings and things going on now that the holidays are over. ChiliOCRACY, Dane County TimeBank events, Community Building and Empowerment Funding, Emerging Opportunities Program, Street Closure 300 Block W. Dayton, Permaculture Guild Visioning Sessions, Green Downtown Program, Low-income dental clinic closing and Chief Koval community meetings.
ChiliOCRACY
A political mockery served in crockery!
A delicious benefit for WORT featuring live music from The Kristy Larson Trio and The Northwesterns.
$10 “Average Joe”: 1 sample of each chili, Handy Voter’s Notebook/Voting Chip.
$20 “Lobbyist”: Unlimited samples, Handy Voter’s Notebook/ 5x Voting Chip.
13 restaurants will battle. Your votes decide the Supreme Commander of Chili. The winner receives a year of weekly underwriting announcements on WORT.
Dane County, TimeBank
Dane County TimeBank posted a new News.
Dane County TimeBank Annual Meeting
Saturday, January 24th from 12-2
at Bethel Lutheran Church, 312 Wisconsin Avenue, Madison, WI 53703Mingle with other TimeBank members with warm tea and light snacks and learn about our vision for 2015. Help elect our Board of Directors – or offer your skills to be part of the TimeBank board. Your skills in resource development, cooperative economy, or technical expertise are assets to our organization and require 1-2 meetings a month as a commitment. – please contact us for more information.
Builders Workshop #20 – Mutual Aid in Dane County and Beyond
Wednesday, January 28th from 4-6 pm
followed by a reception with tea and hors d’oeuvres from the Willy St. Co-op from 6-7 pm
at Madison Central Library – 330 Mifflin St. Madison – 3rd Floor Community RoomAre you engaged in a project that forges meaningful partnerships, shares resources, and builds collective capacity to transform our local communities? If so, please join us for this interactive workshop and take a step toward a bold, beautiful future for Dane County and the world.
Learn what’s happening locally in cooperative community economic development – around food access, restorative justice, transportation access, health, and more. Help envision ow the pieces fit together to make good things happen, and how this work connects with amazing work in other communities who want to partner with us in an active learning-by-doing community. And meet some new friends in new places, around the country and around the world!
Hosted by the Dane County TimeBank and Mutual Aid Networks and open to all people.SAVE THE DATE! – March 3, 2015
The Big Share – Learn more
Community Building and Empower RFP
Community Building and Engagement RFP
Funding to support community building and engagement in civic processes was added by the Common Council in the 2015 City of Madison budget. The goal of the Community Building and Engagement funds is to build the capacity of local organizations to promote, support and sustain civic engagement by populations that are typically underrepresented in city governance and civic processes including people and populations of color and low to moderate income residents. The intent is to increase community cohesion, resident engagement and promote resident leadership capacity and skills in neighborhoods with high concentrations of low and moderate income residents, and/or designated areas assigned to City Neighborhood Resource Teams.
The City has $100,000 available for this RFP opportunity. Proposal requests should be for not less than $25,000 and not more than $100,000. There may be the possibility of continuing funding for projects for additional years, however there is no current commitment for continued funding by the Common Council.
Emerging Opportunities Program
Emerging Opportunities Program
The Emerging Opportunities Program (EOP) was established for the support of projects and activities that address emerging needs or unanticipated opportunities which arise outside of the Community Development Division’s (CDD) multi-year Purchase of Service processes. The EOP was created to allow the City to respond in a more timely manner and seize opportunities as they are presented and most viable. The EOP is also intended for new and promising organizations to receive City financial support, provided they demonstrate broad engagement in the development of the project or activity the organization proposes. Common Council allocated $275,000 for EOP funding in 2015. That funding will be distributed between two application opportunities in 2015: February and another date to be determined.Application processes for the Spring 2015 EOP process and the Community Building and Engagement request for proposals will run concurrently. Guidelines and applications will be available on the CDD Funding Opportunities website on February 25, 2015. Applications will be due March 20, 2015 at NOON.
300 W. Dayton Street Closures
Beginning Thursday, January 22nd, JH Findorff and their subcontractors will be dismantling a tower crane adjacent to Madison Fire Station #1. This will require closing through traffic on the 300 block of West Dayton Street between North Henry Street and North Broom Street, as well as the 100 and 200 blocks of North Henry Street. The closures will occur from 7:00 AM on Thursday through the end of the work day on Sunday.
Local vehicle access to residences and the Overture Center Parking Garage on the 300 block of West Dayton Street will be maintained from the west at all times.
Pedestrian traffic will be maintained on the south side of the West Dayton Street and to all residences at all times during this street closure.
Motorists and bicyclists are encouraged to use alternate routes to avoid delays during this closure.
Permaculture Guild Visioning Sessions
I have heard folks say that they aren’t involved enough to come to a Visioning Session or to fill out the survey. I would like you all to know that no matter how big or how small your contributions, connections or participation with the Guild, you are most welcome to participate as able. Some people just lurk on this google group and occasionally post or respond, some come to an occasional meeting or workshop, some volunteer their time to table at the Expo, or teach something. All of these, and more, are part of what makes up the resiliency of a Guild.
Please come out for these 3 hour sessions this Sat. and in late February. Your input is valuable.
The dates are Saturday January 24th from 9 am until 12 pm. And, also Saturday, February 28th from 9 am until 12 pm.
First Congregational Church at:
1609 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726Parking in the back and on major bus routes and easily accessible by bike. We encourage car pooling if possible.,
Thanks to everyone who filled out the survey and returned it. We will share the results a the sessions and also on line very soon.
Green Downtown Program
Capitol Neighborhoods welcomes 1000 Friends of Wisconsin for a presentation as part of the Green Downtown Initiative: http://www.1kfriends.org/what-we-do/green-downtown/
The program, Great Neighborhoods: Walking for Life, will include a discussion of how traditional neighborhoods, which have physical spaces that cater to the function and aesthetics of the pedestrian, can be developed in Madison to promote human health, resource conservation, and economic resiliency. Audience participation will be a valuable part of this discussion.
Thursday, January 22, 7:00 p.m.
Madison Central Library, 3rd Floor
Low-income dental clinic closing
The Max W. Pohle dental clinic, located within Meriter Hospital, will be closing their doors at the end of June this year, but until then business will go on as usual. They will not leave anyone in the middle of treatment. If they have not already sent out letters to their patients, I’m sure one will be forthcoming very shortly to inform them of the impending changes and how they will be transferring their patients of record to Access Community Health Centers Dental Clinics. This transfer will take place this summer and as I understand it, ACHC has and is still in the process of hiring dentists in preparation for caring for this additional patient load.
There is another free dental clinic in Madison called Madison Dental Initiative, located on E. Washington Avenue. It is a small non-profit trying desperately to help serve our community’s urgent dental needs on a minuscule budget. Dentists and staff volunteer their time to treat those who do not have the funds to get dental care otherwise. They are doing as much as possible with what they have and really need as much support as our community can give them.
I am happy to answer any further questions anyone may have and if I can’t, I will direct you to the people who can answer. I hope this is helpful.
Best regards:Debra DeNure, RDH
Dental Health Coordinator
Phone: 608/243-0499
Mobile:608/658-3095
Chief Koval meetings with the community
Downtown District Captain Carl Gloede sent out the following invitation:
The Central District of the Madison Police Department will be hosting a community meeting with Chief Koval.
Monday February 2, 2015
6:00pm -7:30pm
Central Library room 301Each District will be hosting a Chat with the Chief. Each of these meetings will allow the Chief to provide updates on new initiatives and for the community to ask questions and provide input on priorities for the coming year.
I hope you can make it.
The North Community Forum with Chief Koval will be February 18, 2015,
from 6 PM to 7:30 PM, in the North Police District community room.
Mark your calendars…Chief Koval’s next West District community forum will be on Monday, February 16th. This forum will take place at Good Shepherd Church (5701 Raymond Road) from 6p-7:30p. Hope to see you there!
I think there are a couple more, but I haven’t seen them listed in one place, nothing on his blog.
