No one?
So, we are being told that can't do an RFP (Request for Proposals) to find someone to develop 9 acres of land on Allied...
Allied – About Face!
Gulp. This article in the Wisconsin State Journal is a pretty fair assessment of the situation with Allied Drive. The thumbnail sketch...
Childcare: Squandering Resources
So, I'm sitting in the Early Childhood Care and Education Board meeting and we're talking about the lack of quality childcare for the 321...
Wednesday’s wanderings.
Yesterday's blogging frenzy continues as there is so much to comment on. Today's topics are broccoli, trash cans, stalled Tenney Lapham Neighborhood plan...
Allied: Will it be affordable? Or Gentrified?
It was nice to open up the Isthmus and see Carousel Bayrd's smiling face. However, what she had to say, was nothing to...
City Owned Properties at Allied Drive
The City of Madison made the decision to buy properties on Allied Drive last summer. The properties have 129 apartments and 9 buildings....
An agenda for the City
This spring's elections need to be about more than water, trolleys and taxes. Yes, our water needs to be safe to...
Council Recap: Jan 16, 2007
For those of you who miss Kristian Knutson's live-blogging of the City Council on thedailypage.com, I hear ya! Here's my best recap of...
Allied Drive – What we have here, is a failure to communicate.
Many times government does things *to* people, without asking them what they want, and without listening to those who speak up. Allied Drive...
Nuisance Abatements and Evictions
I was at a meeting of the Allied Drive Task force and was amazed when one of the Assistant City Attorneys explained how excited...
Allied – What’s the real story?
Living on Allied Drive is not easy. Sometimes, "the City" doesn't "help".At their last meeting, the Allied Drive Task Force voted to give...
Allied Drive – 50% Homeownership
Well, here we go, some of the issues I have raised about affordable housing on Allied Drive, the property the City bought there and...