I can’t believe they pulled this together in 48 hours! Meeting October 7th.
Hello Neighbors,
Please see the announcement below about a neighborhood meeting about the Homeless Resource Center being proposed for the 1300 block of E. Washington (Messner building).
This is a difficult time for a number of us given the unexpected news about the County’s proposed purchase. It has also been frustrating because solid information has been hard to come by during the last three weeks since learning of the County’s interest in the site. In addition, in the past few days the speed with which the County was proposing moving forward on this proposal was untenable. Thanks to Supervisor Wegleitner for working to slow the train down a bit. It will be important for neighbors to come to the meeting and for us all to learn more about what is being proposed. It will also be important for neighbors to help define conditions they want considered to be placed on the use of this site as a day resource center.
Thank you for caring about our neighborhood and sharing with me the concerns you have related to this proposal and the positives you see related to the proposal.
Best,
LedellAlder Ledell Zellers
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NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING
Dane County has an accepted offer to purchase the 19,000 square foot Messner building at 1326 E. Washington Avenue as the future site of a permanent homeless day resource center, contingent on City and County approvals. The center is intended to be part of an overall system to link individuals to community resources and to move people as quickly as possible from homelessness or near homelessness to employment and permanent housing. The center, if approved, would provide for basic needs such as private, accessible showers; storage space for personal items; laundry facilities; and space to stay cool and keep warm, etc. The offer to purchase will need to be approved by the Dane County Board and they will need to receive a conditional use approval from the City Plan Commission and, likely, approval by the City Urban Design Commission. If approved, Dane County plans to open the comprehensive day resource center in October 2016.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 – 7:00 p.m.
Messner building – 1326 E. Washington AvenueWe look forward to seeing you on the 7th.
Ald. Ledell Zellers
District 2
district2@cityofmadison.com
608-417-9521Sup. Heidi Wegleitner
District 2
wegleitner.heidi@countyofdane.com
608-333-3676Sup. John Hendrick
District 6
j7hendrick@gmail.com
608-446-4842
