Need a Neighborhood Center – Speak Up!

The city is taking a year off from making decisions about which neighborhoods get resources and doing a study. If you feel like your neighborhood has needs, now is the time to let them know. They won’t be competing with other non-profits for funding, their money will be set aside and they will get the same amount of money as they did last year (with a cost of living increase?).

The City of Madison Community Development Division is doing a study on neighborhood centers that includes the following:
– Role of neighborhood centers in the human service delivery system in Madison.
– The different neighborhood center models that currently exist in Madison.
– Neighborhood center models in other parts of the country.
– Demographics of citizens served by neighborhood centers compared with the demographics of the whole city.
– Analysis of the need for neighborhood centers and their programs compared with what is currently available.
– Analysis of the gap between need and current capacity.
– Needs analysis for new and/or improved neighborhood centers.
– Information that will inform potential future Capital dollar expenditures.
– Information that will inform the allocation of future operating allocations to neighborhood centers.

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LET’S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
As a long-time funder of neighborhood centers in Madison, the City of Madison seeks your ideas on neighborhood centers as we plan for the future

– 3 things you or your family need from a neighborhood center?
– What difference does a neighborhood center make in a neighborhood?
– Does it matter where a center is located?

Community Conversations on Neighborhood Centers

NORTH
Thursday, March 8th, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Lakeview Library, 2845 N. Sherman Ave.

EAST
Wednesday, March 14th, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Hawthorne Library, 2707 E. Washington Ave.

WEST
Thursday, March 22nd, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Alicia Ashman Library, 733 N. High Point Rd.

CENTRAL
Wednesday, March 28th, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Madison Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin Street

SOUTH
Thursday, March 29th, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Goodman South Madison Library, 2222 S. Park St.

For questions, contact Lorri Wendorf-Corrigan at 261-9121 or at lwendorf-corrigan@cityofmadison.com
Additional meetings may be scheduled, watch for future announcements.