Who attended the Neighborhood Summit?

One spin, from Tim Cooley, the Economic Development Director would be that it was only 10% of the neighborhoods in the city.  Here’s some facts for you to determine for yourself . . . pesky facts.

Here’s his quote from the letter to alders.

Several Alders held a Neighborhood Summit last Saturday where roughly 100 neighborhood leaders from approximately 10% of the more than 120 officially recognized associations in the city participated for three hours in breakout groups and discussions.

For the math impaired, 10% of 120 = 12. Right? Does this look like 12? Here’s the original documents where I got my info. And here’s a list of organizations I saw listed (hope I didn’t miss any, the writing was a little hard to read.) Looks like he reported less than half of the organizations represented. City recognized neighborhoods numbered and with links from city website:

1. Sherman School Neighborhood (Sherman Neighborhood Association)
Romnes Association (CDA Housing Resident Association)
2. Parkwood Hills Association
3. Greentree Association
4. Regent Neighborhood Association (2)
5. BANA/ENA (Brams Addition Neighborhood Association)
6. TLNA (Tenney Lapham Neighborhood Association)
7. Allied Area (Allied Dunns Marsh Neighborhood Association)
8. SASYNA (2) (Shenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara Neighborhood Association)
EINPC – East Isthmus Neighborhood Planning Council (technically not a neighborhood association, but a planning council, so I won’t count it to give Cooley the benefit of the doubt.)
9. Monona Bay
10. Orchard Ridge (2)
11. Sunset Village (2)
12. McClellan Park
13. Majestic Oaks (2)
14. Capital Neighborhoods (6)
15. Sunset Hills
16. Glendale Neighborhood Association
17. Ridgewood Neighborhood
First Settlement (CNI Affiliate)
18. Vilas
19. Indian Springs
20. Midvale Heights Community Association (2)
21. Emerson East Neighborhood Association
22. Greenbush
Grandview Commons (No city recognized neighborhood association)
Mifflin West (CNI affiliate) (2)
23. Rolling Meadows
24. Dungeon Monroe Neighborhood Association
25. Eken Park
James Madison Park District (CNI affiliate)
26. Spring Harbor
27. Langdon St
28. Hill Farms
Northside Planning Council (technically not a neighborhood association, but a planning council, so I won’t count it to give Cooley the benefit of the doubt.)

Other Organizations Represented
SD&E
Madison Theatre Guild
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison Trust for Historic Preservation
Downtown Madison Inc
Ithmus
Neighborhood Law Project
Grassroots Leadership College
Common Sense
Neighborhood Power
Friends of Hoyt Park
Wild Warner
Friends of Cherokee Marsh
Friends of Hudson Park

Committees represented:
Urban Design
LRTPC
Landmarks

Those who didn’t say who they were representing or said they represented themselves were from all over Madison:
W Wilson
Kendall Ave
N Midvale Blvd
Atwood
Iroquois Dr
Baltzell St (2)
North Gammon
Sidney St
Regent St
Langdon St
E Main St
E Dayton St
Commonwealth Ave
E Main St
Branford Lane
P??wood Circle
Galiley Dr.
Morrison St.
E Gilman
Arcadia Dr.
Terry Place
N Carroll/Wisconsin Ave
Odana Rd
Corry St
Atwood Ave
Spanum Ave
Rutledge
Rockwell
Tompkins Dr
Winnebago St
Union St
Marimetta Tr
E Lakelawn
LaFollette aVe
Winnebago

There were also about 5 city staff who signed in, and I didn’t include them above.

I don’t know about you, but for that many people to show up, from all over the city for a Saturday morning in July with about 2 weeks notice is pretty damn impressive and Cooley’s attempts to belittle the efforts is just another sign of their disrespect for the community members who care about what the City looks like and how it grows.