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In This Edition News From Around the Region Income Inequality in Greater Madison: How Does the Region Fare Now and What Will Growth Bring in the Future? Urban Trees for Storm Water Management Volunteer Now- Free Bikes for Kids Register Now - Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Icebreaker

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News From Around the Region

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Income Inequality in Greater Madison: How Does the Region Fare Now and What Will Growth Bring in the Future?

A Greater Madison Vision seeks to develop a vision and plan for the future because How We Grow Matters . The initiative kicked off efforts a couple years ago with a regional “values” survey. People told us that poverty and income inequality were among the region’s top concerns.

Survey respondents ranked issues on the basis of relative importance and performance (how well the region overall was doing in addressing the issues)   A recent study by the Brookings Institute sheds some light on how the Madison area compares to other areas when it comes to income inequality. The study examined household income data to measure and compare levels of income inequality in the 100 largest U.S. cities and metro areas in 2014 and 2016.

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Urban Trees for Stormwater Management

Urban trees provide a number of benefits to a community. In addition to their visual appeal, reduction of urban heat island effects, and air quality improvements, trees provide a number of hydrologic benefits that often go unrecognized. Trees slow flow, increase infiltration and evapotranspiration, and remove pollutants, adding another important tool to our stormwater management toolbox. Read Full Article

Volunteer Now-Free Bikes 4 Kids

Free Bikes 4 Kidz Madison will refurbish bikes through March 23. The workshop is open 9 a.m. -9 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays. Volunteers must sign up for a specific time slot.  Where: 167 E. Badger Road, off Rimrock Road. Who: Volunteers with all levels of experience are needed, from bike cleaners to preppers to mechanics. Groups are encouraged. How: Register to volunteer at  fb4kmadison.org/volunteer/

Register Now - Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Icebreaker

Date: Thursday, April 12, 2018 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Location:  Kohl Center  - 601 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI, 53703 IceBreaker is deeply rooted in a sense of place, of who we are and where we are going as a community. It is about the people who are accelerating Greater Madison into the future and those who help us peer around the bend. Most of all, it is about what connects this community to those who yearn to do more. To be more. Those who possess a relentless drive to Seek the Greater. Register Now

Events Next RPC Commission meeting April 12th, 2018 @ 6:15pm City County Building Rm 351 210 Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard Madison WI, 53703

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