News & Notes
News and Notes for the Week of 1/16/21 - 1/22/21
As development pressure mounts, Madison could spend more than $1 million to buy more land to help guide future growth and protect against gentrification and displacement on the fast-evolving South Side.
-Wisconsin State Journal

Minority entrepreneurs have won city approvals for a $43 million, six-story, mixed-use project with lower-income housing, grocery store and parking at a long-vacant, city-owned property on the South Side.
-Wisconsin State Journal
Also Thursday, the board adopted a resolution that recommends the sheriff close an existing section of the jail in several years once a $148 million jail consolidation project is complete, potentially resulting in a 50-bed capacity cut.
-Wisconsin State Journal
Striking another blow to Edgewood High School's efforts to make upgrades at its athletic field, the Madison City Council denied early Wednesday morning a bid by the school to install lights.
-Wisconsin State Journal
At the end of a lengthy meeting that wrapped up early Wednesday morning, the Madison City Council determined Edgewood High School cannot add lights to its athletic field.
-The Cap Times
Of the 302 businesses that applied for city grants in December to reimburse COVID-related costs or losses, city data shows 89% were still waiting for a decision more than a month later.
-The Cap Times