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News from around the region
Help Us Serve You Better - Take Our 5-Minute Survey
Back to the Beach Initiative
Local Planning and Zoning Workshop
The Alliance for the American Dream Challenge
Reminder: Sign up for AGMV Youth Incentive Program
Help Us Serve You Better – Take Our 5-Minute Survey
CARPC staff are in the process of overhauling the data we offer our constituents. To better serve you, we would like to know some more about you and how you use the services we provide. Please follow the link below to take a short survey.
Our partners atClean Lakes Alliance recently launched the Greater Madison Beaches Survey, as part of a Back to the Beach initiative, which is aimed at reconnecting the community to our public beaches and lakeside parks.
They would like to know your opinions about the beach you visit the most and what you think are some of the opportunities for improvement. Please take the short (5-minute) survey and don't hesitate to complete the survey multiple times to share your thoughts on more than one beach
Workshops will be held August 30th and September 27th from 6:00 to 8:00PM at the Middleton Public Library. The workshops will help elected and appointed officials learn more about the tools and procedures used in local planning and zoning. The first workshop will focus on using and updating the comprehensive plan as a foundation for local use decision-making. The second workshop will focus on regulatory tools and procedures, including zoning and subdivision regulations. Local officials may choose to attend one or both workshops. Best of all, CARPC will cover the registration fee for the first 15 people who register!
The Alliance for the American Dream initiative, funded by Schmidt Futures, seeks to improve economic opportunities for more Americans and increase the country’s competitiveness by building and supporting a stronger, more inclusive middle class. The initiative in Dane County is called DreamUp Wisconsin and is being led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
The first challenge for DreamUp Wisconsin is to develop proposals to increase the net income of 10,000 Dane County households by 10% by the end of 2020.
Proposals must:
Either increase income directly or reduce costs of living (e.g., in areas such as housing, child care, healthcare, education, food, energy, transportation); and
Include a community-university partnership.
The strongest proposals will:
Draw from and benefit a diverse set of people and communities;
Be interdisciplinary or multi-sector; and
Be evidence-based and use technological innovation"
Reminder: sign up for AGMV's Youth Incentive Program
Participating organizations or groups will compete for cash donations of up to $6,000
A Greater Madison Vision invites schools and nonprofits serving youth to participate in the Youth Incentive Program to win donations and make their voices heard. Groups participate by encouraging their supporters, members, program participants, and other interested individuals to take the A Greater Madison Vision survey between September 12 and November 12, 2018. A Greater Madison Vision will gather public input for the next regional development plan. This plan will help determine growth and development in the Greater Madison region through 2040.
See the link below for more details and to apply for the Survey Incentive Program!
