Fiscal Note
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Commending the Stoughton Road Revitalization Project Committee, City Planning Staff and the Cuningham Group for their award-winning corridor plan focused on creating a more inviting gateway into the City of Madison that encourages economic and residential development on Madison’s Eastside, and congratulating them on being recognized by the State of Wisconsin Chapter of the American Planning Association for their planning efforts.
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WHEREAS, the Stoughton Road Revitalization Project (SRRP) formed in the summer of 2005 to enhance and improve the appearance of one of Madison’s key gateways, the Stoughton Road Corridor between Highway 30 and Highway 12/18; and
WHEREAS, the SRRP is a grassroots committee representing eight Eastside neighborhoods and comprised of neighborhood residents and elected officials; and
WHEREAS, the SRRP raised money from a variety of private and public sources and gained the support of the City, County and State through grants and funding; in order to hire the Cuningham Group for consulting and planning services, and
WHEREAS, through their dedication, commitment and hard work, the SRRP and Cuningham Group, along with leadership from City Planning Staff, created a plan for an interconnected environment linking residents with neighborhood businesses and services through a multimodal transportation network; and
WHEREAS, the plan heightens the Stoughton Road Corridor’s sense of place through land use, building placement, streets, landscaping, site planning and public art, making it more of a finished seam in the community instead of the rough edge it has become; and
WHEREAS, the Stoughton Road Revitalization Project has previously been awarded first place in the Neighborhoods USA 2008 Neighborhood of the Year Award, in the category of Multi-Neighborhood Project Partnerships, and
WHEREAS, the State of Wisconsin Chapter of the American Planning Association (WAPA) has also recognized the SRRP ...
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