800 Block Development Website

This development proposal was approved by the neighborhood and city council. It failed over a public funding dispute between the mayor's office and the developer. This website was designed to promote neighborhood input for the development, which would have encompassed the entire 800 block of E.Washington Ave (north side), currently utilized for auto sales..

A neighborhood committee worked with the developer to solicit public feedback.The committee consisted of
Alderperson Brenda Konkel and three representatives each from Tenney Lapham and Old Marketplace neighborhoods.

News:

August 8,2006
Developer informs the neighborhood that the project has been withdrawn.

March 6
Statements from Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and developer Gary Gorman that have recently circulated via email.
Statement from Downtown Madison, Inc.'s (DMI)

• Approved site plan
• Developer: Gorman and Company
• Architect: Eppstein Uhen
• map of proposed development area
• architecture page

Neighborhood documents

• Tenney-Lapham neighborhood recommendations to the developer as of January 27,2005 and criteria used to make these recommendations
• Notes from Nov. 30th developer public meeting.
• Nov 19,2004 Tenney Lapham plan recommendations and criteria used to make them.
• Developer's Neighborhood Survey in PDF format
• Neighborhood survey results as of 11/3/2004
• results (pdf of public input from Oct. 14th Tenney Lapham Neighborhood annual fall spaghetti dinner and meeting.
• results of public input from Oct. 21 meeting at Lapham school

Meeting schedule:

• 9/22: public developer meeting - who should be at the table.
• 10/6: public meeting - process discussion
• 10/21: public meeting - discuss survey results, organize steering groups
• 11/3: neighborhood steering group meeting -show plan evolution, talk about refined survey information (public welcome)
• 11/13: public meeting, issue charettes, for details click here
• 11/17: --canceled--neighborhood steering group meeting, 6PM, EVP coffee house (public welcome.)
• 11/30: public meeting, Lapham, discuss plan evolution, gather public input
• 12/16: neighborhood steering group meeting, 7PM, location TBA (public welcome)
• 12/21: final public meeting, 7 PM Lapham school, share plan in its final state before submission
• 1/17/05: Neighborhood Rep.s meeting, Company of Thieves, 6PM
• 1/19/05: Developer presentation to UDC
• 1/27/05: Tenney Lapham Neighborhood Association monthly board meeting -- discuss steering group recommendations.
• 2/2/05: UDC, 4:45 PM, Room LL-110, Madison Municipal Building (public presence desired)
• 2/17/05: Public Meeting, 7 PM Lapham auditorium (Developer, architects and neighborhood)
• 2/21/05: Plan Commission, public comments encouraged, register at 5:45 PM, rm. 201 City County Building
• 3/1/05: Common Council approval
  

Links

• Union Corners Development
• 2000 East Washington BUILD report (3 MB pdf)
• East Washington Reconstruction website
• East Rail Corridor Planning Project
• Green roof article from NPR.org
• Dark sky articles by Audubon and Science Online.
• " Madison, A Model City " 1911 Madison planning book written by John Nolen

800 block email discussion listserve -- Want to be on it? Send a request to David Waugh at [email protected]

Last updated August 16,2006