If you only read one local news story this week, it should be this piece [1] about the newly graduated class of MPD recruits.
Local Government
The Pinney Library will be getting a new home [2]thanks to city financing for the Royster Corners redevelopment. The City Council approved funding for violence prevention [3] and emergency support. Affordable housing projects in Madison received renewed funding [4] from Dane County. Madison in Motion plan will address transportation issues [5] in the city. Dane County is working on plans for renovating the Alliant Energy Center [6].
Education
The Boys and Girls Club has expanded its summer programming [7] to include a reality show produced by local teens, among other fun things. A new MSD policy will require students to take a financial literacy test [8] before graduating. Students at La Follete High School became the first graduating class [9] to earn the state’s new Seal of Biliteracy. The Literacy Network and the Madison Path to Citizenship are both receiving awards [10].
Community
The Madison School District is offering free lunches for school-aged children [11] all summer.
Street medicine for Madison’s homeless folks will begin this fall [12]. A boat and kayak rental shop hopes to bring more people [13] to Lake Mendota’s western shores. A proposal for a hotel on the near east side hopes to begin construction [14] next fall. Carts for Community offers people a place to come together, [15] hang out, and enjoy the summer. A Ho-Chunk community center recently opened [16]. Madison and Dane County are hoping to clean up their swimming beaches [17]. FEED Kitchens is hoping to expand [18] into a full-fledged culinary arts training program.
Welcome to the Madison Commons, a website designed to provide news and information about all of Madison's neighborhoods and a crossroads for the discussion of community issues. The name comes from the idea of a village commons, a place for news, talk, debate, and some entertainment, too, that's open to everyone.
All rights reserved. Read more about the Madison Commons and its partners.
Links:
[1] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/into-the-fishbowl-madison-police-recruits-graduate-at-a-time/article_2a5d9d70-0270-583b-b568-48d53414f666.html
[2] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/key-financing-for-royster-corners-pinney-library-passes-madison-city/article_d11076ae-102f-54ad-93e3-90cad8eccd0a.html
[3] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-city-council-approves-for-violence-prevention-emergency-support/article_c4edab41-134f-5a7e-bb0c-a5e4ef2521b3.html
[4] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/affordable-housing-projects-get-m-boost-from-dane-county/article_aaf14941-afc0-5d9f-a4e5-d32ee85a6b62.html
[5] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hopes-to-address-transportation-challenges-via-madison-in-motion/article_e4c041d8-a1ea-5888-b486-979eeccbeb52.html
[6] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/dane-county-explores-future-vision-of-renovated-alliant-energy-center/article_d969c253-e0e0-518c-b562-2f911918bb6d.html
[7] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/boys-and-girls-club-of-dane-county-announces-in-summer/article_cd343ac1-23e8-5fdf-9213-76dd36ba1d9c.html
[8] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/new-madison-school-district-policy-requires-students-to-take-financial/article_e25570ad-9d35-5230-bad7-3a53d7fbf4c7.html
[9] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/madison-school-district-celebrates-its-first-class-of-graduates-to/article_e4df900e-a945-5019-9fcf-46e403c29d61.html
[10] http://madison365.com/literacy-network-madison-path-citizenship-will-honored-uw-madison-community-university-partnerships-award/
[11] http://madison365.com/area-children-offered-free-lunch-summer/
[12] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/street-medicine-project-for-the-homeless-to-start-in-madison/article_5dbdae90-fdad-51d7-8990-6a62c3b4187e.html
[13] http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/marshall-boats-brings-kayaks-paddleboards-and-potential-to-lake-mendota/article_54fd85c4-36de-56bb-8d85-28a358439fc0.html
[14] http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/details-of-proposed-east-washington-avenue-hotel-emerge/article_1da244d6-28a9-5f42-83f4-7c59d40588f1.html
[15] http://madison365.com/carts-community-worthington-park-source-community-pride-fun/
[16] http://madison365.com/ho-chunk-community-center-opens-madison/
[17] http://isthmus.com/news/news/dane-county-tries-to-protect-swimmers-from-toxic-water/
[18] http://isthmus.com/food-drink/feed-kitchens-eyes-expansion/