Madison City Snapshot

You are Invited to Imagine Madison!

From the City of Madison: Perhaps by now you have heard of Imagine Madison. It is a public-listening campaign designed to elicit the opinions of Madison residents regarding impactful community issues. A primary goal of Imagine Madison is to reach, listen to, and record the ideas of a broad and diverse cross section of the public, on topics including housing, transportation, racial equity, sustainability and others. The input collected by the City of Madison’s Planning Division through Imagine Madison will be used to update Madison’s Comprehensive Plan, the City’s action plan...

TV Recycling

Recycling Updates and TV Recycling Price Increase

From the City of Madison Recycling Coordinator, Bryan Johnson: TV Recycling Price Increase Starting January 1, 2017 it will cost $15 to recycle a television at the drop off sites. TV recycling is still mandatory as they are banned from the landfill. Also, we still need residents to bring televisions to the drop off sites. TVs should not be placed at the curb for collection (there are exceptions – see below). Televisions should not be placed at the curb because if the screen becomes...

Water Drainage Issue at Park

Park Drainage Update

Below is an overview of the situation at our park and an update as of 28 October 2016. As many people have noted, there is an issue at our park whereby there is overland flow on the Ancient Oak end of the park, which in winter causes ice buildup. At some point last winter, an individual slipped on the ice and fell – a claim to our insurance was subsequently made. DSI, our management company, obtained bids to address the...

City of Madison Recycling

Recycling Update

From Bryan Johnson, City of Madison Recycling Coordinator: New Guide Ever have any questions about whether or not this thingamajig or that doohickey is recyclable in your cart? Well, we have an easy-to-use two-page guide available to help you. The guide should answer most questions people have about cart placement rules and what can, and what should not, go into the recycling cart.  For example, did you know that you can recycle aseptic/gable top/Tetrapak cartons? You sure can. Just give them a rinse...

Halloween at Linden Park

Halloween Safety

The published hours for Halloween in Madison are listed as October 31 from 4 until 8 pm. For Halloween events and more information, see Haunted Wisconsin. Lets keep our children and neighborhood safe during this fun holiday! And don’t forget our furry friends! The following is from DATCP (Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection): Whether fashionable or frightening, there are thousands of costumes for your furry dog or feline friend, but animal officials warn that pet costumes may...

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