Community Events and Resources
Streets Division Update
Spring yard waste collection is now over. Do not place yard waste at the curb for pick-up. Curbside yard waste pickup will resume in the fall.
You can take yard waste and other items to one of the Streets Division drop-off sites. Here is the website for the hours and locations of the sites: www.cityofmadison.com/DropOffSites.
Brush collection is ongoing. To learn when you should set out brush at your home for pickup, go to www.cityofmadison.com/BrushCollection.
Support a Utility Box Installation
To help grow this popular community art project citywide, Friends of Madison Arts Commission developed a program to Support a Utility Box Installation in your neighborhood. In developing this program, the Madison Arts Commission intended this program to highlight, encourage and promote local artists by giving them exposure in the public realm. Artists are compensated $500 for a license of each image used in the program. This project’s funds will be used to pay artists and cover the costs of installing the art on utility boxes. Contributions of any size are welcome, but a $2,500 contribution will fully cover the cost of a box wrap in your neighborhood and a box in a neighborhood where there aren’t as many financial resources https://www.friendsofmadisonarts.org/.
New potential parks
The City of Madison Parks Division is beginning the master planning process for parks located within your neighborhood boundaries as part of a larger far west parks planning effort. Acer Park, 10327 Shady Birch Trl, is considered a neighborhood park. Birchwood Point Park, 10305 Hazy Sky Pkwy, is considered a mini park. Neither currently offer any amenities. We will also be undertaking the master planning process for Acacia Ridge Park, 9251 Watts Rd, during this process.
The overall master planning process will include completing an inventory and analysis of the existing conditions on each parcel, engaging residents through public information meetings, gathering public input through several strategies, and completing a conceptual plan for facilities that will be offered in each park.
City of Madison Parks will be holding a kick-off public information meeting for local residents, during which we will introduce the project and gather feedback/input. The meeting will be held virtually on Thursday, 6/23 from 5:30-7:00PM. We will also be sending out postcards and posting information at the park closer to the meeting date.
If anyone cannot attend the meeting and would like to submit comments, they can contact me directly or take the survey which will be available on the webpage after 6/23/22.
Sarah Close
Landscape Architect
City of Madison Parks Division
City-County Building, Rm 104
210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Madison, WI 53703
sclose@cityofmadison.com
(608) 263-6850
City CARES Team for Mental Health Emergencies Now Answering Calls City-Wide
On September 1, 2021, the City of Madison launched its Community Alternative Response for Emergency Services (CARES) Team to respond to nonviolent 911 calls for mental health emergencies. The City announced that CARES Teams, made up of community paramedics and crisis workers, would spend a year learning and innovating before expanding the program in future budgets.
