The Wisconsin Realtors Association is leading efforts to repeal or delay the conversion fee on lands removed from farmland preservation zoning districts.
A bill (SB-576) to do this has been introduced in the Senate and Assembly. Â Realtors are flooding capitol offices with calls supporting the bill.
Attend the AB-723 Regional Transit and Jobs Investment Act
Assembly Hearing on
Thursday March 11
10:00 AM
417 North (GAR Hall), State Capitol
Contact your legislators and committee members by Monday and ask them to make sure that RTA bill AB-723 gets through committee.
This is an important step in advancing the RTA bill that will allow communities to create RTAs, to invest in transit and build stronger communities. Your support is critical. We need your help to ensure this bill gets through committee so it can reach a vote of the full legislature in April! Time is running out.
SAUK CITY — Few disagree that improvements to Phillips Boulevard here are needed.
The one-mile section that doubles as Highway 12 features cracks, rusting light poles and sewer grates and is used by thousands of cars and trucks a day.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is requesting feedback by March 12, 2010, on its Sustainable Communities Planning Grants Program. The goal of this program is to support multi-jurisdictional regional planning efforts that integrate housing, economic development, and transportation decision making in a manner that empowers jurisdictions to simultaneously consider the interdependent challenges of economic growth, social equity and environmental impact.
MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Chapter of the American Planning Association is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2010 Planning Awards. The award ceremony will take place at Monona Terrace Conference Center located in Madison at noon on Friday, March 5, 2010.
Local Government Provided With Tools, Incentives to Reduce Taxes
Press Release: February 11, 2010
Local property taxes would go down if key provisions of the Clean Energy Jobs legislation are enacted, according to testimony given today by 1000 Friends of Wisconsin.
“The demand-side provisions of the transportation policies included in the Clean Energy Jobs legislation would drive down the costs of building and maintaining the transportation infrastructure,” according to Steve Hiniker, Executive Director of 1000 Friends of Wisconsin. Continue reading
The waters of Southeastern Wisconsin have always been among its most important and cherished assets. Long before the first pioneers came, Native Americans depended on the abundant game in the watershed for food and trading. These early inhabitants gave the area the name “Milwaukee” which means “Gathering Place by the Waters.”
The first European immigrants were fur traders who recognized the strategic advantage of a fur trading post on the shores of Lake Michigan. As Milwaukee grew, so did the importance of water resources. The port of Milwaukee grew to be the largest in the state, helping the “Gathering Place by the Waters” become Wisconsin’s largest city. Continue reading Greater Milwaukee Water Quality Connections
