By Scott Williams Green Bay Press Gazette A developer who wants to build a major wind farm in Brown County said Monday it would persevere despite state approval for a competing project in Columbia County. Invenergy LLC had asked the state Public Service Commission to reject the We Energies project in Columbia County or approve …
Monthly Archive: January 2010
Jan
14
Downtown dreamin’: Group has big ideas to transform central Madison
By MIKE IVEY The Capital Times Three years ago, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz earmarked $70,000 for a new Downtown Master Plan aimed at bringing more jobs, visitors and year-round residents to the central city. So far, only about $17,000 has actually been spent and there’s little to show aside from a website and an office in …
Jan
06
Comprehensive Plans Interactive Map
The University of Wisconsin-Applied Population Lab maintains an interactive map that includes features that showcase completed comprehensive plans. The municipalities and counties indicated on the maps have submitted final, adopted comprehensive plans to the Department of Adminstration Weblinks are available for most of the plans. Maps were last updated with plan submittal information from February 26, 2009. In order to verify that a plan displayed is current, please …
Jan
06
Wisconsin’s Comprehensive Planning Legislation
In October 1999, the State of Wisconsin enacted the most ambitious land use legislation in a generation. Wisconsin’s Comprehensive Planning Legislation ensures that by 2010, every city, village, county and most towns in the state will be guided by a comprehensive plan as defined by state statute. The law came about in response to four …
