Wisconsin Downtowns

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1000 Friends of Wisconsin
16 N. Carroll Street
Suite 810
Madison WI 53703
608-259-1000

General Email

President Barack Obama

”Vibrant cities spawn innovation, economic growth, and cultural enrichment; the Urban Affairs office will focus on wise investments and development in our urban areas that will create employment and housing opportunities and make our economy more competitive, prosperous, and strong.”

Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

The outcome of the city will depend on the race between the automobile and the elevator, and anyone who bets on the elevator is crazy.

Leo Tolstoy

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.


Socrates, Greek philosopher and dramatist (469-399 BC)

By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.


Eleanor Roosevelt

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.


Will Rogers

The trouble with land is that they’re not making it anymore.

Lewis Mumford, writer

Trend is not destiny.

Dr. Gramme Edwards

It’s not the plan that’s important, it’s the planning

Andres Duany, architect

Amateurs accustomed to emulation made great places. It is the professionals of recent decades that have ruined our cities with their inventions.

Chinese Proverb

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.



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