A new tax incremental financing district is expected to help deliver a record $115 million to support a host of initiatives on the evolving South Side.
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The council also approved a big South Side TIF district, zoning to encourage low-cost housing, grants for accessible taxis, and outside counsel for a federal lawsuit against two automakers.
The city's purchase of the three properties would allow for expansion of Heifitz Park and future opportunities to help create low-cost housing.
Ascendium Education Group's gift is supporting the Urban League of Greater Madison's Black Business Hub.
The new school will serve students who currently attend Allis Elementary School, and the dual-language charter school Nuestro Mundo will move into the Allis building.
The TIF district would mean tens of millions of dollars for housing, streets, parks, bike and pedestrian improvements, development loans, land purchases and small business assistance.
Ascendium Education Group's $2.5 million donation comes as inflation, supply chain shortages and rising construction costs have pushed the project cost from $15 million to $20 million.
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"This collection of projects is going to transform the city."
"This collection of projects is going to transform the city."
The warehouse, just south of the Beltline, was unoccupied at the time, the Madison Fire Department said — but the fire destroyed the building, valued at roughly $250,000.
After 22 years at its location at 810 W. Badger Road, Centro Hispano is planning an ambitious move.
It was well past noon, and Annie Weatherby-Flowers hadn’t stopped moving since 6:15 a.m.
The man was electrocuted by a wire that snapped during the tree trimming operation, the Madison Police Department said.
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Vehicles were struck, but no injuries were reported in four shootings overnight, Madison police reported.
The contribution from former and current business executives is the latest in a string of high-dollar donations for the $38 million center, which is slated to break ground later this year.
Police used surveillance footage to connect the man to the burglary. He was arrested Sunday, police said.
Inside a brick wall for nearly 53 years, the time capsule opened Tuesday connected Post 1318 to its past as it moves out of the longtime South Side home and into a new location.
South Side battery: A man was walking his dog with a flashlight when a stranger pulled over and threw a dumbbell at him, police said.
Urban League of Greater Madison's $25 million Black Business Hub and the $38 million Center for Black Excellence and Culture — two South Side development projects — will each receive $1 million from the foundation. The developments, once constructed, would promote Black culture and aid Black-led businesses.
The $38 million center, a first-of-its-kind Black-inspired, Black-designed and Black-led project in Madison, has already raised $5 million for the project, which will be built near the Beltline on the South Side.
The city anticipates hundreds of millions of dollars in development and improvements in the area between Wingra Creek and the Beltline.
Earlier in the day, a 64-year-old man was shot multiple times at Penn Park on the South Side in a separate incident, police said.
The annual gathering in the former Simpson Street area recognizes the revival of the once-troubled South Side neighborhood.