Archives February 2024

DANE COUNTY, WISC. (excerpts from landfill.countyofdane.com) – With less than 5 years of landfill space remaining at Dane County’s Rodefeld Landfill, the county has an opportunity to create an innovative plan for its future waste stream.   

A vision has been developed for this site on the East Side of Madison that includes development of a sustainable business park or “Sustainability Campus” to divert waste and create local circular economies. 

This will be accomplished by attracting reuse, repair, and recycling businesses; new waste management technologies; and research.

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MADISON, WISC. (excerpts from www.madison.com) – After talks with the city and neighbors, a developer has refined ambitious plans to redevelop a block that holds the beloved but aging Essen Haus German restaurant Downtown for a hotel, housing and parking.

Vandewalle & Associates has been instrumental in the entitlement process for the property.

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MADISON, WISC. (excerpts from madison.com) The Madison Plan Commission on Monday backed a zoning change to pave the way for a Veridian Homes development that would deliver a mix of 600 homes and apartments to a stretch of farmland on the Far West Side.

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STEVENS POINT (excerpts from the Stevens Point Journal) – City leaders have new ideas for redeveloping the former downtown Shopko property. Documents released Friday afternoon show proposed plans that feature a new transit center and several buildings that include both residential, retail and mixed-use spaces.

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MADISON, WISC. Members of the Vandewalle & Associates and Eye Level Studio team are eager to meet the best next young planners and landscape architects at UW Madison this week!

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