Archives August 2026

The Oaks of Jackson, a Next Generation Housing development, is the site of a tour hosted by Washington County on August 25. At the event, you can engage in discussions about Washington County’s Next Generation Housing Initiative, learn about guest speaker Congressman Scott Fitzgerald’s recent housing legislation package, and see the Oaks of Jackson development up close and personal. The event kicks off at 9:00-10:30 AM Aug. 25, 2026; and is starting point is at N166 W19870 Jackson Oaks Drive, Jackson, WI.

MADISON, WIS.: On the morning of Aug. 8, members of the Vandewalle & Associates team joined with Friends of Monona Bay for a park and shoreline cleanup. Friends of Monona Bay organizes this volunteer event monthly at Brittingham – where park, recreation and nature lovers can give back to the parks by picking up up trash along the Monona Bay Shoreline and in Brittingham Park.

In the afternoon, Vandewalle & Associates team members and their families gathered at the Brittingham Park Shelter to share a picnic lunch, playtime, and camaraderie.

MADISON WIS. – BY NEIL HEINEN (EXCERPTS FROM MADISON MAGAZINE / CHANNEL3000.COM): Special places where we want to live — cities, towns, villages, neighborhoods, parks and paths — don’t just happen. Most of them are the result of careful, thoughtful and usually inspired planning by someone with a vision, but more importantly by someone who cares deeply about how we coexist. Brian Vandewalle was one of those planners. 

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WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WIS. (WITH EXCERPTS FROM WPR.ORG) Once Wisconsin’s largest paper mill, a century-old facility in Wisconsin Rapids closed in 2020. In 2021 it became the focus of “Rapid Renewal,” a proposed plan for recovery and redevelopment developed by Vandewalle & Associates. After the facility owner’s attempts to restart the mill or find a buyer failed, it was torn down in 2025. Now the city is considering a new proposal for the 220-acre site: a data center.

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WATERTOWN, WIS. (EXCERPTS FROM WDTIMES.COM) — The Watertown Plan Commission met recently to discuss its comprehensive zoning code rewrite. Associate Planner Sonja Kruesel of Vandewalle & Associates presented a comprehensive view and a new zoning map, explained its new mix of upzoning and downzoning.

“The Corridor Mixed-Use District allows for a greater mix of land uses than the General Business District used to,” she said. Upzoning increases the development density or uses of the land, such as having a smaller minimum lot area or reduced setbacks. Downzoning is the opposite, reducing permitted uses via the assigned district (for example, from commercial to residential).

You can read the WDTIMES.COM article here.