V&A to help shape master plan for Dane County sustainability campus
MADISON, WISC. (EXCPERTS FROM NBC15.COM and LANDFILL.COUNTYOFDANE.COM) – In preparation for the less than 10 years of landfill space left at the Rodefeld Landfill, the Dane County Department of Waste and Renewables is preparing to start initial plans for a new waste campus to “redesign how the community’s waste is managed.” The project is proposed for the eastern portion of the Yahara Hills Golf Course. Dane County Department of Waste & Renewables said its vision of the campus will boost economic development in the area and create jobs by including waste processors,...
Read MoreGoats help transform former Hillmoor Golf Course property
LAKE GENEVA, WISC. (EXCERPTS FROM LAKEGENEVANEWS.NET) – Goat grazing may now officially occur on the former Hillmoor Golf Course property. Members of the Lake Geneva City Council unanimously approved a conditional use permit, March 27, to allow for husbandry land use on the former Hillmoor Golf Course property, 333 E. Main St. The Lake Geneva Plan Commission unanimously recommended the conditional use permit, March 20. The husbandry land use allows for goat grazing to occur on the former Hillmoor Golf Course property, which the city recently purchased for about $6...
Read MoreScott Harrington talks workforce housing need and policy at Central Wisconsin Day
MADISON, WISC. – On April 5, Principal Planner Scott Harrington (pictured center row, center) of Vandewalle & Associates participated in the 2023 Central Wisconsin Day with Centergy. The annual Central Wisconsin Day is an opportunity for business and community leaders to meet with state policymakers and bring focus to various key issues facing Central Wisconsin communities such as the need for a diverse mix of workforce housing, and the critical impact housing has on each community’s economic health.
Read MoreV&A is pleased to welcome Scott Heacock as Assistant Planner
MADISON, WISC. – Vandewalle & Associates has hired Scott Heacock as an Assistant Planner based out of the Madison, Wisconsin office. Scott is a Wisconsin native who attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for his undergraduate degree in Political Science, and is expected to receive his masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the UW in May. Scott brings experience in affordable housing programs, project grant funding, and political science among other expertise. He has worked as Housing & Resident Relations Specialist with Commonwealth Development, and as a...
Read MoreVillage of Oregon residents help shape comprehensive plan
OREGON, WI (EXCERPTS FROM OREGON OBSERVER): Residents were invited to shape the future of the Village of Oregon as the process of updating its official comprehensive plan continues. A comprehensive plan is a local government’s guide to a community’s overall growth that is updated every 10 years in accordance with Wisconsin’s 1999 “Smart Growth Legislation.” Oregon’s current version was adopted in 2004 and last updated in 2013. One step of the bureaucratic journey, which will continue throughout the year until December, includes a Comprehensive Plan Public Visioning Workshop from 6...
Read MoreV&A and Fort Atkinson reps speak at WEDA conference on housing
In February, V&A’s Brian Munson and Ben Rohr will be teaming up with representatives of the City of Fort Atkinson to present a special report on housing entitled, “Steps to Generating New, Diverse Housing in Small Communities.” The presentation provides a glimpse at the economic events that have created today’s housing environment in the US, in Wisconsin, and in individual localities such as the SE Wisconsin community of Fort Atkinson. It also focuses on creating innovative solutions using a range of zoning, analysis, planning, public-sector participation, and...
Read MoreVandewalle & Associates welcomes Alexis Paus as design intern
MADISON, WISC. Vandewalle & Associates is pleased to welcome Alexis “Lexi” Paus as design intern. Alexis is a senior, working toward her Bachelor degree in Landscape Architecture (anticipated May, 2023) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Please join us in welcoming Lexi to the team!
Read MoreMonona Grand Crossing Park opens winter skating
MONONA, WIS. (EXCERPTS FROM THE MONONA HERALD-INDEPENDENT / MCFARLAND THISTLE): Ice skaters of all ages and talents came out to the Monona Bank RiverRink on Saturday for free skating as the rink opened for the season. This marks the second full skate season for the new riverfront park. The Grand Crossing Park is part of a massive redevelopment project on the Yahara River led by Vandewalle & Associates that is in its final phases.
Read MorePhase 2 Lake Geneva retirement center approved, ready for implementation
LAKE GENEVA, WIS. (EXCERPTS FROM LAKE GENEVA NEWS): The second phase of construction for the Golden Years of Lake Geneva senior care and retirement center has received initial approval. Jackie Mich, lead associate planner for Vandewalle & Associates, Inc., said the city council still has to approve a precise implementation plan for the second phase. The precise implementation plan, which includes landscaping, building design and final site plan, is set to be presented by Vandewalle & Associates to the plan commission and city council in December. “That’s where...
Read MoreHancock County new director praises V&A-led comprehensive plan
HANCOCK COUNTY, IN (with excerpts from The Greenfield Reporter) – Kayla Brooks may be the county’s new planning director, but she’s been a familiar face around the office over the past couple months. Ms. Brooks participated as a resident in the recent Hancock County comprehensive plan update process led by Vandewalle & Associates, which provided multiple opportunities for the public to provide feedback. The county’s plan commission supports the update and the county commissioners are slated to vote on it next month. If approved, leaders will use the document to...
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