Paul Soglin: Waxing America

Neighborhood Resource Teams-Merging Placemaking and Social Cohesion

I was recently able to address the National League of Cities-Big Ideas for Cities Conference. I took a walk down memory lane and described the inception of our Neighborhood Resource Teams. Ironically a letter from a young Madison Police Officer named Joe Balles was part of the story. I called it Neighborhood Resource Teams-Merging Placemaking and Social Cohesion. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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City of Madison Equity Initiatives

I was really pleased to be able to unveil the City of Madison Equity Initiatives earlier today. I was joined by Godwin Amegashie of 100 Black Men of Madison, Wensy Melendez of Amigo Construction, Felicia Anderson of the Brentwood neighborhood and Frank Davis of MOSES along with other city staff to discuss the report.

We have a lot of work to do, but this report outlines some of the progress we have made, and explains some of the initiatives that are underway. I look forward to continuing to work on this collaborative effort with partners from City departments, non-profits, private businesses and others.