Park Street Partners


Park Street Partners

Home

About Us

Events

File Library

About Us

Purpose
Park Street Partners is a Wisconsin non-profit corporation. The general purpose of the Park Street Partners is to facilitate communication and coordinate activities among the organizations working towards the revitalization of Park Street and the realization of the vision, goals, and projects as laid out in the Park Street Revitalization: Possibilities to Reality document. We also sponsor key projects that act as catalysts for revitalization. The Park Street Partners strives to be visionary, inclusive, representative, responsive and accountable to its member organizations and the Southside community.

Membership
Park Street Partners consists of voting and advisory members. Voting membership is open to public, private and volunteer organizations that represent a diverse constituency and have a continuing interest and stake in the long-term revitalization of the Park Street Corridor. Advisory membership is open to units of government. Organizations that qualify for voting membership include:

- Businesses and institutions located within the corridor

- Neighborhood associations with boundaries that include or are contiguous with Park Street

- Business Associations that represent businesses located within the corridor

- Community and religious organizations
Current voting members include the South Metropolitan Planning Council, South Metropolitan Business Association, South Madison Health and Family Center – Harambee, South Madison Housing Team, South Madison Rotary, Greenbush Neighborhood Association, University of Wisconsin, Meriter Hospital, Saint Marys Hospital, Madison Gas & Electric, Park Street Urban Design Team, UW School of Human Ecology – Family Voices Project. New members are sponsored by a current member and approved by a majority vote

Goals
The primary goal of the Park Street Partners is the physical and economic revitalization of the Park Street corridor. The specific annual goals shall be revisited and revised each year to be current with existing needs and resources. Park Street Partners goals include the stewardship of on-going public and private initiatives to ensure they meet the vision laid out in the Park Street Revitalization: Possibilities to Reality Plan as well as undertaking specific projects that will be a catalyst for revitalization.

Park Street Partners 2005/2006 Goals

Affordable Housing: Support and facilitate programs and projects that promote the development of and access to affordable housing in the Park Street neighborhoods. Specific activities include:

- Continued work of the South Madison Housing Team

- Ensure that TIF affordable housing set aside funds and inclusionary zoning requirements are met and maximized

- Partner with affordable housing developers and advocates

- Encourage the city, major employers, and UW to develop a workforce housing strategy for the Southside and central city

- Work with local banks, credit unions, and financial education programs to encourage an increase in low-income home-ownership

Major Development Projects: Actively monitor on-going development projects within the Park Street Corridor and surrounding neighborhoods to ensure they meet the recommendations and vision laid out in Park Street: Possibilities to Reality Plan and the South Madison Neighborhood Plan as well as other implementation plans. Specific projects include the Villager Mall redevelopment, Wingra Triangle/Morningstar Dairy redevelopment, PDQ/Park Bank development.

Park Street Corridor Streetscaping and Landscaping: Work with the alders and city staff to coordinate the design and implementation of the streetscaping and landscaping of the various segments of the Park Street Corridor to ensure that they are consistent with the recommendations in the Park Street: Possibilities to Reality Plan and the South Madison Neighborhood Plan. Specific recommendations include:

- Addressing pedestrian safety and comfort concerns

- Reflecting the uniqueness of each district

- Establishment of Park Street as a gateway to the UW and Downtown through creative signage, banners, and other amenities

- Providing adequate opportunities for the businesses and residents within the Park Street Corridor and surrounding neighbors to comment of the designs

2005/2006 Projects

- Outreach and capacity building through implementation of the storybook, Celebrate Park Street: Madison's Vibrant Gateway
- Façade improvement workshop for Park Street small business owners
- Spring median planting along Park Street

Browse articles:

| Prev |1 - 5 | 6 - 10 | Next |

Campus Community Partnerships

Wingra Creek Triangle Redevelopment

Urban Design Guidelines

Health Care Main Street

University of Wisconsin-Madison, East Campus Plan

| Prev |1 - 5 | 6 - 10 | Next |

A community-based non-profit organization dedicated to
the economic and physical revitalization of the Park Street Corridor.

madison.com is operated by Madison Newspapers Inc., publishers of the Wisconsin State Journal, The Capital Times, Agri-View and Apartment Showcase. Copyright ©2009, Madison Newspapers, Inc. All rights reserved.