"It's a visual thing." There's no feel of a neighborhood. You make things look better and people feel better."
- Jeanne Retelle, who worked there for the Madison School District
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"A
community center for younger people to be able to have something to do.
Some of the smarter kids are in gangs because they're not given what
they need at home." - resident Terria Tiner
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Redevelop
the core of the area with a small commercial center, perhaps a coffee
shop, small grocery and dry cleaner. "I'd basically re-create the whole
neighborhood." - former Mayor Sue Bauman
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"Create an overall vision." - Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz
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Preserve low-cost housing - Salvation Army Maj. Paul Moore
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"Leadership for the neighborhood must come from the neighborhood." - Urban League of Greater Madison executive director Steve Braunginn
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The new medians are useless. "They should put up speed bumps." - resident Marissa Harris, 14
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"I'd like to see a joint planning council." - Former Fitchburg Mayor Mark Vivian
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