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Plan Commission recommends authorization to prepare downtown area plan, citing coordination with economic strategy
Summary
The commission unanimously recommended that the Common Council authorize the Planning Division to prepare a downtown area plan and public participation plan (Legistar 89327), coordinated with a larger downtown economic investment strategy and UW–Madison campus framework updates.
The Madison Plan Commission voted unanimously Aug. 11 to recommend that the Common Council authorize the Planning Division to lead preparation of a downtown area plan and adopt a public participation plan (Legistar 89327).
Planners Dan McAuliffe and Rebecca Kinnear told the commission the downtown area encompasses roughly 700 acres and contains dense housing and employment: they cited roughly 34,000 residents, 1,600 housing units, and over 60,000 jobs in the broader downtown geography used for planning analysis. The downtown area plan will examine land use, height and zoning guidance, transportation and curb management, curbside uses, potential…
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