Fort Atkinson updates and adopts Comprehensive Plan
FORT ATKINSON, WISC. The City of Fort Atkinson Common Council and Plan Commission held a joint meeting and public hearing on Tuesday, March 5 to gather public input on the Draft City of Fort Atkinson Comprehensive Plan–an update to the City’s existing 2008 Comprehensive Plan and a blueprint for the short-range and long-range growth, redevelopment and preservation of the City. Vandewalle & Associates team members Dan Johns and Ben Rohr presented the changes made to the Plan including issues and identified opportunities, data trends, maps, and an implementation matrix. The...
Read MoreNew Discovery Garden Park open in McFarland
Adjacent to the E.D. Locke Public Library, McFarland has a newly reimagined park space designed to spark kids' creativity and inspire interaction with textures, sounds and multi-sensory activities. Designed by Vandewalle & Associates' design team, the park is now open to the public.
Read MoreWatch the latest drone video of the Monona Riverfront project
MONONA, WISC: Check out the construction progress on “The Current,” on the site of Monona’s largest mixed-use redevelopment project at W. Broadway and Bridge Road.
Read MoreCity of Jefferson awarded $250,000 CDI Grant from WEDC
The City of Jefferson has been awarded a $250,000 CDI Grant from WEDC. The grant will help Gorman Company’s construction of the Candise Street Lofts--a redevelopment project that is a key part of the Downtown and Economic Recovery Plans that Vandewalle has worked on over the last several years.
Read MoreWaterloo begins next phase of improvements on Highway 63
"The new Highway 63 design has made pedestrian safety improvements that allowed for connections and accessibility from John Deere Waterloo Works and the TechWorks campus to downtown businesses, residential and entertainment,” said Marta Purdy, of Vandewalle and Associates, a downtown planning consultant.
Read MoreWatch the latest drone video of Monona’s riverfront project, “The Current”
MONONA, WISC: The Galway Companies have shared their latest video of the City of Monona’s riverfront redevelopment project, which was planned by Vandewalle & Associates. Watch the video here.
Read More2019 is a big year for the Oscar Mayer site
The opportunity to reposition the 72-acre former Oscar Mayer site and the surrounding area for the next 100 years is "one of the more important economic development projects that Madison will undertake." Several different development opportunities have been identified as part of the city’s Strategic Assessment Report (prepared for the City with the help of Vandewalle & Associates).
Read MoreJanesville Town Square earns 2019 Wisconsin Chapter APWA Project of the Year
JANESVILLE, WISC: The Wisconsin Chapter APWA (American Public Works Association) announced this week that the Janesville Town Square project will be receiving the 2019 Project of the Year at the Spring Conference being held on May 9th, 2019. The selection committee has also forwarded the project to the National level for consideration of a National Project of the Year award. Vandewalle & Associates developed the conceptual design and worked with Strand Associates Engineers to implement this project, which reworked Janesville’s downtown riverfront from former parking lot into...
Read MoreCarrollton Square Initiative travels to Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin to see redevelopment in action
CARROLLTON, ILL. to MT. HOREB, WISC. (WITH EXCERPTS FROM THE GREENE PRAIRIE PRESS): Several members of the newly formed group, the Carrollton Square Initiative, traveled to Mt. Horeb Wisconsin for two days at the end of January to see first-hand how a small town can be revitalized. Mt. Horeb itself is a community that has engaged Vandewalle & Associates, the consulting firm the CSI is considering to handle the redevelopment of the Carrollton Square district in Carrollton, Illinois. The firm came recommended by one of the board members who had worked with them in the...
Read MoreRenovated new event center in Mount Horeb offers additional opportunities on first floor
A former farm implement building is coming back to life as another example of redevelopment and growth in downtown Mount Horeb. Vandewalle & Associates has been assisting the city with the downtown planing and economic development. “We’re really trying to build momentum and change things in downtown Mount Horeb, and this was an opportunity to get involved in a deeper way,” said building Owner Steve Grundahl.
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