MADISON, WIS.: On the morning of Aug. 8, members of the Vandewalle & Associates team joined with Friends of Monona Bay for a park and shoreline cleanup. Friends of Monona Bay organizes this volunteer event monthly at Brittingham – where park, recreation and nature lovers can give back to the parks by picking up up trash along the Monona Bay Shoreline and in Brittingham Park.

In the afternoon, Vandewalle & Associates team members and their families gathered at the Brittingham Park Shelter to share a picnic lunch, playtime, and camaraderie.

MADISON WIS. – BY NEIL HEINEN (EXCERPTS FROM MADISON MAGAZINE / CHANNEL3000.COM): Special places where we want to live — cities, towns, villages, neighborhoods, parks and paths — don’t just happen. Most of them are the result of careful, thoughtful and usually inspired planning by someone with a vision, but more importantly by someone who cares deeply about how we coexist. Brian Vandewalle was one of those planners. 

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WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WIS. (WITH EXCERPTS FROM WPR.ORG) Once Wisconsin’s largest paper mill, a century-old facility in Wisconsin Rapids closed in 2020. In 2021 it became the focus of “Rapid Renewal,” a proposed plan for recovery and redevelopment developed by Vandewalle & Associates. After the facility owner’s attempts to restart the mill or find a buyer failed, it was torn down in 2025. Now the city is considering a new proposal for the 220-acre site: a data center.

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