Information Related to Closure of Jackson Street between Atwood and St. Paul Avenues

Comments and questions welcome: JacksonStreet [a*t] ohioavenue.c o m

To provide feedback to and ask questions of city staff and other officials (best to send to all four):

Alder Marsha Rummel’s July 12 post to SASYNA email list (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SASYNA-Discussions/conversations/topics/18564) also says to contact David Dryer of traffic engineering, so here is his contact info:  ddryer@cityofmadison.com, 267-8750

A facebook page, Jackson St. Plaza, takes comments. Here is a PDF made September 1, 2014, at 5:05 p.m.

What we know

Concerns neighbors have

Unattributed quotes below are from emails copied to jacksonstreet@ohioavenue.com. The individuals included their names in the emails but permission has not be secured to quote by name.

Praise and observations neighbors have

Unattributed quotes below are from emails copied to jacksonstreet@ohioavenue.com. The individuals included their names in the emails but permission has not be secured to quote by name.

Questions and suggestions neighbors have

Unattributed quotes below are from emails copied to jacksonstreet@ohioavenue.com. The individuals included their names in the emails but permission has not be secured to quote by name.

Goals of closure seem to be

Who we are: The Jackson Street Information Group

The volunteers who wrote and distributed the flier with information about who to contact at the city to comment about the closure of Jackson Street live on Ohio Avenue, Dunning Street and Talmadage Street north of St. Paul Avenue. They have lived in the neighborhood for more than 10 years. As of August 22, 2014, they have distributed the flier to every household on Talmadge, Bashford and Jackson streets, and on Ohio, St. Paul and La Follette avenues, with plans to cover all or part of Corry Street as of August 30. The group continutes to contribute information to this web page, and encourages other neighbors to share their thoughts with us. We are:

Kathryn Ackley, Talmadge Street
Sandy Anton, Dunning Street
Karen Faster, Ohio Avenue -- her September 4, 2014, statement
Jenna Hansen, Talmadge Street
Jan Piper, Talmadge Street
Megan Schliesman, Ohio Avenue
Kim Wilson, Ohio Avenue

For the record

July 10 minutes from Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara Neighborhood Association meeting where closure was discussed. See item 6.g.

June 12 minutes from Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara Neighborhood Association meeting where closure was discussed. See item 5.b.

April 10 minutes from Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara Neighborhood Association meeting where closure was discussed. See item 8.

Edited "Jackson Street Placemaking FAQ's" {sic} Flier from city planning department in early August.

Here is a link to a facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/jacksonstplaza/

Here is a link alder Rummel posted to Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara Neighborhood Association email list on June 24 for people “to share and review ideas for Jackson St”: http://jackson.ideascale.com

Here is what alder Rummel posted on her city web page July 12:
http://www.cityofmadison.com/council/district6/blog/?Id=4857. (Note: Neighbors who attended the meeting in May have said it took place May 29, which is when alder Rummel’s May 25 post to the SASYNA email list said it would be: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SASYNA-Discussions/conversations/messages/18391)

Flier neighbors started distributing August 15 to make sure neighbors know who to contact about the street closure. Posted August 15, 2014.

Madison.com
Chocolate Shoppe, May 24, 2014

Chris Rickert: Too many places to go a nice problem to have on Madison's East Side, July 15, 2014

 

 

Updated September 15, 2014; first posted July 21, 2014