West Waubesa Preservation Coalition

02/16/2015

Hear me on Sly's show on 93.7 at 6:05 tonight about Phyllisgate, Fitchburg's quiet appeal of the CARPC's decision to the DNR, and the Fitchburg elections

02/16/2015

Here are all the Fitchburg candidates that we are endorsing!

02/16/2015

The West Waubesa Preservation Coalition's Board of Directors has voted to endorse 7 aldermanic candidates in the Spring 2015 elections in Fitchburg. Only one of them, Roger Backes of District 2, has a 3-way primary. If you live in District 2 please get out and vote for Roger Backes for Alder, and if you live anywhere in Fitchburg, vote for Steve Arnold for Mayor on Tues., Feb. 17!. You can read more in our latest newsletter at https://madmimi.com/s/3117e5

01/22/2015

The West Waubesa Preservation's Board of Directors has voted to endorse Steve Arnold for Mayor of Fitchburg! Read all about it in our newsletter https://madmimi.com/s/d06bc5. Tell your Fitchburg friends to vote on Feb. 17 (Steve is in a 4-way primary) and again on April 7! We'll be coming out with aldermanic endorsements soon.

01/22/2015

The City of Fitchburg has quietly appealed the CARPC's rejection of their Northeast Neighborhood development proposal to the DNR. Read about it here: https://madmimi.com/s/d06bc5

Dear Friend, On Jan. 2 a front page article in the Wisconsin State Journal was headlined, "Fitchburg wants Lake Waubesa construction zone approv...

11/15/2014

James Rowan, journalist and blogger who posts on "The Road to Sprawlville" posted about our victory at CARPC here.
http://tinyurl.com/nypbyfe He wrote: "And props to the activist citizens in the area who would not give up. We need more of you out there." Indeed! Sign up here to get our e-newsletters. http://www.westwaubesa.org/index.php?id=9

11/15/2014

Wow! What a victory Thursday night at the CARPC meeting. It was a real nail-biter, but 6 brave commissioners voted no on the Fitchburg Northeast Neighborhood application. 60 wonderful supporters come out in the cold to encourage the commissioners. Read the Cap Times story here: http://tinyurl.com/ls9ydpp

The process is not necessarily over, however, since the city of Fitchburg can now appeal the decision to the state Department of Natural Resources.

10/01/2014

Listen to me being interviewed by Sly tonight, Oct. 1 at 6:05 p.m. on 93.7 FM! More about why Fitchburg doesn't need more development at this time, and why the 2 places they are trying to develop are particularly inappropriate! The podcast should be up by tomorrow at www.slysoffice.com.

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10/01/2014

I was interviewed this morning by Jan Miyazaki on WORT's "8 O'clock Buzz" about Fitchburg's Northeast Neighborhood proposal. You can hear it by going to the WORT archives here http://www.wortfm.org/archives/ and scrolling down to Oct. 1, 8 O'clock Buzz! Please join our event: the CARPC hearing on Oct. 9 at 7 pm at the Fitchburg City Hall!

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09/10/2014

Our cover photo is an overhead shot of the video crew in a canoe in the Waubesa Wetlands, where we shot our 20 min. video "Waubesa Wetlands in Danger." See it at http://www.westwaubesa.org.

Commissioners of the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission: We, the undersigned residents of Dane County over the age of 18 years, request CARPC to reject Fitchburg's applications to bring its Northeast Neighborhood (NEN) and North Stoner Prairie Neighborhood (NSPN) into the Central Urban Servic…

09/10/2014

! Please come to the extremely important public hearings tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. at the Fitchburg City Hall, 5520 Lacy Rd. The CARPC (Capital Area Regional Planning Commission) will take public comments on whether Fitchburg should be able to develop its "Northeast Neighborhood," thus endangering the Waubesa Wetlands and Lake Waubesa, and its "North Stoner Prairie Neighborhood," paving over 242 acres of some of the best farmland in the world!
The meeting starts at 6:30 pm, but we think 8 is the earliest these items will come up. If you only have time to rush in, fill out 2 registration forms in opposition, and dash out, come any time from 6:30 to 9:30 and do so. But you'll have a bigger impact if you stay and listen, and even bigger if you speak! The Northeast Neighborhood hearing is 8.5 years in the making - please lend a hand at this crucial moment! Thanks to all.

08/30/2014

Please watch our brand new 20-minute video, "Waubesa Wetlands in Danger" at http://vimeo.com/104251802. You'll see underwater footage of the amazing "Deep Spring" (25' deep and 15' across), plus turtles, black terns, and wetland scientists in their native habitat, and you'll learn what incredible services wetlands perform for us, and how you can help save this one from development threats.

Please share this widely and come to the CARPC hearing, to register in opposition to Fitchburg's application to develop its "Northeast Neighborhood." The hearing is Thurs., Sept. 11 around 8 p.m. at the Fitchburg City Hall, 5520 Lacy Rd. Please come and bring a friend who cares about clean water! For more info, check out our website at www.westwaubesa.org.

Help us protect the Waubesa Wetlands. Contact the CARPC Commissioners and ask them to deny Fitchburg's application to develop the Northeast Neighborhood. the risk…