Madison is preparing for a major redevelopment of roughly 340 dated and deteriorating housing units for low-income, elderly and disabled residents on a big piece of “the Triangle” Downtown.
Low-income residents help shape what could be one of the coolest places to live in Madison
Efforts ramp up to vaccinate people of color against COVID-19 in Wisconsin
Mobile vaccinators making inroads in Madison's vulnerable communities
Sharon Wade was wondering how she was going to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The frail 79-year-old Black resident of the low-income Bayview Townhouses in Madison's Greenbush neighborhood has been eligible for two months, but she doesn't drive, and the thought of trying to seek out a vaccine was daunting. Then she got a flyer from Bayview on her door offering a vaccine. All she had to do was walk a few doors down to the complex’s community center.
“Zoo School” provides virtual education support, and a lot more
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close last spring, it threw a lot of families into turmoil. It also changed things for organizations that work with the schools, like Henry Vilas Zoo, which hosts field trips and day camps on non-school days. When schools across Dane County decided over the summer not to reopen, zoo staff had to take a look around. The zoo had already been in talks with the Bayview Foundation, a nonprofit organization that owns and operates an affordable housing development a little over a mile away.