Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 08/11/2021 – Will Vote On Development Agreement With Merge LLC For Old Conway Hotel Site

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 08/11/2021 at 4:30PM. They will be receiving the Community & Economic Development Department Mid-Year 2021 Budget Report, but that’s an information item that requires no action. The one action item they’ll be discussing and voting on is […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 07/14/2021 – Will Vote On Long Term Lease For Zuelke Building Development

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 07/14/2021 at 4:30PM. They have one item on their agenda and that is “Request to amend the Development Agreement for the Zuelke Project located at 103 W. College Avenue in Tax Increment Financing District No. 11 and […]

Community And Economic Development Committee and Safety And Licensing Committee Special Meetings Scheduled For 07/07/2021 – Will Award Neighborhood Development Contract And Review Core’s Lounge Noise Complaints

There are two special committee meetings scheduled for 07/07/2021 prior to the Common Council meeting that evening. The first one is a Community & Economic Development Committee meeting at 6:15PM. Their one action item is a “Request to award the project for the College Avenue […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 06/09/2021

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 06/09/2021 at 4:30PM. There will be a presentation on Fox Cities tourism figures that looks like it may be interesting. They’ll also receive an update on activities from the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce. They will also […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Discusses And Votes On Two Development Projects

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 05/26/2021. It was a very short meeting, only 8 minutes long, but there was some interesting information on a couple of projects. Both items were critical timing. The first item they took up was the “request to approve […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 05/26/2021

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 05/26/2021. They have a couple time-sensitive items on their agenda. The first is a request to approve a 6 month extension to the city’s Planning Option Agreement with Merge, LLC.  Merge has been working on potentially developing […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Considers CEDAW Resolution; 2 Alderpersons Express Concerns

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 04/28/2021. The majority of the meeting was taken up with Resolution #4-R-21 regarding the United Nation’s Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The concluding paragraphs of the resolution say: “NOW, THEREFORE BE […]

Community and Economic Development Committee Meeting Scheduled For 03/10/2021

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 03/10/2021 at 4:30 pm. They’ll be revising the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. It looks like they have $610,000 in funds they’re handing out. There’s a request to approve a mixed use development agreement on College […]

Community and Economic Development Committee Votes On New Anti-Homelessness Programs

I had an opportunity to listen to the 01/27/2021 Community and Economic Development committee meeting. Download agenda packet here: The two action items on the agenda were (1) a proposal to pay an organization called ADVOCAP $278,909 of CARES Act grant fund money to “provide […]

City Plans To Use CARES Act Funds To Start a New Homelessness Response Program

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 01/27/2021 at 4:30 PM. They will be voting on the “Third Substantial Amendment to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2020 Annual Action Plan (AAP) awarding an additional $343,268 of CDBG Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security […]