The Interstate construction mission is complete. By Trevor RoarkExecutive Director “This is the wrong fight. Or, more precisely, it is a fight designed for us to lose slowly.” I’ve been following and learning from Strong Towns for a while now, since 2015, to be exact. Chuck Marohn came to speak at UW-Stevens Point that year, […]
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By Ken Smith Our newly inaugurated housing team at 1000 Friends of Wisconsin has begun its work, and housing is a major issue on the minds of people across Wisconsin and the nation. This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the landmark US Supreme Court Case, Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., which deemed land use zoning constitutional. Euclid has greatly impacted where housing can legally be built, […]
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by Raphie Torralba Lately, I’ve been following several bills introduced in the Wisconsin State legislature. They each have potential to inform improvements and action toward sustainability and equity in our transportation system. At the same time, there are clear areas that would benefit from refinement. SB 824 / AB 830 – required inclusions added to […]
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Day 1 The first week of Dec. brought cold to Wisconsin, but us 1000 Friends staff brought our warm hearts and minds to Milwaukee for our first retreat as a new staff! With a quick meetup at MKE’s Intermodal train station, our feet took us east along I-794 to chat about some of that advocacy […]
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This month we worked with Rethink 794 to conduct the first in a series of walk-roll-audits along the I-794 corridor. A report of our preliminary findings from event are now available to view. The event took place on November 18th at 12pm and covered a western segment of I-794, adjacent to the Marquette Interchange. Read […]
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This post is more personal than the usual content Susan writes on Active Wisconsin. Here she shares some of her history as a biker, and why she decided to sign up for Ride Across Wisconsin, which is a fundraiser for the Wisconsin Bike Fed. If you want to contribute to Susan, go to her fundraising […]
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