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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We’re excited to welcome our newest Board members to the team! Jenasea Hameister, Justyn Huckleberry, and David Salmon (from left to right) were elected at the Q3 Board meeting in Oct. and they’re ready to support the mission & vision of 1000 Friends. Jenasea comes to us from the City of Madison as an Environmental […]
Read more about "Let’s Welcome Our New Board Members!"Join us for Mobility for All, Reflections from Wisconsin’s Week Without Driving on Monday, November 3rd at 12pm CST Speakers include: Suggested Audience: active transportation advocates, policymakers, government staff Every year communities across the country participate in the Week Without Driving Challenge, created by America Walks to highlight the day-to-day reality that non-drivers face; unreliable […]
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We’ve started a new pro-housing coalition in Madison to address the housing shortage the City has been facing for years. Madison for More Neighbors aims to address the unaffordability and inaccessibility of homes throughout the City by supporting policy changes that allow Madisonians to age in place or comfortably downsize or upsize in the neighborhood […]
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