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 hiring 3 new positions for our 2-year, statewide housing campaign! We’re very excited to kick off this effort to affect policy change at the State Capitol, advocating for more housing affordability and housing choices around Wisconsin. Three new positions were created and will be part of a housing team, along with the Executive Director […]
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On October 24, our Madison for More Neighbors campaign proudly attended a vibrant ribbon-cutting event for a new accessory dwelling unit (ADU) – also known as a backyard cottage – on Madison’s southwest side. Local leaders came to show their support. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Alders Barbara McKinney and Will Ochowicz, alongside developers from Accessible Housing […]
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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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