Temperatures are dropping and the snow has started to fall, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to head indoors! Madison offers many exciting outdoor winter activities that are fun for the whole family and are COVID friendly. Just remember to dress warm!
Holiday Lights Displays
Who doesn’t love looking at holiday lights? They are colorful…
The Black Lives Matter movement is forcing many White people to open our eyes to inequalities we have long ignored. One such issue is neighborhood segregation and unequal access to homeownership.
Since the Fair Housing Act passed in 1968, the gap between Black and White homeownership rates has widened —growing from 27 percentage points in 1960 to 30 points in 2017—and the Black homeownership rate has actually stayed almost exactly the same.
After many years of silence, White communities are beginning to talk about the ways segregation shuts Black, Indigenous, and People of Color out of opportunities to gain wealth, attend well-funded schools, and be safe in their homes.
Many White people are asking, “What can I do?”
Before we can take any action to desegregate our neighborhoods, we need to understand three unsettling truths about neighborhood segregation.
Truth 1: The segregation of our neighborhoods was deliberate, legal, and rooted in racist lies…
Most true Wisconsinites love Friday Night Fish Fries! We wanted to know where to find some of the best Madison area fish fries, so we set out to find out what people thought! Here is the list that we compiled in no particular order…
Another great event is coming soon to the great Near Eastside neighborhood! What do we love most about the Marquette Waterfront Festival? The music, the friends, the dancing, spending time outside, the beer? It is must be the combination! Here is the great description of this year’s event from the Marquette Neighborhood Association website: Yet again […]
Just Sold! 512 Wingra Street in Madison, WI sold on March 11, 2014 for $225,000. 2-unit 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom 675 sq ft per unit Sold by Sara Alvarado of the Alvarado Real Estate Group. For more information about selling or buying a home, feel free to contact us.
Sunny, warm days in Madison are our favorites! Enjoy what is going on around town and we’ll see you out and about! JUNE EVENTS June 4 – Concerts on the Monona Terrace Rooftop 7-9pm Rabid Aardvarks June 4-5 – Verona Hometown Days June 6 – Cars on State Street June 6 – […]