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Development News for the Week of: 10/13/2012 -  10/19/2012  
 

Three of the four organizations that manage Wisconsin's BadgerCare Plus say they're losing money on the state Medicaid program, and two of those are at least considering pulling out.



WALKER CALLS FOR DRAMATIC CHANGES AFTER WEDC LOST TRACK OF $8M IN PAST-DUE LOANS

Gov. Scott Walker called for "dramatic moves" Thursday in the wake of revelations that his flagship jobs agency had for more than a year lost track of $8 million in past-due loans.


CITY COUNCIL APPROVES NEW ZONING CODE

Madison's city Council's decision to approve a new comprehensive zoning code, representing five years of planning, was met with applause from both Council members and city staff Tuesday.


SEPTEMBER'S ACCEPTED OFFERS PREDICT STRONG OCTOBER SALES IN DANE COUNTY

Offers that were accepted but not yet closed in September were up 59 percent for condos and 43 percent for single-family homes.

 

DANE COUNTY HOME SALES UP NEARLY 14 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER, FOR 15TH STRAIGHT MONTH OF RISING SALES

Dane County home sales through September of this year already exceed all sales in 2011.

 

DANE COUNTY HOUSING STARTS UP 10.2 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER; 8TH RISE THIS YEAR

Housing starts in September were the fourth highest of any September in the past six years.


DOWNTOWN BUSINESS LEADERS TELL SOGLIN TO RESTORE OVERTURE CENTER FUNDING
that no matter how healthy the central business district is, it has to ride the fortunes of the whole city -- and this year, that means cutting the subsidy to the Overture Center for the Arts to fund other needed services and projects.

MADISON NOT RENEWING CONTRACTS WITH FOUR GOLF COURSE PROS

Four PGA of America professionals with more than 100 years of experience running the city of Madison's four golf courses have been told their contracts will not be renewed after they expire at the end of the year.

TWO OUSTED GOLF PROS DISPUTE CITY, SAY THEY DON'T MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY
Although the four PGA of America golf pros who run the city golf courses are being ousted because city officials think they're making too much money, two of those pros say their bottom lines prove otherwise.

 ORPHEUM THEATRE COULD REOPEN IN DECEMBER UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Wheels are in motion to reopen State Street's famed Orpheum Theatre with new management as soon as December.


DOWNTOWN MADISON SEE INCREASE IN EMPTY OFFICES IN 2012, REPORT FINDS

Vacant apartments are hard to find in Downtown Madison and home values have inched up while those in the city, as a whole, are down from a year ago. But the number of empty offices has increased, and is significantly higher than in downtown areas of comparable cities.




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Around the State and Points Elsewhere  

  

 


A publicly financed conference center proposed for Brookfield would help generate sales for the city's hotels and other businesses, but would cost $27 million to $38 million, a new report says.

  

A proposed extra tax on commercial property owners near the former Northridge Mall, with the money to be used for street beautification work and other improvements, was approved Tuesday by the Milwaukee Common Council.

 

 

Ald. Bob Bauman is seeking to rescind the transfer of city-owned land because of changes in the design of a state office building that would be developed on the site.



In this week's Land and Space video, Tom Daykin talks about Joe Dahl, who, less than six months after buying a vacant building on King Drive, has tenants in all three apartments, along with a business occupying the street-level space. He's now hoping to buy a neighboring building and repeating the process

For seven decades the Badger Army Ammunition Plant either thrived with thousands of workers manufacturing ammunition for three wars or lay dormant once the Army no longer needed it. Now this land is about to change again


The City of Waukesha will run into "a buzz saw" of opposition from other Great Lakes states if it persists in its bid to distribute Lake Michigan water to a future service area extending beyond its current boundaries, the mayor said.

 

POWER LINE LINKED TO NUCLEAR PLANT UPGRADE WOULD COST AT LEAST $193 MILLION 

 

A high-voltage power line in Sheboygan, Manitowoc and possibly Calumet counties will cost $193 million to $262 million, depending on the route selected.


 

 

 

 
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