Madison Seeks Room to Grow

Dean Mosiman:

After decades of gobbling land like a ravenous Pac-Man, Madison is facing the reality of running out of real estate.
To share the region's new jobs, housing and businesses, the city must push outward, which brings tension and conflict with neighbors.

Now, the city is negotiating with those neighbors on its final borders, which will decide who controls rules for private, undeveloped lands and who reaps tax money to pay for police, garbage collection, plowing streets and other services.

It will also dictate how and where growth happens.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 2, 2006 10:14 PM
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