The Latino Chamber of Commerce of Dane County will celebrate its 10th anniversary during its annual gala at 6 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Concourse Hotel. “We’ve enjoyed helping Latino-owned businesses prosper over the past 10 years,” Chamber President Julia…
For most of us, poverty and homelessness exist on the fringes of our daily lives. It’s the same at this time of year, when those cheerful Salvation Army bell-ringers — a staple of the holiday season for more than a century — begin to gently nudge us toward a spirit of giving. But while hope and charity traditionally take center stage from mid-November through January, they’re actually in greater demand at other times of the year.
Karen Menendez Coller was a young teenager when her family left their homeland of El Salvador to escape an unstable economy and civil repercussions. Her father, an attorney, relocated the family to the San Francisco Bay Area before establishing roots in Los Angeles, which Menendez Coller still considers home.
Community Care Resources, Inc. (CCR), a Middleton-based foster care placement agency, reached a $1 million settlement with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF). DCF had accused the agency of overcharging taxpayers by $6.1 million and using some of…
Nominations are being sought for the 2014 Governor’s Trailblazer Awards for Women in Business. The online nomination form, guidelines, and information are available at www.womenscouncil.wi.gov or through the Women’s Council at 608-266-2219. The deadline is Nov. 9.
Initial preparations have begun at the corner of East Wilson and Ingersoll streets for a $600,000 restroom building that will be part of the Phase I development of the city’s Central Park project. The $14 million project will eventually create…
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Madison Chapter has announced the recipients of the 2013 National Philanthropy Day Award. Congratulations go to: Outstanding philanthropic organization or foundation: A Fund for Women Outstanding business: Zimbrick, Inc. Outstanding philanthropists: John and Coleen Flad…
The Madison-based nonprofit Freedom From Religion Foundation has announced plans to expand its current headquarters in downtown. As part of the plan, the foundation will raze an apartment building behind its headquarters to make way for an adjoining four-story addition…
If there’s one thing that Clean Lakes Alliance Vice President James Tye wants you to know about Madison’s lakes and the danger they still face, it’s this: Just one pound of phosphorous leaked into a lake produces 500 pounds of algae. It’s a jarring statistic, and it emphasizes just how fragile our lakes’ health is, how urgent a task keeping them clean has become, and how vital awareness is to the ongoing broad-based community effort to keep our lakes useable and Madison the envy of other Midwestern towns.
Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corp. awarded more than $1 million in College Ready grants to programs in Dane County that serve students from low-income households, students of color, and students who will the first in their families to attend…
Deborah Gilpin will succeed Ruth Shelly as director of the Madison Children’s Museum. Gilpin has been the president and CEO of the Children’s Museum of Phoenix since 2004. She is a McFarland native and a UW-Madison graduate. Shelly left for…
The Salvation Army of Dane County is proposing selling its aging downtown location at 630 E. Washington Ave., then using proceeds from the sale of the property to move to and expand its second location at 3030 Darbo Drive. If…
The Madison City Council rejected a proposal from Mayor Paul Soglin that would have required contractors doing business with the city to disclose contributions to certain advocacy groups. The measure, which would have affected contracts worth over $25,000, failed on…
Middleton’s Mustard Museum, which has fought to survive financially since relocating from Mount Horeb in 2009, will downsize from its current two-story, 10,000-sq.-ft. space to a 6,500-sq.-ft. space in the basement of its current building. The move is expected later…
Barneveld’s plans to double the size of its public library received a significant boost when Jerry and John Frautschi pledged $600,000 in their grandparents’ names toward a $1.4 million to $1.6 million expansion of the library that has been deemed…
St. Vincent de Paul has opened a pharmacy on Fish Hatchery Road that will cater to people who cannot afford prescriptions. The pharmacy will stock only low-cost drugs for common conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, or infections,…
The Latino Chamber of Commerce moved into new space at Centro Hispano, 810 W. Badger Road, on May 31.
Middleton Outreach Ministry has moved to 3502 Parmenter St., more than doubling its former space. The organization, which works to prevent homelessness and end hunger, experienced an 80% increase in visits over the past two years.
With the popularity of Olbrich Botanical Gardens on a steady uptick, a master plan is underway for the gardens aimed at improving buildings. But the price tag will be hefty, estimated at between $14.3 million and $17.5 million, as the…
It’s hard to imagine Madison without its many nonprofit organizations, and perhaps no nonprofit has contributed more to the community than the Rotary Club of Madison, which will observe its 100th birthday this spring. The service organization, which is part of Rotary International, was founded on June 2, 1913. As it prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the names of its founders – McKenna, Law, and Jackson, et al. – have been replaced with names like Ramey and Waldbillig and Woit, but its driving motivation of “Service Above Self” carries on.
