Northeast Area Plan

media release: The city of Madison invites you to join us as we create the Northeast Area Plan! We’ll work with residents, community organizations, neighborhood associations, businesses and others to chart course of action for the next 10 years. The Plan will cover land use, transportation, parks and open space, and other elements of the City’s Comprehensive Plan.

Join your neighbors and City staff to discuss the initial stages of the Plan and learn how to get involved!

Language interpretation will be provided upon request at 608.267.8649

Registration is required. 

The Northeast Area Plan will be one of the first planning processes following the City’s new Planning Framework.  Approved by the Common Council on August 2, 2022, the Planning Framework is a shift in how Madison approaches planning for areas of the city. The new framework will simplify and standardize the City’s sub-area planning and it is intended to achieve more equitable outcomes by covering the entire city with 12 discrete Area Plan geographies.

Area plans will:

• Be updated every 10 years to ensure recommendations are timely and relevant.
• Address a consistent set of topics and include higher-level recommendations for land use, transportation, parks and open space, community facilities, and utilities
• Include public outreach and engagement during each phase of the planning process with special emphasis on reaching residents and communities typically underrepresented in City processes.
• Ensure all areas of the City and its peripheral growth areas have plans, and eliminate confusion created from overlapping plan geographies with different recommendations
• Facilitate enhanced coordination between City initiatives and divisions