So Mayor Dave Cieslewicz is headed to the south of Germany -- Madison's sister city, Freiburg, to be exact. Not a bad destination. It's located in the very southwest corner of the country, very near Switzerland. It's also on the edge of the Black Forest.
More importantly, at least to Mayor Dave's enviro side, is that Freiburg is considered a green city. Germany's Green Party does better in Freiburg than in any other part of the country (sound familiar?). According to Wikipedia:
Freiburg has an extensive pedestrian zone in the city centre where no automobiles are allowed. Freiburg also has an excellent public transit system, anchored by a continually expanding web of tram routes known as the Straenbahn.
One final interesting nugget about Freiburg: National Hockey League star Dany Heatley, who played for the Badgers from 1999 - 2001, was born there. That fact has caused German hockey fans, of which there are admittedly few, to speculate that Heatley could play for Germany, instead of Canada, in international tournaments.
MAYOR CIESLEWICZ WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Monday, June 2, 2008
8:30 a.m. Liz Duncan, Dave Florin, Michael Gay, Rob Gottschalk, Barb Hernandez, Marion Mendoza, Matt Mikolajewski, Mark Olinger, Mike Pratzel, Brian Vandewalle, Carie Wlos (Mayor's Conf. Room)
10:00 a.m. Policy Staff Meeting (Mayor's Conf. Room)
11:00 a.m. Common Council Leadership Meeting
12:00 p.m. Lunch with Chancellor John Wiley, Casey Nagy, Dawn Crim, Janet Piraino, Joel Plant, Katherine Plominski (Paisan's)
1:30 p.m. Jonathan Barry, Janet Piraino
3:30 p.m. Mayors' Innovation Project Steering Committee conference call (Mayor's Office)
5:00 p.m. Mary Carr Lee, John Roach
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
10:00 a.m. Deb Archer, Tim Hyland, George Wiesner, Dean Brasser, Mario Mendoza (Mayor's Conf. Room)
10:30 a.m. Mayor's Management Team Meeting (Mayor's Conf. Room)
12:00 p.m. Chairs of Community Service Commission, Early Childhood Care and Education Board, and Senior Center Advisory Committee, Enis Ragland, Joel Plant (Mayor's Conf. Room)
3:00 p.m. Dr. Tom Schlenker, Janet Piraino (Mayor's Office)
4:00 p.m. Dick Grasmick, George Twigg (Mayor's Office)
6:30 p.m. Common Council Meeting
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
9:30 a.m. Alder Michael Schumacher, Ray Harmon (Mayor's Office)
10:00 a.m. Staff Meeting (Mayor's Conf. Room)
2:00 p.m. George Hank, Joel Plant (Mayor's Office)
3:30 p.m. Chief Noble Wray, Joel Plant (Mayor's Office)
4:30 p.m. Madison Parks Foundation informal Ice Cream Social for Kevin Briski (Vilas Park Shelter House)
Thursday, June 5, 2008
9:00 a.m. Bill Vandenbrook, Ray Harmon (Mayor's Office)
10:00 a.m. Alder Julia Kerr, Chuck Kamp, Scott McDonell, Ray Harmon (Mayor's Conf. Room)
1:30 p.m. Larry Nelson, Ray Harmon (Mayor's Office)
2:30 p.m. Lucia Nuñez, Ray Harmon (Mayor's Office)
3:30 p.m. Jeanne Hoffman, Dean Brasser, Ray Harmon, Andrew Statz, Gary Wolter, Joel Rogers, Eric Sundquist (Mayor's Conf. Room)
4:30 p.m. Common Council Leadership Meeting
5:00 p.m. Art Rainwater's Retirement Celebration (Monona Terrace)
Friday, June 6, 2008
No meetings office/work time before sister city trip to Freiburg, Germany
