heavy rains have caused flooding along Sanders Bluff Road in Three Way the flood waters have inundated Middle Fork Bottoms Park with much of the park affected by massive amounts of flood waters the Snow Belt was hit with tons of snow that didn't stop until Tuesday morning Do you know where the Snow Belt is located Chief Meteorologist Mark Johnson explains below RELATED: Where is the Snow Belt? Download the StormShield app for weather alerts on your iOS and Android device: Apple|Android Click here to view our interactive radar. Read and watch the latest Power of 5 forecast here. Mark Johnson: Facebook & Twitter Trent Magill: Facebook & Twitter Katie McGraw: Facebook & Twitter Phil Sakal: Facebook & Twitter In Pasadena's Playhouse District, work is underway for a new condominium complex from Toledo Homes Madison Place, named for its location at 127 N. Madison Avenue replaces a surface parking lot with what will eventually be a five-story building containing 49 condominiums above 2,500 square feet ground-floor commercial space and subterranean parking Amenities will include a community room and a rooftop deck Los Angeles-based architecture firm Struere is designing the mixed-use building which is shown with a C-shaped footprint above the ground floor and a central courtyard overlooking the street Plans call for an exterior of terra cotta The company, which is headquartered in Pasadena, has developed numerous housing projects in its hometown, and has two more in the works for sites along Oak Knoll Avenue Madison Place abuts a pair of recently-completed housing developments - one of which caters to seniors - along Union Street and Oakland Avenue Twitter / Facebook / LinkedIn / Threads / Instagram Tyrese Proctor rises for a jump shot against Illinois NEW YORK — It was 40 seconds into the second half when Cooper Flagg ran down the Knicks’ home court off a Sion James steal and slammed a dunk with ease so Duke answered for them with a Kon Knueppel triple that sent the royal blue contingent of “Cameron North” over the edge.  In the heart of Manhattan on a Big Apple Saturday night, the third-ranked Blue Devils took ownership of Madison Square Garden, giving Illinois a 110-67 beating and its largest defeat in program history. In the first half alone Duke scored 54 points — the best mark of its season so far The triple-digit final score came as the fruits of a shared effort between teammates they're playing for each other," head coach Jon Scheyer said after the game "I think that's what you need to have for a great team." A young man named Archie emceed the whole affair in a black hoodie emblazoned with a picture of stand-up comedian Richard Pryor.  The sold-out, 19,500-person crowd fit right in with the stadium, which glows blue and orange for the New York Knicks. But Saturday night, the blue glowed brighter. The stands performed Duke’s traditional graduate student distraction tactic and the court echoed with an “Our house” chant in the final minute The Blue Devils began this game with seven straight wins in the Garden "We saw so much blue in the crowd," Flagg said Seven-foot-1 Tomislav Ivišić won the opening tip against Khaman Maluach couldn’t capitalize on its first possession and missed back-to-back 3-point attempts before Flagg caught a defensive rebound and handed things over to Duke The Blue Devils played fiercely as soon as they caught the ball: James lit up the scoreboard with a triple from left of the basket and when Illinois took the ball back down the court James missed his next attempt from the arc but had a chance for redemption when a travel by Fighting Illini Ben Humrichous gave Duke back the ball Flagg found his open teammate and let James put up another to cement a lead that would only grow from there The problem for Illinois was the 3-point shot But the Fighting Illini missed their first and their second and then their 10th attempt from the arc By the time they missed their 15th triple — still in the first period — the stadium was half quiet Isaiah Evans was one of four Blue Devils launching shots from near and far. The freshman thrives from deep; he began his Duke career with a 3-point performance that immediately became his brand After drawing a foul on a missed fast-break dunk He knocked down two triples within 40 seconds of one another the first one swishing right through and the second one teetering on the edge of the rim before falling into the net Evans finished the game with a team-high 17 points With eight minutes to play in the first half but Proctor didn’t settle down; as soon as Illinois had the ball back on the Blue Devils’ side of the court It was once again Proctor who caught the rebound and then assisted a James layup to trigger another timeout from Brad Underwood as the Blue Devils' lead grew to 35-20 Only in the last minutes of the first half did Illinois show shades of prowess Kylan Boswell caught a pass from Knueppel and Illinois seemed to have a renaissance; Boswell stole the ball from Flagg passing it to Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn for a layup it looked like Boswell might break the 3-point curse with an audacious half-court heave nobody in the Illinois locker room at halftime had a triple to his name With 16:01 on the clock in the second period Orange jerseys jumped out of their seats in celebration and the Garden hit one of its loudest moments grew their monster lead from nearly 20 points to over 30 by the time Archie hosted the $25,000 shot at the under-12 media timeout it's been a learning experience," Flagg said just trying to get better with every experience that we've gone through." Duke’s grit in the face of this blowout mimicked that of a team with something to prove with as much synergy as this group ever has passing energy as well as the basketball all around the court he and five other teammates had already put up double digits Evans — they all performed remarkably Saturday night Caleb Foster stole 12 points in just a few minutes of game time at the end of the contest Stanley Borden had a block and a rebound; Spencer Hubbard had a three Hence the crowd’s standing ovations as Duke’s best performers bowed out of the show "The consistency of everybody stepping up — I could talk about each one of these guys that played tonight," Scheyer said The Blue Devils will return to ACC play with a trip down the East Coast to take on Miami Tuesday night Sophie Levenson is a Trinity junior and a sports managing editor of The Chronicle's 120th volume Share and discuss “CAMERON NORTH: No 3 Duke men's basketball dominates Illinois 110-67 for 8th straight win in Madison Square Garden” on social media With the discovery of a new dinosaur species researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have challenged a long-held belief about where dinosaurs originated and how the ancient reptiles spread throughout the planet.  8 in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society One scientific theory has suggested dinosaurs first emerged in the southern part of the supercontinent Pangea waiting millions of years before migrating north That theory was based on the absence of fossils found in the north that dated back to those from the south “Just because we didn’t have dinosaurs doesn’t mean they weren’t here,” said Paleontologist Dave Lovelace a scientist at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum and lead researcher on the study.  Lovelace and his collaborators recently announced their discovery of the oldest dinosaur in the northern hemisphere: Ahvaytum bahndooiveche His team spent years analyzing fossils from the new which were found in present-day Wyoming in 2013 The researchers determined the fossils were about 230 million years old That’s around the age of the earliest dinosaurs found in the southern hemisphere It doesn’t look like a lot,” Lovelace said “But the place and the time where this thing is discovered is really important to the story of dinosaur evolution.” Their finding shows that dinosaurs existed in the northern and southern hemispheres around the same time It also challenges whether dinosaurs originated in the south at all it’s just showing that by the point dinosaurs show up in the fossil record Lovelace and his team analysed the fossils and the soil around them to determine their age and origins They studied the shape and structure of crystals in a layer of rock above the fossils to date them “Kudos to the find,” said longtime paleontologist Paul Sereno a professor at the University of Chicago who was not involved in the study and it does underscore that small dinosaurs were running about north and south by 230 million years.” Sereno helped discover some of the earliest dinosaur fossils in Argentina.  “The idea that dinosaurs started in the south and migrated north or had some center of origin in South America or the Andes region — personally “Paleontology is one of these slow leaking Pandora’s boxes that just keeps on giving you stuff,” Sereno said.  dinosaurs might have been present even earlier.  “We’ve got upright footprints that predate both my dinosaurs and the ones from Wyoming,”  Sereno said “We find footprints which we think are dinosaurs maybe the earliest ones at 250 million years.” Ahvaytum bahndooiveche was about the size of a chicken the scientists determined from fossils of its ankle and part of its femur “Just those two bones tell us a huge amount about this animal,” Lovelace said standing just over a foot tall at the hips or “long ago dinosaur,” was created by study author Reba Teran The site in Wyoming is on their ancestral lands “The fact that the animal holds the first Shoshone name for an animal is pretty special too,” Lovelace said.  Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Educational Communications Board The Madison Hotel at 1159 North Madison Avenue stands as a quiet but significant relic of Dallas’ past Originally constructed in 1926 as The Wesley Inn this two-story brick hotel has seen nearly a century of life from its humble beginnings to whispers of intrigue surrounding President John F When Proxy Properties owner AJ Ramler purchased the property in 2022 but didn’t have the resources to be able to do it,” Ramler says Ramler called the owner to inquire about buying the property It was barely worth more than the land itself due to the condition of the building The whole reason we’re in this business is because we like fixing the whole building There’s a gazillion ways to make more money if we go up to Dallas North Tollway and do real estate up there Proxy’s other current projects include the Oak Cliff Assembly and the restoration of the Oak Cliff Methodist Church The real estate firm focuses on redevelopment and adaptive reuse projects that contribute to the community ownership of the hotel had changed several times and it wasn’t until Alice Carter took over in 1939 that the property gained some stability returned to Dallas to take on the challenge of running The Madison Hotel the hotel thrived as a haven for single women and young professionals particularly during the years following World War II Alice was known for fostering a sense of community among her tenants Perhaps one of the most intresting aspects of The Madison Hotel’s extensive history lies in its possible connection to the assassination of President John F FBI files suggest that Lee Harvey Oswald may have stayed at the hotel in the days leading up to the event in November 1963 The hotel’s proximity to key locations Oswald frequented brought it under investigation adding a layer of mystery to the hotel’s history Despite the building being nearly 100 years old Ramler never lost the vision to restore it to the way it once was “I really wanted to try and keep like this crazy feeling with the super long corridor that’s a little skinnier than you would normally see and the rooms are all different shapes and sizes,” Ramler says “It kind of feels almost Old Western a little bit And I really kind of fell in love with that aspect of it and it was a gift to have someone so talented working on the team.” That designer is Jen Stevens of Fonde Interiors At no point did she take this project lightly and I just got such a sense of excitement from the space You could just feel the history in there,” Stevens says “We went to a bunch of local places in Dallas and then tried to kind of distill what it is that they like about it I think I understood the assignment — moody but also in a period-appropriate way that makes sense with the age of the building.” they all named three things they do and don’t like design-wise in each place which gave Stevens the tools she needed to create a design idea ‘This is what I want to do,’ and it was wild and she collected over 300 pieces of found art to make it all come together ‘I just personally have a big penchant for historic architecture and just history in general so I kind of tend to gravitate towards work like that,” Stevens says and we’re so thankful and grateful to have the opportunity to bring it back to its glory.” The 27-room Madison Hotel has been submitted for state and federal historic landmark status and will now operate as a typical hotel Ramler said about 40 people had stayed so far “We have a bunch of bookings in September and October all the way up till next June,” Ramler says We don’t want to be mistaken for an Airbnb He grew up in Oregon and graduated from Grants Pass High School He was a firefighter at Grants Pass Rural Fire Department for many years combating structure and wildfires especially playing World of Warcraft with his wife Jeff worked so hard to become a better person and I was very proud of who he was becoming and Trish Jones; 11 grandchildren; parents; grandma He is further survived by other family and friends A memorial service will be held on Saturday A visitation will be held from 10:00am until time of services on Saturday at the church Ryan Funeral Home & Cremation Services MADISON – Moments after Madison defeated Bernards to win the NJSIAA North 2 senior defender Avery Visich dashed over to the sideline to ask about championship rings The Dodgers hadn’t even gotten the trophy for their 3-2 overtime victory yet But they’d been dreaming of those rings for years Many of the current seniors were part of two of those losses and the one on penalty kicks from last fall still stung a little It was only fitting that senior Alana Flynn converted the game-winner off a free kick four minutes into OT and I end my senior year this way,” Visich said After scoring twice within a five-minute span of the first half top-seeded Madison (20-2) seemed well on its way to the trophy it craved Senior Leah Fass scored an opportunistic goal poking a rolling ball into he right corner found a wide open net with 12:01 left until halftime Madison coach Marc Dovico had been concerned about the Mountaineers’ offense as seniors Payton Zaun and Bailey Olson combined on a pair of Bernards goals Olson scored first on a looping ball in the air just six minutes into the second half Zaun tied things up on a far-post shot midway through “We’ve been through this so many times and we know how it feels to lose,” Flynn said we knew these were the last moments to win Madison volleyball coach Steve Fenton rushed out of the gym in cargo shorts to congratulate Dovico Fenton quickly dashed back indoors as the Dodgers continued warming up for a Group 1 semifinal Dovico made a quick stop in the gym on his way to scout the North 1 sectional final between Sparta and Ramsey Teacher and former student posed for a photo with their respective sectional trophies Madison will take its six-game winning streak to the North 1 champ for a Group 2 semifinal on Monday To sophomore goalkeeper Antonia Waddington the girls soccer victory was particularly special because Madison field hockey had lost in its sectional final on Tuesday and the boys soccer team had been upset in a sectional semi earlier in the week Dovico also brought up the Dodgers’ loss to Chatham – which also won a sectional title on Thursday – in the Morris County Tournament final. “It feels amazing,” Dovico said. “To get the true hardware in the state tournament is really nice for the kids. 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All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices stands in the service room at his new shop Tools hang in the service room at Cool Bikes North Instead of packing his compact shop with racks full of rides Cool Bikes North owner Zach Kmiec has opted to stock just three brands: Tern Zach Kmiec didn’t care much about bikes when his mom got him a summer job assembling bikes at the now-shuttered Williamson Bicycle Works in 2005 One of the unique offerings at Cool Bikes North is the saddle library riders can try out saddle after saddle until the find the right one Cool Bikes North owner Zach Kmiec holds an old picture of himself (center) with his late mom Cool Bikes North sells all types of equipment and accessories for bikes boasts a “saddle library” that lets riders borrow seats to try before they buy I had gotten bit by the bike bug … and that was it who was a college student at the University of Iowa at the time That bug led him to spend much of the next decade working on bikes doing repairs and pedaling food and packages across Baltimore he moved home to Madison to take care of her And then came the question: “I’m back here It wasn’t long before he was daydreaming about starting his own bike shop in the neighborhood “I hadn’t lived here in a long time and I didn’t want it to be like the mechanic was working at the fifth bike shop of his career — The Cargo Bike Shop on Williamson Street — when he saw a vacant storefront at Northside Town Center the very shopping center where he’d imagined his future shop “I couldn't put that back in the box,” Kmiec said “This was where the daydream was located for me.”  He signed a lease for the 1,500-square-foot space at 1861 Northport Drive which had once hosted events for neighboring Kingdom Restaurant and He named the place Cool Bikes North and set about outfitting it for bike repairs. His friend Dan Coppola, owner of bike-themed coffee shop Cafe Domestique which Kmiec turned into a room-length workbench at least a couple of customers have come in each day to drop off bikes for service “It's been a good trickle of service coming in every day,” Kmiec said explaining the shop takes repair and maintenance jobs big and small “It's really important to me to be a dependable useful neighborhood shop where people can bring me the bikes they have for anything from flats to tune-ups or upgrades,” Kmiec said He argues that shops like his are a key piece of the bike infrastructure this part of town sorely needs One shop feature riders might not expect: A “saddle library” where customers can take home and try out dozens of different bike seats before they buy. As far as Kmiec knows, the next closest shop offering something similar is Bike & Body a physical therapy and bike fitting business in Milwaukee He hopes the service will draw riders from across Madison “It's just very rare in the industry,” Kmiec said it was always just confusing and troubling to try to sell somebody a saddle or offer guidance because you really don't know if it's gonna work until you ride it … for a while.” displayed in a towering set of cubbies at the shop soft cruiser-style saddles to saddles built for mountain biking Customers pay a non-refundable $30 deposit to use the library then ride off with one seat after another until they find the perfect fit the deposit goes toward the price of the seat The shop also has another unusual tool for finding the right seat a machine that digitally measures a person’s sit bones “It seemed to be one of the last available ones for purchase in the country,” Kmiec said “That’s going to be great for kind of a starting point when people are trying to figure out what other saddle is going to better support them.”  Instead of packing the compact shop with racks full of rides Kmiec has opted to stock just three brands: Tern “I am opening a bike shop at a time when there have never been more places to get a bike,” Kmiec said so my approach is to have a small roster of bikes that are easy to differentiate among but also I want all of my bikes to be excellent city bikes.” “None of these bikes is designed to be super aerodynamic or super fast They are all designed to be comfortable and relatively easy to use,” Kmiec said Kmiec is thrilled to finally be in the spot he spent years dreaming about “I feel like I'm at an awesome crossroads of multiple neighborhoods,” Kmiec said “I would love it if anybody within a 10-minute bike ride or five-minute drive thought of me when they needed work for their bikes.” What are the most important values driving your work People have been using bikes to find their freedom since the beginning of bikes and I think everybody should have access to that opportunity How are you creating the kind of community that you want to live in The north side needs more and better bicycle infrastructure and we tend to think of that as a public sector problem But if you have a dependable neighborhood bike shop close to where you live that's a really important extension of that infrastructure So I’m excited to have the opportunity to be that piece of the puzzle What advice do you have for other would-be entrepreneurs I’m really grateful for all the small business owners that I know that have lent me their ear and given me advice and told me kind of war stories and just held space for me finding and getting close to other business owners who can talk to you about the path that they have walked I'm going to have to get at least that far before I can think about what that landscape looks like Editor's note: This story has been edited to correct the cities where Kmiec worked Become a Cap Times member today and enjoy great benefits Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Over 30 supporters came out to El Sabor de Puebla 2 on Madison’s North Side on Jan 7 as Carmella Glenn kicked off her campaign to be District 18 alder Friends, family and supporters gathered to hear from Glenn after the vacant position with current District 18 incumbent alder Charles Myadze missing the deadline this week to file a declaration of candidacy and nomination signatures Glenn is confirmed against Kevin Monroe and potentially Anthony McNally to represent the district Supporters heralded Glenn for her long-standing community efforts as to why she’s best to represent the North Side Glenn has continuously worked in roles that aim to support marginalized groups in community organizations as the former director of Just Dane’s Just Bakery peer services coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and violence intervention supervisor at the Public Health Madison & Dane County “When you think about what it takes to serve on the council Carmella got what it takes,” said District 17 Alder Sabrina Madison we often forget to figure out whether or not they have the capacity to do the job.” Glenn received glowing endorsements from elected officials like Madison who now represents the North Side after legislative map changes The people of the North Side deserve somebody who cares.” Others who previously worked with Glenn are excited to see her run for alder a former public school teacher who is in Alder Madison’s district Gallagher finds herself “mesmerized by her uncanny ability to teach and read.” She has already donated $200 to Glenn’s campaign Glenn is largely unaffected by Alder Myadze’s allegations in her decision to run for office Myadze’s lack of filing for reelection has no real bearing on her campaign plans Glenn claims that it has long been her intention to run but was waiting to become an empty nest parent to give as much time as needed to lead on the North Side Glenn aims to dive headfirst into her campaign Glenn’s platform is centered on investing in economic development supporting programs that have been proven successful collaborating with other elected officials and leadership that aims to respect the North Side’s traditions of close-knitness and innovative solutions are a continuation of her previous work to address housing needs “I would love to work alongside those in [Districts] 8 and 12 to be able to build some employment training programs.” Glenn wants to utilize the Warner Park expansion to find an avenue for employment training She often describes herself as having an “entrepreneurial brain” and wants to capitalize on programs that have attracted and helped business owners in the past She points towards previous north-side efforts like FEED Kitchen’s food trucks’ old rotations throughout the city before the COVID-19 pandemic came back we were the very first people to ever use FEED Kitchen,” Glenn said “I was just telling one of the people from the Northside Planning Committee that if you drive by it now They’re all good and they’re all over Madison That’s just one of the things I miss… when we had food trucks on different nights of the week.” She would like to see the rotation come back and bring more chances for small entrepreneurs to take advantage of unused real estate for potential pop-up shops Other things Glenn wants to see are increased efforts with Troy Community Gardens to build an ecosystem of food on the North Side efforts to address affordable housing options and continued work with prison reform and post-incarceration programs This page is available to subscribers. 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Employee Information This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Create an account for more options or use this form to leave a Reflection now San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Photo/Video will be published upon admin review and approval Affordable Dental Care officially opened its new doors on Madison’s North Side on Nov 11 with expanded facilities to reach more patients Affordable Dental Care moved over to its new building from its previous location after it quickly realized its need to serve more patients it plans to double its impact with new expanded facilities.  Affordable Dental Care is a bilingual non-profit dental clinic dedicated to providing quality and compassionate care to the uninsured and underinsured in Wisconsin The non-profit’s new facility has seven dental chairs and office space for its administrative needs and dentists when Affordable Dental Care needed to meet with donors it would meet off-site due to limited space in its old office It hopes to have a more central ability to meet donors and service patients in the same space Additional changes include a breakroom large enough that all staff can eat together “It’s nice to have a nice new building for everyone but the real reason we’re doing this is the amount of people that need these services Affordable Dental Care is already solidly booked out months ahead It hopes to jump from 2,700 to 5,000 patients a year It plans to open on Fridays in the future exclusively for walk-in patients Thompson credits its ability to reach patients due to its unique model — namely that it’s cheaper but still is roughly half the cost of most clinics in Wisconsin Affordable Dental is one of 25 free and charitable clinics that provide dental care It sees a rising need for dental care with limited options for affordability “People talk about how they keep expanding highways but that just causes more people to drive… it’s a situation where we’re seeing more people we want to cut down those wait times,” Thompson said Affordable Dental Care is currently functioning with its primary dentist out on maternity leave while looking for a second it is relying on the charity of other dentists to fill in “We’re looking out way farther than I’d like right now,” Thompson said “Right now for a new patient [for] a full exam I’d much rather have that [be] four to six months.” Affordable Dental Care is also currently looking for a new executive director but its current priority is on finding its second dentist Rocket City Mom is a website about raising children in and around Huntsville Started in late 2010 by a local mom and newcomer to Huntsville Rocket City Mom has grown into a thriving community of local parents and now boasts a staff of four and tens of thousands of Tennessee Valley readers making it the #1 Parenting Resource in North Alabama Copyright ©2024 Rocket City Mom Media Group Do you need a copy of something on our site Reach out to us at info@rocketcitymom.com and we'll do our best to help you get what you need You can also access a lot of this information by downloading our FREE mobile app Carmella Glenn has dedicated her life to being a community advocate and now the violence intervention supervisor at the Public Health Madison & Dane County (PHMDC) has officially announced her candidacy for District 18 to represent the Common Council on Madison’s North Side “I worked so much with the community around violence the last two years I’m running because I know the community and I want to make a difference,” Glenn tells Madison365 my experience at my job at the Department of Health Services between my peer support work and my job around violence I can see where the gaps are and I have direct knowledge in how things are moving and so I just know it’s time to do it.” As the former director of Just Dane’s Just Bakery Carmella has championed job training and workforce development making a big impact on the lives through the innovative program that works with individuals who are experiencing significant barriers to employment She has also recently worked as a peer services coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Glenn has deep roots in the North Side having lived there on and off her entire life and having a son who went through the North Side public schools including Gompers Elementary “I particularly bought my home on the North Side because I wanted to eventually run I’ve been a part of this community my whole life and I’ve watched things happen here and always felt like I could make a difference,” she says.  Glenn says that she understands the unique challenges and opportunities that the community faces on the North Side Some of the issues that she says will be her priorities in her campaign include housing job creation and common sense economic development “I have so many issues that are important to constituents here on the North Side Housing is one of the key issues that I see on a daily basis that needs to be addressed,” Glenn says adding that she is committed to ensuring that affordable and accessible housing options are available for individuals and families “We know we need to build all of this housing; we’re behind on housing And there are really good examples with Northport Apartments and Packers Townhomes and Kennedy Heights [Townhouses].   “I would love to see more homeownership here in North Madison We have space.  It’s really important that we do housing right We’ve done it right in so many places and we can do it here,” she adds Working with young people to ensure that they have promising futures will be another priority for Glenn “I would love to see better transportation in that area; we’ve lost some bussing transportation There’s not a lot there for teenagers and young people We need something for them to do with their idle hands especially when school is out,” Glenn says “We don’t have a lot of training programs or Urban Leagues or Boys and Girls Clubs or non-profit agencies like we do in other parts of the city We have the space and the richness and the potential to have more on the North Side.” A full list of Glenn’s priorities can be seen on her new campaign website. “I think we really want to make sure as we are building out and that we’re protecting all of the environment and land over here “I also hear from people all the time that they want to have another grocery store besides Willy Street Co-op that is closer Our Pick ‘n’ Save is not really bus friendly and for some people Charles Myadze has been the alder of District 18 since 2021 Anthony McNally has also filed to be alder There is still plenty of time for another person or two to jump into the race “I think what really made me decide to run for office is when I started to work inside systems I worked in the nonprofit arena most of my career and really saw us doing great work with [Just Dane’s] Just Bakery and it was that one-person-at-a-time thing,” Glenn says but I think I have a unique perspective from my lived experience with criminal justice reform and violence intervention and workforce development I’m someone who has also been through those things and struggled with being housed … people like me should be at the table inside or we will still keep complaining about why things aren’t changing.  “I work with alders regularly at my job “I know that this is where you got to be You got to be at the table and you have to be in these important discussions.” Glenn has two sons and two “bonus sons” from her husband “My family and I are proud to call the North Side home My son went through all of the schools here and I know a lot of the young people over here I know a lot of the parents,” she says Glenn says she is looking forward to knocking on as many doors as she can on Madison’s North Side.   It is almost like you get the best of both worlds — living in the city and living rural — because it’s old and it’s got old trees and old neighborhoods you’ll see a deer or a fox or a turkey or a crane and so being able to come back as a homeowner in his community has been great It is one of the best communities in Madison over here on the North Side.” For more information about Carmella Glenn’s campaign, please visit carmellafordistrict18.com or e-mail [email protected] The fate of federal funding for an extension of Madison's bus rapid transit line — a route that would run from Fitchburg and south Madison to the north side roughly following the green line above — remains up in the air as President-elect Donald Trump is about to take office Federal funding is locked in for a John Nolen Drive reconstruction project but other Madison infrastructure plans could be affected by the incoming Donald Trump administration The future of bus rapid transit and other Madison infrastructure projects could rest in the hands of Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress Madison officials say they are not giving up hope that over $100 million in federal funding for an extension of bus rapid transit can survive a potential axing from President-elect Donald Trump and the new Republican-controlled Congress Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and others caution it’s too soon to say what the new White House administration might mean for the city’s infrastructure needs “I think it is a question of whether we can do the full build-out of a real BRT (bus rapid transit) line or if we might have to make incremental improvements,” Rhodes-Conway told the Cap Times “The scale of the federal funds are such that we won't be able to replace them locally And so it really is just a question of ‘Is there federal money?’ And what might we be able to move forward (with) absent the federal money.” “And I think we really don’t know the answer to that yet … I’m still hopeful that we might be able to get federal funding for that project (BRT) and honestly other projects.” Federal support is already locked in for several major projects, such as an overhaul of John Nolen Drive. But the election has prompted cities across the country to prepare for uncertainty when it comes to future infrastructure funding Trump’s election could usher in a different approach to mass transit passenger rail and other areas that President Joe Biden championed in landmark spending bills that became windfalls for Madison The Federal Transit Administration in March recommended that $118.1 million flow to a bus rapid transit line that would run from Fitchburg to north Madison The more streamlined line with its dedicated bus lane would also connect with the existing BRT route that runs from west Madison to near East Towne Mall The city is still completing the paperwork needed to secure the grant funding for the north-south line steps that could happen by the middle of 2025 Securing the needed funding is another matter The Federal Transit Administration confirmed the BRT money is part of a federal spending plan that has been held up in Congress for months When Biden introduced his budget proposal for 2025 it included $2.4 billion in funding for projects across the country The spending blueprint that advanced in the U.S Senate largely mirrored Biden’s proposal for transit projects But the version voted on by a U.S House committee proposes stark cuts and does not appear to include funding for Madison’s BRT proposal The appropriations process in Congress ran into a brick wall before the presidential election earlier this month and both sides will have to reach a budget deal before Dec Lawmakers might try to approve another temporary budget stopgap until March which would give Trump and the incoming GOP-controlled Congress significantly more control over the process About 78% of the initial funding for the north-south BRT line comes from the federal government with the rest covered by the city and funds from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Even if the federal funding doesn’t happen Rhodes-Conway didn't rule out moving forward with the north-south line we are prepared to look at plans B and C and D and remain committed to providing good transit to our community one way or another,” Rhodes-Conway said A Wisconsin DOT spokesperson confirmed the state will make repairs along the BRT route regardless of whether the federal funding is approved namely repaving portions of South Park Street said the city transit system is “trying to make contingency plans” for various scenarios but that until Trump gives a clearer picture of his plans “I don’t think there’s much value in speculating.” infrastructure spending is somewhat bipartisan so I don't think it's a given that we see significant pullback in funding overall,” Stuehrenberg wrote in an email to the Cap Times Funding for other infrastructure projects in Madison has a somewhat clearer future with Trump set to take office City Engineer Jim Wolfe noted that the last four years have created unusual funding streams for transportation projects the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law or the Inflation Reduction Act Whereas the city might get one project funded in a two-year cycle helped secure aid to overhaul John Nolen Drive funding which Madison is guaranteed to receive The city was able to spend some of the  federal funding to help make upgrades to High Point Road and Mineral Point Road which are major traffic arteries in west Madison about whether the city will be able to take advantage of funding opportunities currently being rolled out by the Biden administration He pointed to the bipartisan nature of transportation funding as a positive sign for ensuring grant programs the city normally relies on will remain robust “I think we feel pretty comfortable that we'll continue to get funding for a lot of those major projects,” Wolfe said Tag Evers said one thing the threat of lost federal funding should not affect is Madison’s position on policies it opposes That could include efforts to target LGBTQ+ Americans or mass deportations of undocumented residents “We (elected officials) in Madison dare not capitulate because we’re afraid Trump and his minions hold the purse strings,” Evers said in an email we must stand up for our values and work together for the return of sanity in our politics having faith that the darkness of this present moment will not last.”  Andrew Bahl is a politics reporter for the Cap Times. 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