October 2026
Jason Ilstrup, President of Downtown Madison Inc, with Sharon Johnson Eminent Development Corporation’s October 7 ribbon cutting for Park Loft in South Madison Harry Graham, Madison is for People, meets with Sharon Johnson
During October, I strengthened connections with elected officials, housing advocates, developers, and community organizations to advance M4MN’s housing-policy priorities.
Conversations included Alder Will Ochowicz, District 2, Madison Common Council; Peter Beeson, Co-founder of Realize and affiliated with St. John’s Lutheran Church; Bruce Wunnicke and John Koffel, owners/partners of Delta Properties; and Jason Ilstrup, President of Downtown Madison, Inc.
These discussions explored downtown building heights, community land trusts, lot-size reform, development barriers, and opportunities for coalition collaboration. Follow-up work included connecting Delta Properties with Trevor and Jen and identifying opportunities to engage Robert Proctor on downtown housing.
I attended Eminent Development Corporation’s October 7 ribbon cutting for Park Loft in the heart of South Madison. We are very proud of owner Julian Walters and his work to bring new housing opportunities to the community.
I also attended the October 20 Affordable Single-Family Housing Workshop at Alliant Energy Center, organized by the Affordable Housing Coalition in partnership with Dane County Planning and the Regional Housing Strategy. The workshop addressed development barriers and actions to expand affordable homeownership opportunities.
Additional work included reviewing Downtown Area Plan/Envision Downtown materials, refining policy-platform language and ADU messaging, and preparing interview summaries and partner follow-ups.
Kaba Bah, CEO of Kaba Bah Builders, and Olivia Parry, Senior Planner with Dane County Peter Beeson, Co-Founder & Lead Developer Realize, meets with Sharon Johnson
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