By Jeff Greger
City of Madison Planning Division
City of Madison staff will begin work on the North Area Plan in fall 2026. The North Area Plan will be the sixth of 12 area plans created under the updated Planning Framework passed by the Common Council in 2022.
The order of the plans was determined by several factors, including the demographics of the people living in the planning areas and whether those areas had recent plans in place. Parts of the City that had outdated plans on the books or no plans at all were given priority under the updated Planning Framework.
The City’s planning team will begin gathering background information and data about the North Area and will start meeting with community stakeholders, neighborhood associations and others about the needs of the community this fall.
Throughout this process, City staff will share updates on what they’re hearing from residents during engagement events and develop informational pieces to help describe some of the more technical topics that will come up during the planning process. These materials, along with informational slides and recorded meetings, will be posted on the project webpage.
More details about future public engagement events will be announced later. In the meantime, anyone who is interested can subscribe to receive e-mail updates on the City of Madison webpage for the North Area Plan: cityofmadison.com/dpced/planning/plans-projects/area-plans/north.
Project Contacts: Jeff Greger and Linda Horvath, City of Madison Planning Division, email: planning@cityofmadi
son.com or phone: 608-266-4635
