Wisconsin State Journal readers have sent in many letters to the editor about Madison's LakeWay project. You can join the conversation by sending your own letter to wsjopinion@madison.com.
Madison’s LakeWay project should continue to move forward because it is our best chance of creating a vibrant, healthy green corridor for our Downtown. Madison’s LakeWay project will significantly improve almost two miles of Lake Monona shoreline, some of which is well underway with the reconstruction of John Nolen Drive.
The expensive public projects we entertain in Madison these days seem driven by a consensus that we may finally be on the verge of becoming a real city. Or maybe it's the tired admission that we have already become one, so we must keep up with the others. Or perhaps it's because of the stale economic-development instinct that tempts public officials to see themselves as entrepreneurs: to make money, you’ve got to spend money.
Madison is no longer a sleepy college town. Our major employers compete with Seattle, Chicago and Austin for top talent, and workers increasingly choose where to live before where to work. Quality of place is economic development.
Madison’s LakeWay project should continue to move forward because it is our best chance of creating a vibrant, healthy green corridor for our Downtown. Madison’s LakeWay project will significantly improve almost two miles of Lake Monona shoreline, some of which is well underway with the reconstruction of John Nolen Drive.
