Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of March 31, 2025

Voting Information

• Hospitalized Absentee Voting: Hospitalized voters can have an absentee ballot delivered to them in the hospital. This process is available until 5:00 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
• Election Day - Tuesday, April 1, 2025: Polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. You can find your polling place and view your sample ballot at https://MyVote.wi.gov.
• Accessible Options for Voting: The City of Madison Clerk’s Office wants to ensure that voters know about accessible options for the Election on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
• Provisional Voter Deadline - Friday, April 4, 2025: Provisional voters have until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 4, 2025, to bring their photo ID to the City Clerk's Office so the Board of Canvassers can count their provisional ballot.

Boards, Commissions, and Committee Meetings

Note: This is not a complete list of meetings for this upcoming week. All meetings and their details can be found on the Meeting Schedule page.

• Board of Public Works: The Board of Public Works meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include setting the rates for Sewer Utility and Stormwater Utility.
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If you would like more information about joining the City's board, commission, or committee, please visit the linked page.

Events

• MSCR & Madison Parks Hiring Fair - Wednesday, April 2, 2025: Madison Parks and MSCR are hiring seasonal staff in aquatics, golf, maintenance, conservation, and more! Attend the Hiring Fair at Parks Lakeside Offices and apply and interview onsite! Make this a summer to remember!
• Exploring a "Family Scholar House" Event -  Thursday, April 3, 2025: The UW Odyssey Project and Madison Commons will host a networking, brainstorming event on Thursday, April 3, 2025, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to explore affordable housing for adults with limited financial resources who are looking to get their post-secondary degree later in life.
• Dog Park Cleanup Day - Saturday, April 5, 2025: Do you love your dog park? Help clean up your favorite Madison fenced, off-leash dog park area.
• Disc Golf Cleanup Day (Elver Park) - Saturday, April 5, 2025: Help us prepare Elver Park for the season! We are partnering with the disc golf community to host a large-scale cleanup event. Volunteers will work together to clear debris, remove trash, and prepare the park for everyone to enjoy. Whether you're a disc golfer, a neighbor, or just someone who loves the outdoors, this is a great way to give back to your community.
• T-shirt Transformation - Sunday, April 6, 2025: Give an old tee new life with creative upcycling! This all-ages program offers fun, hands-on projects for everyone. Use our materials or bring your own tee to transform a shirt into a variety of wearable and functional items.

Please visit the City events calendar for the complete list of upcoming events.

Announcements

• Applications for Next Madison Youth Poet Laureate: The Madison Arts Commission and Madison Poet Laureate Steven Espada Dawson are pleased to announce the fourth annual call for a Madison Youth Poet Laureate.
• Styling it Wright: A Month of Fashion Programming: Join us for a month of engaging programs celebrating fashion, textile design, and architecture. Explore how these creative disciplines connect through a textile lecture, hands-on upcycling projects, a high-energy design competition, and a fashion show inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural legacy.
• Choose Green Transportation this April and Get Rewarded: RoundTrip, a free public program in Dane County, is encouraging community members to choose sustainable transportation options like riding the bus, biking, walking/rolling, and carpooling for chances to win prizes during its annual Spring Roll Challenge.
• Planning Division issues report on State Street Pedestrian Mall experiment: The first year of the State Street Pedestrian Mall experiment is leading City staff to evaluate a longer-term program while keeping or bringing back some of the elements of last year’s experiment.

Please visit the City's news webpage for additional news and announcements and subscribe to receive notifications of news releases as they are posted.