Last update Friday, May 31, 2024
| Neighborhood Contacts |
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| Neighborhood Contact Person(s): |
Tom Running, cochair@ekenpark.org |
| Neighborhood Association Meetings |
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| Neighborhood Association Meeting: |
Place: Bashford United Methodist Church Address: 529 North Street Date: First Thursday of every month Time: 6:30 p.m. Please contact neighborhood association to confirm meeting date, location, and time. |
| Profile, Statistics and Indicators |
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| Neighborhood Description: | Eken Park is a small, quiet neighborhood of single-family homes and small apartment buildings on the near east side of Madison, within walking distance of popular amenities. The neighborhood's modest, architecturally diverse homes are attractive to those young and old, singles and families. The Eken Park Neighborhood Association strives to bring residents together to create and enhance the neighborhood's sense of community. |
| Neighborhood Boundaries: | Aberg Avenue on the north, East Washington Avenue on the south, Commercial Avenue, North Street and Packers Avenue on the west |
| Neighborhood Statistics Indicators: | The Neighborhood Indicators Project is a demonstration of key characteristics and various indicators that relate to the quality of life in Madison at the neighborhood level. Basic neighborhood information as well as housing, public safety, health and family well-being, economic, and transportation indicators by neighborhood is available. |
| Neighborhood Events: | Eken Park Festival (Summer) |
| Neighborhood Communications |
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| Web Page: | http://www.ekenpark.org |
| Plans and Publications |
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| City Plans: | Emerson EastEken Park Neighborhood Plan (March 17, 1998) Emerson–Burr Jones–Eken Park Neighborhood Plan Strategy (June 1985) Madison Square (April 1969) Emerson East – Eken Park - Yahara Neighborhood Plan (January 5, 2016) |
| Publications: | Emerson–Burr Jones–Eken Park Neighborhood Plan Strategy (1984) |
| Historic Districts: | Coolidge Street-Myrtle Street National Historic District (2018 |
| TIF Districts: | -Tax Incremental Financing District 37 (Union Corners) Plan and Map |
| Urban Design Districts: | Urban Design District 4: Madison General Ordinance Chapter 33.24(11) http://www.municode.com/Resources/gateway.asp?pid=50000&sid=49 Urban Design District 5: Madison General Ordinance Chapter 33.24(12) http://www.municode.com/Resources/gateway.asp?pid=50000&sid=49 |
| Governmental Officials |
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| Facilities and Services: |
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| Community Centers | East Madison Community Center (8 Straubel Court) |
| Fire Stations: | Fire Station #10 (1517 Troy Drive) |
| Library: | Hawthorne Branch (2707 East Washington Avenue) |
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| Parks and Open Space: (Map) |
Demetral Field, Eken Park, Starkweather Creek, Washington Manor Park |
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| Public Schools: |
Elementary School Attendance Area 7 Emerson Elementary School (2421 E Johnson St) Middle School Attendance Area 228 Sherman Middle School (1610 Ruskin St) High School Attendance Area 141 East High School (2222 E Washington Ave) |