The next ladies lunch is Feb 12, at the Next Door Brewery off Atwood Ave & Broadway.  Come enjoy a fun lunch and meet your neighbors!http://www.richmondhillmadison.org/event/rhha-ladies-lunch-6/

The Dane County University of Wisconsin-Extension Horticulture Program will be offering classes for home and community gardeners in the spring of 2016.

The “Green Thumb Gardening” class series will be taught by UW-Extension educators, specialists, and local horticulture experts who offer in-depth and accessible gardening information geared towards everyone from the novice to the experienced gardener. Whether building healthy soil to controlling pests or producing a bountiful vegetable harvest, this gardening class series will give the practical knowledge to keep home gardens thriving! 

Classes will be held Thursdays, 6:30 – 9:00 pm, February 25 – April 14, 2016 at the Dane County UW-Extension office (5201 Fen Oak Drive, Madison WI 53718). Register for the entire class series at a discounted price or customize your education by registering for the classes of your choice. 

Follow this link http://dane.uwex.edu/horticulture/greenthumbclasses/ for info on each week’s class and to register.

The monthly ladies lunch is at Rosie’s Coffee Bar & Bakery on Monona Dr, Friday January 8th at 11:30am.  For more info & directions, check the event page.

WisDOT is completing modifications to the US 51 traffic staging to allow the southbound entrance ramp from Cottage Grove Road to reopen this Friday (December 3rd). The new temporary configuration shifts mainline US 51 traffic east to provide a separate extended merge lane for the southbound entrance ramp traffic.

We anticipate this configuration to be in place until June 2016. At that time the ramp will be closed again to complete new US 51 paving and removal of the temporary pavements. Once complete and the final connections are made, the ramps will be reopened in their final condition as a separate ramp bridge and exclusive entrance ramp merge lane. The project is on schedule to be completed in the fall of 2016.

From our Alder, Denise DeMarb- Please join me on November 30th, at 7PM at the East District Police Station, where Assistant City Attorney John Strange, and Zoning Administrator Matt Tucker will discuss the City’s proposed mining ordinance. This discussion will include types of conditions that the City could include in either a license or mining agreement. (Mining ordinances cover quarries)

I understand many of you have had concerns/questions about mining/quarry regulations. This meeting is designed to help answer your questions on what this proposed mining ordinance means to you.

The Richmond Hill holiday party is coming up soon!

Where: Great Dane East

When: Thursday, Dec 3, 6:30-8:30pm

Cost: $15 per person, paid in advance (Please get a check to Tiffany Tobias by Nov 20)

It’s a great chance to celebrate the season with your neighbors (and even meet some new ones!).  Please check out the event page for more info.

We’ve had several sightings of coyotes in the area, and some unfortunate incidents between coyotes and pets.

There will be a meeting on Wednesday, Oct 21, 7:30pm, at Oak Park Place-Grandview hall (718 Jupiter Drive) with our Alder, Denise DeMarb, and staff from Animal Services & Public Health to hear concerns and provide information.

With the cooler weather, we’re starting to get some Fall color here in the neighborhood.  We thought we’d share a few photos of the leaves changing.

Autumn in Richmond Hill

Also on Saturday, October 10, head over to the Great Dane on Cottage Grove Rd from 12pm to 6pm for the Neighborhood Appreciation Party hosted by the McClellen Park NA, Metro Market, and the Great Dane Restaurant.  Free beer from Great Dane, free brats & hot dogs from Metro Market, and free chips from Frito Lay.  There will be kids activities, a DJ, and face painting (from 12-3pm).

Right down the road from our neighborhood, in Door Creek Park on Saturday, Oct 10th, come out and run the Madison Police Officers Assoc trail 5k run and kids Donut Dash. Free donuts & water for all participants, 5k starts at 9am and the kids K at 10am.  You can register ahead of time at https://runsignup.com/Race/WI/Madison/MPPOADonutDash.