Working Together to Preserve Land and History.
We believe neighbors can make a difference.
Save the Hill - Support the Railroad Historic District -
Save the Hill - Support the Railroad Historic District -
What We Stand For
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Reasonable City Planning
In November 2023, The City of Middleton finalized its Comprehensive Plan, a document intended to guide City leaders for the next 20 years. Just months later, however, this roadmap has already been repeatedly disregarded as developers clamor to rezone neighborhoods across the City.
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Habitat Preservation
Quarry Hill Conservancy, the last natural green space in downtown Middleton, is at risk from plans for development along its northern boundary.
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Respect for Local History
Middleton, WI traces its roots back to the establishment of a fur trading post in 1832. But what really put the City on the map was the decision to build a new railroad line running west out of Madison in 1856…
(Photo Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society, WHI-1913)
The Site of a Proposed Five-Story Building
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START: The former Vern's Autobody
The site was previously home to a single-story building and a small parking lot. Quarry Hill Conservancy, up the hill behind the shop, is visible from throughout downtown Middleton.
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Vern's Autobody was removed in early Fall 2024
The structure now gone, the small size of the lot is much more apparent, as well as its proximity to the hill, which supports the Quarry Hill Conservancy which sits above.
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Site from the property line to the west, looking east
The concrete slab, the footprint left behind by Vern’s Autobody, ends where the hill begins.
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Site from across the street, looking southeast
The excavator adds perspective to the size of the lot.
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Site from across the street, looking south
The proposed building would come right up to the edge of the sidewalk and stand five stories, completely obstructing any view of Quarry Hill Conservancy from the surrounding neighborhood and downtown. The cement barrier marks where a one-car garage entrance existed, for size reference.
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View from across the street, looking southwest
Removing the hill will require removing this urban canopy.
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FINISH?
Because of the portion of the hill that would need to be removed to construct this building, any trees growing there now would also be removed. And this could be the new view of Quarry Hill Conservancy. Save the Hill.
