March 2, 2021
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I urge Edgewood to join the community and accept that its neighbors and the city have legitimate interests that have nothing to with the school’s religious character.”
Katherine Odell / Wisconsin State Journal
November 25
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To achieve a deal, Edgewood must recognize that the proposed use of its field is disruptive and work with neighbors to reduce that disruption.”
Rachel Fields, president DMNA / Wisconsin State Journal
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September 9, 2020
It’s just about letting our kids play the game. It doesn’t matter where. We’ll play in a cornfield if we have to.”
Jesse Norris, Edgewood Football Coach / Wisconsin State Journal
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August 22, 2020
We believe it is what is best for the children, given all the best available information.” According to statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Health, Wisconsin has logged 70,009 cases of COVID-19 through August 22, with 1,081 deaths .
Brent King, spokesman for the Diocese of Madison / Catholic World Report
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August 17, 2020
“All our games will have to be road games,” EHS athetic director, Chris Zwettler
Art Kabelowsky / Wisconsin State Journal
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August 12, 2020
[Gierhart ] said she didn’t know how schools and coaches will monitor players’ cold symptoms.”
Jon Masson / Wisconsin State Journal
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June 17, 2020
I’ve asked Edgewood to go slow with their application and work to rebuild trust with the neighborhood. Instead, they’ve pushed full speed ahead and have done so with a sense of entitlement, blaming their neighbors for choosing to live near a high school.”
Tag Evers in an article by Abigail Becker / Cap Times
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May 14, 2020
Michael Elliott, president of the west side private Catholic school said in an email Tuesday morning he is “very frustrated.”
Abigail Becker / Cap Times
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May 12, 2020
This is the first time that the neighbors really got a chance to say look, it’s too loud.”
Sanika Bhargaw / WMTV nbc15.com
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May 12, 2020
We hope other entities don’t realize that a lawsuit is an easier way of getting what they want rather than a real discussion and a democratic vote.”
Shanzeh Ahmed / Wisconsin State Journal
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May 12, 2020
Light pollution and noise pollution from the athletic field go hand in hand. Both interfere with the adjacent community’s livability, as well as the surrounding nocturnal ecosystem.”
Abigail Becker / Cap Times
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February 15, 2007
In recent years, the Crusaders have played their home games at Mansfield Stadium… shared with Madison Memorial and Madison West, and Lussier Stadium with Madison LaFollette and Madison East
Rob Hernandez / Wisconsin State Journal
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May 6, 2020
Edgewood has tried to sidestep the appropriate methods of getting approvals for their changes and should not be rewarded for such egregious behaviors.
Valerie Schend / Read the letter
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May 1, 2020
On behalf of Edgewood’s neighbors, I am asking for similar forbearance, one that recognizes there is no immediate need to resolve a 25-year old controversy in the middle of a global pandemic.
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April 20 , 2020
Edgewood is trying to fast-track its lighting permit when many of us are preoccupied with health, work-at-home and child-care issues.
Yael Gen / Read the Letter
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APRIL 1, 2020
From our perspective, Edgewood’s assertions are not only false but deliberately so.
Dudgeon Monroe Neighborhood Association / Read the official statement
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March 3, 2020
We understand the harmful impacts of noise on quality of life and stand in solidarity with our North and East side neighbors.
Marie Trest / Read the letter
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January 2, 2020
Historically, the neighborhoods have had a very good working relationship with Edgewood, and it would benefit everybody if we could get back to that.”
Emily Hamer/Wisconsin State Journal
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December 10, 2019
Brief Madison Plan Commission Recap: Edgewood campus master plan repeal denied.
Brenda Konkel / Forward Lookout
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December 10, 2019
We hope our elected officials on the Common Council will understand that repealing the Master Plan does not bode well for healthy and vibrant city neighborhoods.
Abigail Becker / Cap Times
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December 10, 2019
The Madison Plan Commission is leaving Edgewood’s master plan in place.
Logan Rude / Channel 3000 and Fox 47
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December 10, 2019
Commission members said they thought it was best for the community to keep the master plan in place because it includes plans for future projects and agreements with the neighborhood.
Emily Hamer / Wisconsin State Journal
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December 9, 2019
This paves the way for a full council vote.
Eric Franke / Watch at Channel 3000 news
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November 14
‘The Edgewood High School Community was extremely disappointed with the outcome of more delay at the Plan Commission,’ Edgewood president Michael Elliott said.
Nicholas Garten / Cap Times
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November 14, 2019
Maybe these fights — the stadium at Edgewood, expansion of the Middleton airport, and the F-35s at Truax — are telling us that people are fed up and no longer willing to sacrifice the quality of daily life…
Sally Young / Isthmus
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November 12, 2019
The Commission failed to get enough votes to pass or reject Edgewood’s request to repeal, and instead unanimously decided to delay until Dec. 9, when more members are expected to be present for a vote.
Emily Hamer / Wisconsin State Journal
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November 11, 2019
If [the Master Plan were] terminated, Edgewood would lose its remaining development rights in the master plan and would need city approval for individual development proposals and other changes.
Abigail Becker / Cap Times
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November 10, 2019
It’s unconscionable that Plan Commission wouldn’t re-open the public hearing and allow public input.
Brenda Konkel / Forward Lookout
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November 3, 2019
In Edgewood’s perception of their uncooperativeness, the neighborhood now feels that Edgewood’s actions are a direct conflict with Dominican values of Truth, Compassion, Justice, Community and Partnership.
Nikole Jaramillo / Edgewood College student
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October 30, 2019
No New Stadium recognizes the negative impact that environmental noise can have on community residents, and stands in support of our alder Tag Evers advocating against the Air Force bringing F-35s to Truax Field.
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October 12, 2019
Edgewood alumni…do not support every decision that Edgewood makes. What has happened to Edgewood’s values of community, justice, and partnership?
Margaret Teeters, Wisconsin State Journal / Read the Letter
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October 2, 2019
No New Stadium, a group of neighbors opposing Edgewood’s proposed changes, supported the City Council’s decision and called the zoning change an “appropriate, common-sense fix to an oversight in the zoning code.”
Abigail Becker / Cap Times
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October 1, 2019
Ald. Tag Evers, said the measure approved Tuesday closes a “loophole” that would have allowed schools… to make major changes to outdoor spaces without getting approval from the city.
Emily Hamer / Wisconsin State Journal
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September 17, 2019
“Public engagement is essential when any institution seeks to make a land use change that will have a significant impact on those beyond their property line.”
DMNA VP Diego Saenz
Abigail Becker / Cap Times
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September 17, 2019
…option open to Edgewood is applying to amend its master plan to include games and competitions as an accepted use of the field, instead of repealing the plan in its entirety. Plan Commission members encouraged Edgewood to pursue that route.
Emily Hamer / Wisconsin State Journal
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September 13, 2019
No New Stadium will support Edgewood HS teams playing day games … within reasonable parameters, and asks …to return to the Master Plan process to achieve this.
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September 4, 2019
The city council voted 15-4 to delay the master plan vote for more than a month to the Oct. 14 Plan Commission meeting and Oct. 15 City Council meeting.
Emily Hamer / Wisconsin State Journal
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August 28
There is room in the current process for Edgewood to amend its Master Plan…There is no need for Edgewood to exit the Master Plan or to sue the city
No New Stadium Press Release / Read the article
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August 22, 2019
Edgewood was “sensitive to the public perception of filing a lawsuit against the city for religious discrimination, especially after the city attorney and the mayor sponsored an ordinance calling for the withdrawal of Edgewood’s Campus Master Plan.”
Judith Davidoff / Isthmus
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August 21, 2019
No New Stadium regrets that Edgewood High School has opted for litigation rather than abide by the zoning rules they agreed to…”
Abigail Becker / Cap Times
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August 21, 2019
The City of Madison does not discriminate against any religion.”
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway
Stephen Cohn / Channel 3000
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August 2, 2019
(Madison City Attorney Michael )May says Edgewood has threatened to sue the city for religious discrimination under the Religious Land Use & Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
Judith Davidoff / Isthmus
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July 19, 2019
At the hearing… Edgewood High School officials talked a lot about their values of community and partnership.
It’s time to walk the talk.
Yael Gen / Read the letter
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Summer 2019
The controversy arises from possible impacts of the proposed sound amplification and the new lights for night games, because this is no ordinary stadium environment.
David H. Thompson / Wingra Watershed News
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July 13, 2019
It's a win for the neighborhood, but this is far from over. Edgewood is not going to go quietly into the night.
Amy Reid / Fox47
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July 12, 2019
The focus of the board was “to determine if the zoning administrator properly interpreted the zoning ordinances.” The board ruled unanimously to uphold the administrator’s decision.
Lisa Speckhard Pasque / Cap Times
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July 6, 2019
Residents have been the victims of a series of anonymous, derogatory mailings and other harassment.
Chris Rickert / Wisconsin State Journal
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JUne 18 2019
The city said Edgewood shouldn’t be hosting any games on its field, day or night, and issued two notices of violation…Edgewood has since filed an appeal on those notices, and is likely to appear before the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals by July 18.
The Cap Times / Read the article / Read the appeal
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April 11, 2019
…the city has determined that Edgewood’s current Master Plan not only prohibits the playing of games, but also prohibits the installation of lights.
No New Stadium Steering Committee / Read the update
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March 29, 209
At a time when good faith efforts to work with the neighbors is awfully important, that seems like a strange way to show good faith.
Neil Heinen, WISC-TV / Watch the video
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March 28, 2019
Madison officials told the school late last year that holding any athletic competitions would violate the school’s Master Plan, which allows only team practices and gym classes on the field.
Wisconsin State Journal / Read the article
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March 28, 2019
Tag Evers, candidate for City Council District 13, said starting games amid the stadium controversy doesn’t improve residents’ trust of Edgewood.
Wisconsin State Journal / Read the article
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March 26, 2019
Edgewood High School scheduled games, despite being told by the city that this would be in violation of the zoning code and result in enforcement action.”
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March 23, 2019
Evers’ approach to Edgewood High School's plans for expanding use of its athletic field is illustrative…he has demonstrated respect for efforts of neighbors working in support of fellow neighbors who will be harmed.
Carolyn Hogg, Wisconsin State Journal / Read the Letter
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March 7, 2019
Their announcement to get a permit to install a sound system and 80-foot pole lights is an attempt to sideline neighborhood opposition and established city processes.
Update from the No New Stadium Steering Committee / Read the Message
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March 7, 2019
Edgewood High School to delay athletic field improvements, seek resident input.
Wisconsin State Journal / Read the article
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February 27, 2019
Their Plan B presumes that city staff will ignore the Campus Master Plan, which does not allow the use of the athletic field for competitions.
Dianne Jenkins, Wisconsin State Journal / Read the Letter
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February 22, 2019
We’re extremely surprised and disappointed. The proposal to only pursue lights and sound amplification without a change to the master plan had never been discussed with the neighborhood association.
Rachel Fields, Wisconsin State Journal / Read the Article
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January 29, 2019
We have said “Yes-in-my-front-yard” for over 24 years to one project after another.
Shawn Schey, Cap Times / Read the Letter
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January 24, 2019
A long history of trust and cooperation has been sacrificed.
Pat Alea, Wisconsin State Journal / Read the letter
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January 28, 2019
Analysis of emails show that neighborhoods surrounding Edgewood High School oppose the new stadium 3 to 1
Read the Press Release
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January 23, 2019
…it would negatively impact livability for nearby residents and undermine urban greenspace in the neighboring Park and Pleasure Drive, Wingra Park, Vilas Park and on Lake Wingra.
Read the Press Release
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January 20, 2019
It’s coming soon to your neighborhood. Or not, if good sense prevails.”
John Robinson, Wisconsin State Journal / Read the Letter
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January 13, 2019
I would counsel Edgewood to commit its resources to finding a worthier emblem of its academic excellence.”
Andrew Ladd, Wisconsin State Journal / Read the Letter
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January 13, 2019
It’s not a compromise that’s offered in good faith because it’s come so late in the process.”
Tag Evers, NBC15 / Watch Video
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January 9, 2019
…Open records request… shows a “pattern of deception” and “bad faith negotiating tactics.”
Lisa Speckhard Pasque, Cap Times / Read Full Article
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January 9, 2019
Emails obtained via Open Records Requests reveal a pattern of bad-faith negotiating tactics and misinformation on the part of Edgewood High School with regard to its proposed Master Plan amendment.
Read the Press Release
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December 23, 2018
It is…about the money, particularly Edgewood High School’s need for new revenue streams, and it’s about protecting the livability of a city neighborhood.
Dianne Jenkins, Cap Times / Read the Column
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DEcember 21, 2018
The compromise…was that Edgewood would be allowed to upgrade…but that they would NEVER add a sound system or lights.
Susan Nicol, Cap Times / Read the Letter
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DEcember 13, 2018 | Press release
No New Stadium Grassroots Neighborhood Group Responds to Alder Allen Arntsen’s Statement on Edgewood High School’s Proposed Amendment to Master Plan
Response to Alder Arnsten’s Statement / Read the Press Release
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DEcember 13, 2018
People who live around the school are strongly opposed to the changes, saying increased lights and noise from a nighttime football game would be disruptive to the neighborhood.
WISC TV Channel 3000 / Watch the video
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DEcember 12, 2018
They’ve really done nothing to address the major concerns of the neighborhood which are the lights and the sound and just the unavoidable impact that a football stadium has on people who live very close to it."
WMTV Channel 15 / Watch the video
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DEcember 6, 2018
If the stadium is ever approved, that’s it. It’s done. The neighborhood has to muster up a defense every time this comes around. Edgewood only has to win once.”
Isthmus / Read Full Article
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DEcember 6, 2018
There’s no buffer between our home and the stands,” says Trest, gesturing out her window. “There’s no buffer between our home and the field.”
Isthmus / Read Full Article
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November 28, 2018
It’s not adding to the tax base, it’s not adding a greater benefit to Madison as a whole.”
WORT, A Public Affair / Listen to call-in show with Josh Naprovnik
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October 31, 2018
We are a grassroots group of concerned citizens that…strongly oppose Edgewood’s recently unveiled plan to turn its new athletic field into a stadium.
Letter to the Plan Committee / Read the Full Letter