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Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Posted on June 23, 2025 by | Leave a comment

–submitted by Larry Larrabee

Dane County Executive, Melissa Agard, prefaced her presentation on the $125,000,000 renovation of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum by briefly summarizing Dane County’s current financial situation and the uncertainties of State and Federal funding.  She pointed out the renovation is needed to address the declining number of events held there and that renovation is far less expensive than replacement.  The county is currently seeking corporate partnerships to accomplish the goal as has taken place in Champaign, IL, Minneapolis, MN, and Grand Rapids, MI. Ms. Agard concluded by outlining her proposal for qualifying the Dane County Airport as an international airport similar to Rockford, IL, and Des Moines, IA.

If you missed our meeting last week, you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/m8pMnRhV89Q.

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October 16: Dane County Executive Candidates Forum

Posted on October 18, 2024 by | Leave a comment

–submitted by Ellsworth Brown

Club member Joy Cardin moderated a classic Rotary forum for the two candidates for the Dane County Executive Director’s seat:  five-term State Senator Melissa Agard, and Dana Pellebon, current Executive Director of RCC Sexual Violence Resource Center.

Joy directed a series of pre-selected questions to each candidate in turn, each responding with two-minute answers and then three-minute closing statements.

The forum revealed clear differences in experience and style between the candidates and thus also signaled a change in approach for this report.  Their multiple answers were rapid-fire, challenging to report, and impossible to review without revealing this scribe’s conclusions about each person.

The good news is there is a video record of the forum, and viewing it enables those who missed the program to form clear and independent opinions about the candidates and their readiness for the job:  https://youtu.be/se6oPsuQI4o.

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