by Webmaster | Apr 16, 2025 | Past Successes
As part of the Dewitt Clinton Park Redesign, UMG restored the granite monument honoring 13th Ward Albanians who served in World War I. In typical Pine Hills/Upper Madison spirit, the original monument was also funded by the neighborhood — organizers said at the...
by Webmaster | Apr 16, 2025 | Past Successes
In 2020 UMG was awarded a grant by the Pomeroy Foundation to replace the original 1940 historic marker with a new, more historically accurate one celebrating history made in Upper Madison when one of America’s first steam-powered passenger trains departed from this...
by Webmaster | Apr 16, 2025 | Past Successes
In 2005 Madison Avenue had four lanes of quick-moving traffic, making it dangerous to cross and a barrier to our neighborhood. Neighbors recognized the challenge and galvanized support from over 30 businesses, along with neighborhood and institutional organizations,...
by Anne Savage | Jun 14, 2011 | Past Successes
Many of our projects began as ideas in a visioning study completed in 2011, when what’s now the Upper Madison Group was called “Beautify Upper Madison Project (BUMP)”. The 2011 Visioning Study was authored Kevin Boucher, who was a graduate student in...
