Might I suggest contacting the following people directly about this matter?
1. Jim Woodward - President and CEO of Meriter. He is the "new guy" from out of town to whom George refers in his email. and I have had some discussions with him about the link between health and community design/transportation options. Perhaps the argument that having their offices in a location that would allow employees to access work in a physically active manner - walking and bicycling, even walking from the bus or to/from lunch - would give them a few things to think about. 2. Julia Kerr - the alder for the current Meriter location. I'm certain she wouldn't want these jobs moving out of her district. I have had many discussions with her about the importance of transportation options. There have also been discussions with both Meriter and St Marys' about working with the surrounding neighborhood to redevelop former rental units/houses into "workforce housing," so that employees can live close to their jobs. 3. Mayor Dave. Ditto points from 1 & 2. Just a few thoughts on talking points that might strike a cord with the "movers and shakers." Robbie On Feb 18, 2008 12:20 AM, George J. Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have begun to make inquiries and raise concerns at Meriter. > Unfortunately, > working through "channels" hasn't proved helpful yet (it has only been a > week > since the rumors got to the this-is-real stage). Another issue is that > Meriter > has gone through a management make-over with the retirement of the old > guard > and new, from-out-of-town C-level management put in place over the last > year. > The new management style seems more top-down than before. > > Meriter had or has a "parking committee" and I'll try to find out who that > is > and see if they are open to raising multimodal transit as a necessity in > the > site selection. If they are open to expertise on non-mv considerations, > I'll > see if they'd consider meeting with someone (you?) from Dane Co. Bicycle > Transportation Alliance or others. Thanks for the offer. > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > -- Note that I am consolidating email addresses (personal and work.) Except for City of Madison business and correspondence, please send all email to the address above.
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