Occupy Madison – Tiny House Communities for Unhoused Folks
Changing the world, one tiny idea at a time
Category: wiggies
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Wiggie’s Memorabilia Silent Auction
Your man-cave or she-shed need a few new items? Fan of Dale Klee (old car photos) or Ted Crow (sports caricatures)? Packer’s fan? Need a boatload of holiday decorations? Music fan? Need a Wiggie’s memento? Or an old parking meter? You just never know what you might find in our silent auction. The auction will…
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Neighborhood Meeting Slides & 1901 Aberg Project Update
So much has been happening we haven’t had a lot of time to write about it! Tonight we had our neighborhood meeting with Alder Syed Abbas and city staff. I promised to get the slides from tonight up on the website – so they will follow this write up. We received unanimous consent from Urban…
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Celebrate Spring! Egg Hunt and Mini-Tour of New Village
Tomorrow (4/3) from 11 – 2 Occupy Madison is hosting a soft launch mini-open house with an Egg Hunt for the kids at 11:30. The architect will be there with his latest drawing of what the village will look like when completed if we get our permanent zoning. Looks like the weather will be great! …
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Sneak Peek at Preliminary Renderings and Permanent Plans for 1901 Aberg Ave.
Ok – so here’s a few drawings and some informaiton to get your imagination flowing about what the village at 1901 Aberg Ave will look like if we get permanent zoning.
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Finally! Sign Up to Volunteer!!!!
Finally! We have a way for you to sign up for some of the first shifts! We will add additional shifts as we sort out who is leading which activities. There are 5 tabs right now: weekday house building (starting Wednesday) weekend house building (starting this weekend) working at 304 N 3rd Street to get…
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How are you getting zoning so quickly?
Much like the Streetery program for restaurants and bars, the city is allowing us a temporary use while we go through the full zoning process to create another tiny house village like the one we have at 304 N 3rd St. This is the resolution that the Mayor and Alders Syed Abbas, Grant Foster and…
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It takes a community to build a village!
Here at Occupy Madison, we are 100% volunteer driven and reliant on community funding and support. Up to this point, we have not had any government money in our project. COSTS TO BUILD NEW VILLAGE In order to build this new village, we know we will need some further support. We estimate we will be…
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Plans for 1901 Aberg Ave
Occupy Madison has a 2 step plan for the property at 1901 Aberg Ave. PHASE ONE – TEMPORARY USE For the winter of 2020-2021 Occupy Madison plans to place 28 “tinier” (60 sq ft) Conestoga Style huts on the property. These huts are cheaper and faster to building than the “tiny” homes (98 sq ft)…