The CARES Platform

Community 
We need to invest in places that bring people together and create ways for people to be more active and a part of Downtown Madison. We can do this by creating new opportunities for people to live downtown and host events downtown.

Affordability 
We need to make it more affordable for people to live and open up a business in District 4. We can do this by working with neighbors, developers, and businesses. 

Rights
We need to bolster city departments and ordinances that protect tenants and workers in Downtown Madison. We can do this by working with workers, tenants, small businesses, and our unions to address concerns people see today.

Environment 

We need to incentivize infrastructure that makes it the easiest choice to protect Lake Monona and Lake Mendota. 

We need to continue to create policies that protect our air and trees in Madison by making it the easy choice through city ordinances and zoning that incentivizes responsible stewardship of our environment. We can do this by working with scientists, builders, transportation professionals, and neighbors to craft more environmentally friendly policies.

Safety
We need to work with our downtown community to invest in solutions that create safer pedestrian and cyclist environments during the day and the night. We need to work with the community to create solutions to homelessness/houselessness in Madison. We can do this by working with our neighbors, local service providers, and first responders to address recurring problems and create community-based solutions.