Big Box Events

• Big Box Ordinance Workshop - February 11th, 2004
• Big Boxes in Dane County Conference - October 17th, 2003

Big Box Ordinance Workshop

"BIG BOX ORDINANCES IN DANE COUNTY"
A Workshop exploring local ordinances
and the potential of ordinances to shape
large commercial development in the county

Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 8:15 to 11:30 AM
Alliant Energy Center

In October 2003 Dane County hosted a conference, Big Boxes in Dane County. The conference presented information to about 100 people about impacts, regulations, design, regional issues, and development options of big box development. As development pressures for big boxes continue in the county, a number of communities are preparing ordinances to help ensure that such developments become community assets. The Ordinance workshop was a follow-up to the October conference, focusing more specifically on big box ordinances. It explored ordinances adopted or in progress in four communities in the county, examined the potential for big box development in other communities, and discussed the possibility of shaping big box development in the county through ordinance requirements.

• Minutes of the Big Box Ordinances in Dane County Workshop
• An Ordinance to Create Section 78-467 Retail and Service Buildings in Excess of 20,000 Square Feet; City of Stoughton, Adopted 1-27-04
• Matrix comparing ordinances in Stoughton (adopted), Madison, Sun Prairie (adopted), and Mt. Horeb

Big Boxes in Dane County Conference

On October 17, 2003, Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and the BUILD Advisory Committee sponsored the "Big Boxes in Dane County" conference at Greenway Station, Middleton.

Local and national speakers examined in detail the impacts of big box development on local communities, and options available to address those impacts through design and development.

The documents below provide further information from the event

Meeting documents
(all documents in Adobe Acrobat format)

• Speaker Biographies
• "The Second Coming of the American Town Center" by Charles Bohl
• "Economic Impact of Big Box Stores" presentation by Kenneth Stone (1.27Mb)
• "Potential for Regional Cooperation for Commercial Development" presentation by William "Bill" White
• "Fiscal Impacts of Sun Prairie's West Side Plan" by Chris Brewer, ERA Associates.

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