Today we were joined by Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway who shared with the club an update on all things happening around the City of Madison. Some of the highlights included an update on the new developments in south Madison, including affordable housing, preventing displacement of current residents and strengthening community ties. Satya highlighted a couple of building projects in south Madison, including the Black Business Hub, Centro-Hispano, the Center for Black Excellence and the redevelopment of the land across Badger Road from Madison College. On a macro perspective across the city of Madison, Satya highlighted priorities for growing affordable housing for the middle class, the bus rapid transit system with electric buses, the first electric fire truck in the country here in Madison, and public safety to decrease violence and safer streets (reduce speeds). Satya also fielded several challenging questions from Rotarians.
Today Ray Williams and Melanie Ramey from the Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR) shared with the club information about their association and examples of recent topics/speakers presenting at recent MCFR meetings. Melanie, a 32 year Rotarian, made a connection between a recent topic on world hunger and what Rotary is doing to provide compact nutritious meals…who knew? If you missed it, here is the link: 
Madison South Rotarians spent Saturday, 3/4 helping to get a Habitat for Humanity of Dane County property ready for its new owners.
Comedian Pat Dwyer stopped by today to share some interesting thoughts on improv as well as what we can learn about our communication with others. If you missed it, here is the link to the presentation: 
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