The Dane County Podcast

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Bike Trails & Projects with Chris James Jul 07, 2022

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In this episode of The Dane County Podcast, County Executive Parisi sits down with Chris James, Senior Landscape Architect of Dane County Parks, to discuss Dane County's growing network of bike trails. Chris oversees planning and development at Dane County Parks and has been with the Parks Division for 20 years. The two discuss everything from the Lower Yahara River Trail and the North Mendota Trail to the PARC and Ride Grant Program and the steps it takes to make a bike trial become reality!
Learn more about Dane County Parks at www.danecountyparks.com

Immigration Affairs with Fabiola Hamdan & Centro Hispano with Karen Menendez Coller Jun 16, 2022

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On this episode of The Dane County Podcast, County Executive Joe Parisi talks to Dane County Immigration Affairs Supervisor Fabiola Hamdan and Centro Hispano Executive Director Karen Menendez Coller. They discuss everything from immigration needs in our community, the benefits of collaboration, why investing in our youth is so important, and more.
More About Fabiola:
Fabiola Hamdan is a bilingual, bi-cultural senior social worker with Dane County Department of Human Services. She is the first Immigration Affairs Supervisor in Dane County. She has a M.S.S.W. from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. An immigrant from Bolivia, she is a strong advocate for the Immigrant community. Fabiola provides outreach and resources to immigrants and refugee communities in Dane County. She has focused her life’s work on being a leader and advocate for children and families in this community and beyond.
Dane County Immigration Affairs Website --
https://www.danecountyhumanservices.org/Children-Youth-and-Family/Immigration-Affairs
More About Karen:
Karen Menéndez Coller has been the Executive Director of Centro Hispano since 2013. Originally an immigrant from El Salvador, she holds 20+ years of community-based experience working across multiple sectors in the field of public health. Centro is the leading organization in Dane County prioritizing a vibrant, thriving, resilient Latinx community, through holistic family-centered work that is grounded in community voice. Highlighted in 2016 by Madison 365 as one of Wisconsin's Most Powerful Latinos, she received the Inaugural Nan Cheney Award for Social Justice from Forward Community Investments and was also named the National Hispanic Heritage Foundation Leadership Award Recipient for the state of Wisconsin in 2017.
Centro Hispano Website --
https://www.micentro.org/

Clean Lakes Efforts with Laura Hicklin May 12, 2022

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Laura Hicklin is the Director of the Dane County Land & Water Resources Department. Laura’s first job with the department was an internship and she’s been hooked on county government ever since. Laura holds a degree in international agriculture and natural resources, is a certified public manager and a real estate broker. Her mission is to help staff and the public treat each other with civility and respect.
In this episode, Joe sits down with Laura to discuss Dane County's clean lakes efforts -- from aquatic plant harvesters and the popular "Suck the Muck" initiative to prairie restoration efforts and the Continuous Cover Program.
Learn more about the Dane County Department of Land & Water Resources at https://lwrd.countyofdane.com/

Addressing Climate Change with Kathy Kuntz Apr 14, 2022

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As the director of the Office of Energy and Climate Change, Kathy Kuntz aims to make it easy for everyone in Dane County (especially you) to make choices that help achieve our ambitious climate goals. She has almost 30 years of experience helping businesses and residents adopt sustainable practices.
In this inaugural episode of The Dane County Podcast, Joe and Kathy sit down to discuss Dane County's clean, green energy efforts and "the art of the possible" -- from Dane County's Climate Action Plan and landfill biogas facility to the PACE Wisconsin financing program and local carbon sequestration projects.
Learn more about the Dane County Office of Energy and Climate Change at https://daneclimateaction.org/

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