Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Madison Club
Speaker: Olivia Parry, Senior Planner,
Dane County Planning & Development Department
Join us on Tuesday, May 13 for a presentation by Olivia Parry of the county's five-year housing strategic action plan to address housing crisis in Dane County.
Dane County's Regional Housing Strategy (RHS), A Road Map to Solving Dane County's Housing Crisis Strategic Action Plan 2024-2028, has raised the profile of the housing crisis with tremendous early results. The RHS provides important data and information on our current housing shortages, the affordability crisis, what the impacts are and the risks we face. RHS offers a vision for housing for the next 10 years, with 5 key priorities, housing production goals, and over 100 action items for the public, private and non-profit sectors to play.
The RHS was led by a Housing Advisory Committee of over 80 stakeholders from 17 municipalities including 4 mayors and representatives from the private and non-profit sectors. Core to its purpose and vision is that housing is a regional issue that can’t be solved by one community, and that there is a role for everyone to play.
About our Speaker:
Olivia Parry is a Senior Planner in the Dane County Planning and Development Dept. She has worked exclusively in housing since 2013 developing and leading a variety of housing programs, initiatives, and public-private partnerships including the Dane County Housing Summit 2014-2019. She recently led the development of a five-year strategic action plan to address the housing crisis, the Dane County Regional Housing Strategy - A Road Map to Solving Dane County's Housing Crisis: Strategic Action Plan 2024-2028, which has seen widespread impact.
As a planner for the county, she has worked in housing; economic development and lending; and, market development for local foods. Under her leadership, Dane County co-founded the WI Food Hub Co-operative in 2012 with the Wisconsin Farmer’s Union, and area farmers. Prior to moving to Madison in 2001 to pursue her graduate degree in urban and- regional planning, she worked at the Institute for Women’s Policy research in Washington, DC.
Luncheon Choices:
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Cobb Salad with marinated chicken breast, diced ham, avocado, cherry tomatoes, grilled asparagus, toasted baguette with blue cheese spread and a lemon chive vinaigrette
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Spring Vegetable Pasta Primavera, farfalle pasta, asparagus, peas, radish, grated hard-boiled egg, Parmesan cheese, basil, lemon cream sauce
Online registration closes on Wednesday, May 7 at 5 pm
