Welcome to the Schuetz Parkland

Background Site

Thursday, October 18th, 2007, the Board of Directors of the Madison Community Foundation voted to award the Friends of McFarland Parks $50,000. toward the purchase of the Schuetz Parkland.  The Friends have given the $50,000. grant to the Village. The closing occurred on March 31, 2008.  We owe the Madison Community Foundation a huge debt of gratitude for their generosity. Their remarkable gift reduced McFarland’s share of the purchase to $149,297. 

Monday, Feb. 26th, the entire Village of McFarland won a huge and history-making victory.  With a 5 to 2 vote, the Village Board exercised the option to purchase the Schuetz Parkland.  It will now belong to McFarland - forever!  Congratulations to the YES voters, the petition-signers, the volunteers, the one hundred or so who attended the meeting, and the many who spoke during the public appearances. Most of all, thank you to Les and Reva Schuetz.  Her dream was realized last night.

 We can all be proud of our community.

Here’s an article from the Feb. 27th Capital Times.

Here’s another article from the Feb. 28th Wisconsin State Journal.

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For those of you new to this controversy, here’s the place to get caught up. 

• You can read the background of the Schuetz Parkland issue. 
• You can also watch videos from some of the public presentations made since November.
• You can learn about how McFarland can pay for the Schuetz Parkland without using tax money
• You can learn why the purchase has been blocked

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