Monona's Vision

...the task facing the city is not repairing a deficient economy, but rather positioning the city properly for the future...

...Monona is an established community, primarily residential in character, that enjoys a wide range of housing stock and a high level of municipal services. It is landlocked and there is little undeveloped land in the community. It is important to Monona homeowners that the city’s commercial sector be as successful as possible in order to ensure continued quality services that are affordable to all...

...Monona’s economic development challenge does not entail repairing a damaged economy, but rather ensuring the future viability of the city’s commercial tax base...

...the city must:

• Take on a proactive posture toward developing the commercial sector
  
• Develop specific plans for redevelopment
  
• Provide the CDA with the tools to redevelop key commercial sectors

 

Taken from Strategic Plan for Economic Development...