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The schedule of 2011 Alliant Energy Center events that will use Quann Park/Willow Island and/or effect access to Quann Park via Quann Olin Parkway was provided by Alliant Energy Center and may not be complete nor accurate.  

Event Dates

Midwest Horse Fair                     April 13-20, 2011

Bratfest                                     May 25-30, 2011

Komen Race for the Cure             June 45, 2011 

Bike 'n' Roll Concert                    June 17-19, 2011

Interstallar Festival                      June 24-25, 2011 tentative

Dane County Fair                        July 18-24 2011

JJO Band Camp Concert              July 29-30, 2011

FMCA International Convention  Aug. 2-16, 2011         
Includes use of the soccer field

Make-a-Wish Run/Walk               Aug. 24-25, 2011

World Dairy Expo                          Oct. 1-9, 2011 

Madfest Music Festival                 Oct 15-16, 2011          tentative

World Clydesdale Show               Oct 19-24, 2011

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Here is the plan to keep Quann dog park available through the winter.

PATH/CREEK CORRIDOR: VEHICLE GATES OPEN. The vehicle gates into the path-creek corridor (north of the bridge entrance) are to be kept OPEN to facilitate that path being plowed. This is our handicapped accessible path and when we get deep snow this may be the only area many people can handle. CAUTION - When using this area remember that the gate on the Olin Ave end will also be open! If it's not actively snowing, you can close the gates when using the area but open them again when you leave. If the corridor is empty, OPEN them as you leave even if you weren't the one who closed them. Will one of the late evening park goers please volunteer to open the gates as they leave?

PEDESTRIAN GATED ENTRIES: VOLUNTEERS are needed to shovel snow out of the double gated entries into the main dog park and the single gated entry at the southwest corner along the bike path. If you are able, please bring along a shovel after any snowstorm. If anyone is willing to take on a more active role here please let me know by email. Please avoid forcing the gates through/over dense snow as this often unhinges the gate or twists the hinges making the gate unusable. If a really big snow is predicted, it would be a good idea to leave these gates in an OPEN position as well until they can be cleared out. Better to be able to get into the park than be locked out. 

Parking is available via Wingra Creek Parkway at the Goodman Maintenance Facilities parking lot (bridge entrance) and via Quann-Olin Parkway at the Quann Tennis Complex. A small number of unpaved spaces are also available adjacent to the Quann community garden on Bram St.

During some Alliant Energy Center events Quann-Olin Parkway will be closed at the Olin Ave entrance or somewhere along its length so that the tennis court parking lot cannot be reached from Olin Ave.  When Expo Parkway is closed off, the tennis court parking lot can be reached from the south via Bram St.  Here are the directions:

From the corner of Park St (US Hwy 151) and Olin Ave (County MC):

• go south on Park St to the next stop light on Wingra Drive.
• turn east (left) onto Wingra for one block
• turn south (right) on Beld for two blocks (to the top of the hill)
• turn east (left) on Bram St and go under the railroad bridge (viaduct)
• immediately after the underpass, go left/straight onto the gravel road at the Quann gardens (still Bram St) and keep going all the way to the end past the tennis courts.
• turn north (left) onto Expo Parkway
• turn left (west) into the parking lot

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