The comments about the area around the hospital are really uncalled for. Many of the older houses are bought and rented out, theese are the majority of the homes in disrepair! Do you think the owners of these homes give a damn about the hospital construction or what the neighborhood looks like? Hell no, most of them do not even live in Janesville. While on the other hand there are thoose of us who have chosen to buy and live in this neighborhood, restoring these old historic homes and attempting to maintain a neighborhood that people will want to live in. I am wondering if any of you who are commenting have ever really driven around the hospital? The Look West distric has some very nice, restored, historical homes that people have spent alot of time and effort on. These are the majority of the people who are going to actually CARE about the hospital construction and the state of this neighborhood.

Good point localboy, The area around the hospital reminds me of a third world country. The rebel flags and pit bulls just add class.

Uh, it was councillor Voskuil who asked about signs, not citizen Delaney. You might want to apply your observational skills to the article at hand.
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As to the neighborhood issues, the issue UNDER CONSIDERATION was the hospital expansion. I don't think the presence of another problem somewhere else in the neighborhood means that people cannot express their concerns about this issue, and if you don't understand that, then you really need to plug in more. There was actually a council meeting a couple of months ago where they had public input on an expansion of the nuisance ordinance to cover some of the issues you brought up.

localboysince 1968: As a person who lives in the "Look West" neighborhood, I would like to invite you to an upcoming meeting that they will be having. During this session, maybe you could possibly give us suggestions on how to improve the area. It is not just the responsibility of the people who live in the neighborhhod, but also that of the people of Janesville to make it a better place to live.

I have inserted the information from the City of Janesville's website:

Look West and 4th Ward Neighborhood Plan Visioning Workshop Planned for May 7
On May 7, the City of Janesville and the Neighborhood Leadership Team will conduct a visioning session to discuss the vision and critical issues for the Look West and 4th Ward neighborhoods. This session will take place at 6:30PM at Wilson School (465 Rockport Road).
The City of Janesville recently launched a planning process to guide future improvements and redevelopment in the Look West and 4th Ward neighborhoods. In order to gather input and guidance from neighborhood residents, the City will host a public visioning workshop. During this session a variety of topics will be discussed, including crime & safety, traffic problems, landlord/tenant relations, housing conditions, parks & recreation programs and historic preservation.

All neighborhood residents are encouraged to attend because this will be an opportunity to provide the City and its planning consultants with ideas and concerns about issues and the future of the neighborhoods. The workshop will involve a series of thought-provoking, interactive exercises where residents will work with each other to create ideas and provide input that will define the direction of the plan and articulate the community’s goals for these historic neighborhoods.

For questions or to provide comments before the meeting, please contact Development Specialist Kelly Lee at 755-3052.

Margaret Delaney is concerned about Mercy signs and the amount of floors visable in the neighborhood? Has anybody drove around the area near the hospital? I am thinking that Mercy's signs are the least of the worries in that neighborhood. I would think junk cars, rundown houses, nasty lawns, and peeling paint would be a more important priority than a hospital sign. Don't whip out the poor and no money angle. It doesn't take a lot of money to be clean and organized.