Join us on Wednesday 6/10 for a leisurely drive through Madison… past many parks, green spaces and great overlooks.  We will meet at 6:45 PM at the east end of the Dutch Mill Park & Ride lot, ending with an ice cream social at the Chocolate Shoppe on Midvale Blvd.  Please reply to madcitymini@gmail.com or post a comment if you will be there.

Welcome fellow MINI lovers,

This is Jon with the first 2009 drive event.  We will start at the Park and Ride on Parmenter Street in Middleton at 11:00 a.m.

We will travel north to drive along the Wisconsin river past Baraboo and Wisconsin Dells to Castle Rock.  Then come back down to Wisconsin Dells and eat at the MooseJaw restaurant.  Moosejaw serves a variety of dishes in a interesting atmosphere.

Please comment or respond to the email if you can attend.  Hope to see most if not all of you there.

Community volunteer projects which Mad City MINI is invited to participate in have been added to the calendar of events.  This year we have two events currently planned which include a prairie planting on April 18 and a seed collection on October 10.

~Please email madcitymini@ gmail.com if you plan on participating so we can provide an appropriate amount of supplies and extras~
**Earth Day Challenge: As part of the annual city-wide effort to improve and beautify Madison’s city parks, we’ll be planting prairie plants at Kennedy Park on the east side.
*Saturday, April 18, 2009
*9am-12pm
*Kennedy Park, at Retana Dr and Coach House Dr, Madison
**Note: Located between Stoughton Rd and the Interstate, and between Milwaukee St and Cottage Grove Rd… unless you’re familiar with the neighborhood, map it to find it easily.

For those members who were unable to make it to the most recent planning meeting, a bunch of new and old ideas were put forth.

They included in no particular order:

Drive: Northwest towards Wildcat Mountain State Park.

Drive: Northeast towards/around the Fox River valley.

Drive: Galena, possibly meet up with and stay for the weekend with CMDC 9/19-9/20

Drive: East to Kettle Moraine State Forest area.

Drive: Annual City drive visiting various parks in Madison.

Drive: Winery - Brewery tour.

Drive: Central - Upper Wisconsin river tour

Community Volunteer Activities

Icecream / Dinner socials (may include Quaker Steak & Lube Car Cruise Night)

Hwy 18 Drive In Movie Social

Mini East meets West participation

Weekend Visit to the Mall of America

Join up with Milwaukee MINIs for an Ice Cream night.

Attend some of the local car shows (Botham Vineyards - Vintage Celebration, British Car Field Day, Albany IL Car Show, British Car Festival in Des Plaines IL, Cary IL Cruise Night, etc…)

The events which are not planned or hosted by Mad City MINI are currently listed on the Regional-National Calendar.

In spite of the recent snowwfall.  It is time to get together and plan some events and dates for the 2009 season. 

Please join us at: Uno Chicago Grill  3010 Crossroads Drive, Madison, WI, 53718  on Wednesday April 1st from 07:00PM to ?

If you have some Ideas but are unable to attend, please email them to the MadCityMINI google email.