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Slow Down Yard Sign Campaign, April 16-25, 2008

Even though the campaign kicks off in April, slow down yard signs are available throughout the year at any police department in Dane County.

What is the Slow Down Campaign? Each spring, Madison neighborhood associations and Dane County communities join the campaign to make our streets safer by posting "slow down" yard signs, stepping up speed enforcement, staffing speed boards, and organizing other neighborhood and community activities to reduce speeding. Thanks to our sponsor, American Family Insurance, Safe Communities is able to provide slow down yard signs to neighborhoods (both formal associations and informal groups of neighbors), Dane County law enforcement agencies, and individuals.

Slow down yard signs will also be available at Jefferson County police departments in April 2008, thanks to additional support from American Family Insurance and in partnership with law enforcement agencies and organizations previously involved in the Stop Crashes Coalition of Jefferson County.

Suggestions for running an effective campaign (14kb pdf)
Ideas for organizing an effective campaign (45kb pdf)
Sample newsletter article for campaign (20kb pdf)
Sample flyer for neigbors (14kb pdf)

Yard sign reservations form (Dane County residents only) (27kb pdf)
Yard sign reservations form (for those outside Dane County) (16kb pdf)

2008 Slow Down Campaign

Participating Madison Neigborhood Associations Participating Police Departments and Communities
Carpenter Ridgeway Neighborhood Belleville Police Department
Country Grove Neighborhood Association Black Earth
Eastmoreland Neighborhood Association Blue Mounds
Emerson East Neighborhood Association Brooklyn
Eken Park Neighborhood Association Cambridge
Elvehjem Neighborhood Association Cottage Grove Police Department
Greentree Neighborhood Association Cross Plains Police Department
High Point Estate Homeowners Association Dane
Indian Springs Neighborhood Association Dane County Sheriff’s Office
Meadowood Neighborhood Association Deerfield
Orchard Ridge Community Club DeForest Police Department
Parkwood Village Condominium Association Fitchburg Police Department
Sauk Creek Neighborhood Association Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
Sheridan Triangle Neighborhood Association Madison Police Department
Sherman Neighborhood Association Maple Bluff Police Department
Tenney Lapham Neighborhood Association Marshall Police Department
Vanchamasshe Neighborhood Association Mazomanie
Vilas Neighborhood Association McFarland Police Department
Westhaven Trail Community Service Association Middleton Police Department
Whitetail Ridge Neighborhood Association Monona Police Department
Mount Horeb Police Department
Oregon Police Department
Rockdale
Shorewood Hills Police Department
Stoughton Police Department
Town of Blooming Grove
UW Police Department
Verona Police Department
Waunakee Police Department

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