Thank you for helping make the Community Coffee a success!
We extend our heartfelt gratitude for your support in ensuring that this year’s Clean Lakes Community Coffee was a resounding success! This cherished event, held every other year, serves as a platform to foster unity within our community, provide educational opportunities, and enhance awareness about the significance of our lakes. Your participation has truly made a difference in highlighting the importance of preserving and protecting this vital natural resource for current and future generations.
Since 2013, the Community Coffee has united thousands of people to support lake improvement, educational programs, and water quality monitoring. Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor Johnson Financial Group, and our other sponsors, for making this community event possible. We’d also like to thank the dozens of volunteers who helped make the Community Coffee a success!
If you would like to continue of support of Clean Lakes Alliance’s mission please consider donating today.
Watch “Voices of the Watershed”
Clean Lakes Alliance produced a series of videos, “Voices of the Watershed,” along with Studio 88, for the 2025 Community Coffee.
- Video 1 – Ginny Kominiak & Tamara Knickmeier – The importance of LakeForecast and volunteer water quality monitoring
- Video 2 – Pam Christenson – The economic impact of the Yahara chain of lakes on the Greater Madison economy
- Video 3 – Luke Laufenberg – Local agriculture and how it’s evolving to benefit the lakes
- Video 4 – Bill Fedun – The importance of corporate sustainability and how it can impact the lakes
- Video 5 – Paul Dearlove – The State of the Lakes is a tool to bring transparency and progress accountability to lake management understanding and lake improvement
- Compilation of all five videos shown at the Community Coffee
Highlights from the morning:
Greater Madison Lake Guide and State of the Lakes
Clean Lakes Alliance released the annual State of the Lakes as part of our 2025 Greater Madison Lake Guide. The annual State of the Lakes highlights community progress toward cleaner, healthier lakes for all.
Redbird Clan remarks
The Redbird Clan spoke about the cultural significance of our sacred waterways.
Renew the Blue Council
The Renew the Blue Council will expand and align our local partnerships to collaborate around the implementation of needed actions.
Why Our Lakes Matter
We heard from City of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Dane County Executive Melissa Agard at this year’s event. They talked about projects they are working on that benefit the lakes.
Economic Impact Study
Our lakes truly are our greatest assets, providing more than $220 million in annual economic impact to the region. Learn more here.
Support our engagement efforts
If you enjoyed your morning with us, become a Friend of Clean Lakes to join our community of lake advocates and make a difference for clean, healthy water. Friends of Clean Lakes are our individual donors who provide critical support that goes DIRECTLY to our lakes, outside of event registrations.
