GOALS FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH OUTLINED
About 300 elected officials, company heads and community leaders from south central Wisconsin were told Wednesday its time to stop resting on their laurels, get past any rural-urban conflicts of the past and work as a team if they want to spark the areas economy in the coming years.
MADISON A LEADER IN CONSTRUCTION JOB LOSSES
Those looking for a rebound in building activity to lead the way out of the recession are not going to like these figures. A report from a national trade group shows the Madison area ranking among the worst cities nationally for construction jobs lost over the past 12 months.
PLAN TO KEEP JOHNSON AND GORHAM STREETS ONE-WAY RUBS SOME THE WRONG WAY
If you regularly travel from one side of Madison to the other, you probably like having the option to travel through the isthmus on Johnson and Gorham streets, a pairing of one-way streets that constitutes a de facto four-lane highway. But many residents on those streets, and in the larger Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, say the traffic has been detrimental to the livability and economic development of the area.
EAST WASHINGTON AVENUE PLAN GETS HO-HUM RESPONSE
Though it hasnt hit a significant snag yet, a redevelopment plan for the north side of East Washington Avenues 800 block has gotten little enthusiasm from city committees. On Monday, two committees took up a motion to accept a selection committees recommendation that the city sell the parcel to Urban Land Interests for a mixed-use project.
CITY ATTORNEY SAYS SECRET EAST WASH REDEVELOPMENT MEETINGS WERE OK
Looks like the closed-door meetings of the committee that picked the companies to redevelop the former Don Miller properties on East Washington Avenue were legal. But City Attorney Michael May says the careless way the city handled forming and naming the group legitimately led some people to think the committees deliberations should have been open to the public.
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MADISON SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT: $43.6 MILLION NEEDED FOR MAINTENANCE
Buildings owned by the Madison School District need $43.6 million in upgrades, and the district should nearly double the amount it spends on school maintenance annually, according to a report to be discussed Monday by the School Board.
DANE COUNTY LUXURY HOMES AND CONDOS PILING UP AS BUYERS RULE MARKET
There's plenty of high-priced homes for sale in Dane County, if you have a million or two burning a hole in your pocket. And if you do, you're likely to have a considerable advantage over sellers in this market. What's true for the market overall is true for its luxury segment, too, as homes priced $800,000 and up, and condos at $500,000 and up, pile up in the face of weak demand.
PLAN B FOR SOME HOME SELLERS: BE A LANDLORD
After six years in a condo, Madison resident Jessica Ramirez Torres is ready for a bigger home, but the market isn't cooperating. She tried to sell the renovated, 900-square-foot unit on the East Side for more than eight months, at less than $100,000. Almost nobody showed any interest, and the one offer she did get was "way below" what she was asking, she said.
LAND PURCHASE OK'D FOR PARK
According to the resolution Stewart County Park - located in Mount Horeb - is the oldest park in the county system. It underwent a major renovation in 2009 with one part of the overhaul related to Stewart Lake. The document states the component of restoring the lake was the management of water runoff and sediment loading from surrounding land.
BUSINESSES TRY TO REGROUP AFTER CAUSEWAY CENTRE FIRE
The blaze forced Hanna and others in the two-story triangular building to quickly adapt while trying to stay in touch with clients and keep their businesses going. They also are getting a lesson on disaster preparedness.
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