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Development News for the Week of: 8/31/2013 - 9/6/2013   

DANE COUNTY JULY HOME INVENTORY DOWN 14% FOR ROUGHLY BALANCED MARKET 

 

Single-family homes alone had six months of inventory available, while condos stood at 7.4 months.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

SOGLIN OFFERS $225.3 MILLION CAPITAL BUDGET FOR 2014 

 

Soglin's proposed capital budget would advance many initiatives and launch some new ones.

-Wisconsin State Journal  

 

 

July's decrease made for one year's worth of monthly year-over-year drops in new foreclosure filings.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

NEXT DOOR BREWING ADDS TO MADISON'S CRAFT BEER SCENE 

 

A cinder-block building on Atwood Avenue has been transformed into a brewpub that bustled in its first weekend.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

  

SEARCHING FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE MADISON AREA: IT'S A JOB SEEKER'S MARKET IN SOME FIELDS, EXPERTS SAY 

 

Manufacturing and sales are among the areas where openings can be hard to fill.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

FOOD, ART COULD BE PART OF REVITALIZING 100 BLOCK OF WEST MIFFLIN STREET 

 

City staff are compiling ideas for enlivening the blocks leading up to the Capitol Square, including the 100 block of West Mifflin Street, which is adjacent to the often problematic "Philosopher's Grove." With the block between major attractions like State Street, the Capitol Square,  

-Wisconsin State Journal   

MONONA TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS ON FOUR OF THE CITY'S BUILDINGS 

 

Monona plans to install solar panels atop four of the city's buildings by the end of 2013 as part of a plan to increase their use of renewable fuels by 25% by 2025.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

 

Around the State and Points Elsewhere  
 

PSC LOOKING INTO ENERGY PROGRAM THAT HELPS BIG BUSINESSES 

 

We Energies wants permission from state energy regulators to double the size of a program that offers incentives on energy rates for big businesses.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

HANNA CYLINDERS MOVES TO PLEASANT PRAIRIE FROM ILLINOIS

An Illinois company says it's moving all of its operations, including 100 manufacturing jobs, to Pleasant Prairie by the end of the year.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel     

HOFFMANN SHOE POLISH FACTORY LAST OF THIRD WARD MANUFACTURERS

The last surviving manufacturer in the city's Third Ward, the Harri Hoffmann shoe polish company, continues to produce leather creams and lotions in a 121-year-old factory that's dripping in history.
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