MADISON CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS SWEEPING CHANGES TO TIF POLICY 

Facing increasing competition from neighbors for development and tax base, the city liberalizes its most potent tool to attract private projects.

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MADISON APPROVES NEGOTIATIONS WITH JDS ON JUDGE DOYLE SQUARE PROJECT 

The council's vote doesn't mean the city must eventually do the redevelopment, stressed city project director George Austin.

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MADISON POSTPONES CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO MAKE OWNERS OF BIG BUILDINGS REPORT ENERGY USE 

City will now create committee with commercial real estate representatives and energy conservation experts to explore alternatives.

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HY-VEE OPENING ITS THIRD STORE BUT LIKELY NOT ISTS LAST IN THE MADISON AREA 

The Iowa company's CEO says Dane County has room for three or four more stores

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MEADOWOOD MAKEOVER START NEXT WEEK WITH LIBRARY EXPANSION 

The project includes an additional 2,000 square feet of library space, an expanded neighborhood center and community kitchen.

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ANOTHER EAST WILSON APARTMENT BUILDING, HOTEL AT PAHL TIRE SITE IN WORKS 

The six-story, 35-unit building at 330 E. Wilson is just down the street from a controversial apartment project near the Marina condos.

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VERONA ROAD CONSTRUCTION: WHEN A HALF-MILE FEELS LIKE 10 

Preparations for the project begin Feb. 24 with the traffic shift scheduled for March 10. Motorists beware.

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DANE COUNTY HOME BUILDING OFF TO A SLOWER START 

January's 54 residential building permits were down 14 percent from 63 in January 2013.

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DANE COUNTY JANUARY HOME SALES DROP NEARLY 12% 

String of year-over-year sales increases stops at 30 months in December.

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STATE HOME SALES DOWN NEARLY 7% IN JANUARY 

But median price rose 3.2% to $126,900.

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DANE COUNTY LAUNCHES NEW JOBS EFFORT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

A Milwaukee-based program, Project Big Start, will coordinate the Dane County effort.

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AMERICAN TV $ APPLIANCE CLOSING ALL 11 STORES; NEARLY 1,000 TO LOSE JOBS 

American TV & Appliance announced Monday it was closing its business after 60 years, putting employees in 11 locations out of work, including nearly 700 in Wisconsin.

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FOCUS ON DANE COUNTY: TRAIL CONNECTING MCFARLAND TO MADISON MOVING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION IN 2015 

Southeastern Dane County has long been isolated from the Madison area's ever-growing bicycle grid, but the $5.5 million trail would begin to close that gap with the idea of eventually extending the trail to Stoughton.

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Despite a petition against the extension from more than 600 people, the City Council approved the Northeast Neighborhood proposal 6-2 along with a proposal for a separate 257-acre North Stoner Prairie Neighborhood.

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CRITICS ALARMED BY RAPID EXPANSION OF FITCHBURG DEVELOPMENT ZONE 

Mayor Shawn Pfaff says the time is right to open more land for housing and commercial uses.

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FOCUS ON DANE COUNTY: STOUGHTON  SCHOOLS PITCHING REFERENDUM 

The district is furiously pitching the $20 million referendum but also planning for cuts in case it fails come April.

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LANDMARKS COMMITTEE BLOCKS MANSION HILL REDEVELOPMENT AGAIN 

Despite significant revisions from the developer, a contentious proposal to raze two structures and move another in the Mansion Hill Historic District failed to gain support of a pivotal city committee Monday.

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PROPOSAL TO PUT DANE COUNTY PLANNING ON A STOPWATCH SHOULD FOSTER DIALOG, LAWMAKER SAYS 

But planners say inflexible deadlines will short-circuit talks to lead to voluntary improvements in development proposals that protect quality of life.

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