A Facebook friend notes that the Dan Willard robocall trial has things hopping in Madison. The block around the courthouse was packed with cars yesterday. My friend spotted newly christened Heartland CEO and victim of terror Russ Olson at Mochavino's.…
Posts tagged as “downtown”
When we think about recruiting Minnesotans to move to South Dakota, we often think about selling Minnesota's city dwellers on the merits of rural life. Fresh air! Big skies! More chance of dying in an acc— Ahem. But that shouldn't…
Facebook friend and Brookings product Matt Hildreth points me toward Livability.com's list of the top ten small towns in America. Spearfish doesn't make the list, but the Spearfish of East River, Brookings, places fifth! Brookings might have been first if…
Madison's downtown development task force should take a look at the conversation Yankton reporter Nathan Johnson and entrepreneur Ben Hanten are promoting in Yankton. On his blog An Inland Voyage, Nathan Johnson has published three posts this week on great…
When you get done signing the online petitions against South Dakota's ALEC subsidies, buzz over the Madison Chamber of Commerce and give them your two cents about shopping in Madison. The Madison Downtown and Beyond Taskforce is surveying local shoppers…
Two noteworthy economic developments are afoot in Madison. First, I hear from my local correspondents that Lake Area Improvement Corporation director Julie Gross has officially endorsed—i.e., spent money!—on accessing materials produced by the Main Street program. The idea of the…
In a sign that Madison's leaders may be coming to their senses, the Lake Area Improvement Corporation is finally putting together the Downtown Improvement Task Force: Ashley Kenneth Allen is happy to announce that he will be representing this group's…
I love Rapid City's Main Street Square. It's a beautiful outdoor space. Every time I've been downtown in Rapid City, there have been people hanging out there, and usually there's been some sort of event (ice skating, farmer's market, unicycle…