Spring has sprung early! I can spend my Sunday mornings in two-wheeled bliss again. This morning led me east to the hills of Crook City, then north through Whitewood, and on to that Francophone paradise, St. Onge. View Larger Map…
Posts tagged as “downtown”
Here come the candidate profiles for the gentlemen running for the Madison City Commission. First up: Jeremiah Corbin. As a rural water expert, he understands that basic infrastructure is a priority for any city government. But he also shows us…
I know Madison and Kansas City are two very different places. But Kansas City appears to grasp a key economic development principle that Madison does not: a blue-collar town can also boost itself as an artistic and cultural center. Kansas…
While Madison fiddles with tax kickbacks for wealthy cronies, downtown Madison continues its unabated decline. Elisa Sand notes the passing of Bub's Service on the south end of Egan Avenue. Car man and pastor Verlyn "Bub" Hanson says that, 26…
Saves License to Lure National Franchise Permit me to deviate from my alleged pro-Brookings agenda (not to mention my advocacy for the Women's Christian Temperance Union) to ask the Brookings City Council, "What the heck are you thinking?" The City…
As I consider various plans to rejuvenate Madison's downtown, various bits of downtown news roll across my desk: Sioux Falls Event Center: On a 5&ndash4 vote, the Sioux Falls City Council voted last night to build the fabled Events Center…
I love downtowns. But when it comes to building a new events center in Sioux Falls, my Sioux Falls neighbors aren't so centrally sanguine. Mr. Ehrisman reports a new poll from Nielson Brothers that asks where folks would like to…
My commentary on LAIC board member Mike McDowell's condescending blog post erupted into a spirited comment-section conversation yesterday about practical things Madison could do to promote downtown economic development. There was some reasonable pessimism about the viability of downtown development.…