Family Dollar plans to close about 5% of its 8,100 stores, leaving 370 empty concrete boxes littered across the country. Cheap plastic junk will continue to pour from so many other outlets that the economy will hardly notice. My only…
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The glass is half full, says the City of Madison. City Finance Officer Jennifer Eimers reports that Madison's sales tax revenue increased 5.4% in 2012. But the glass is half empty, Chuck Clement ends up saying it: Looking at some…
With Maroney Commons closing tomorrow, various folks are trying to figure out what to do with Howard's state-of-the-art hotel, restaurant, and conference center. Madison Area Arts Council chief Chris Francis has suggested a fine arts center run by the state…
I've spoken glowingly of Maroney Commons, the remarkable LEED-certified hotel, restaurant, and conference center built by the Rural Learning Center in Howard. So has my neighbor Ken Meyer, who wrote on the Rural Learning Center's blog last month that Maroney…
Oh, now I get what Sibby was talking about when he referred to the grand opening of the Rural Learning Center's Maroney Commons as "the communist takeover of Howard." The $6.5-million conference center, which has created a bunch of new…
Whether you're spending Thursday morning eating $500 pancakes with Kristi Noem and John Boehner at the country club or enjoying free pancakes with the South Dakota Democrats at Sherman Park (oh, the metaphors!), you'll want to hightail it up to…