Madison's thrift store relaunched this month as an entirely private, public-subsidy-free project. The private developers began demolition of the old Jensen building this week to make way for their downtown dream project. But the thrift store has already received one…
Posts tagged as “Lake Area Improvement Corporation”
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 note with some approval that Madison is about to gain 125 jobs (maybe 175). Global Polymer Industries is moving its operations to town. One word, Madison: plastics. The Lake Area Improvement Corporation and the usual Madison suspects are all…
Five weeks after local boosters proposed a downtown development task force to the Madison City Commission, four weeks after a group of citizens stepped forward to volunteer their services for that task force, and three weeks after the Lake Area…
I think we're winning... and the LAIC may help us. No, Bulldog Media has not taken over the Madville Times. I maintain the opinion that the Lake Area Improvement Corporation, Lake County's quasi-private economic development corporation, has wasted perhaps millions…
Julie Gross made her first appearance before the Lake County Commission as Lake Area Improvement Corporation handout seeker on Tuesday. She requested $35,000 from county taxpayers. Technically, she made two requests: $10,000 to help cover her salary and other general…
Don't forget: vote in the Madville Times thrift store poll! Click in the right sidebar! Poll closes tomorrow at breakfast. I read Eve Fisher's letter to the editor in last night's Madison Daily Leader with relish (and a spicy Italian…