When I arrived in Spearfish last year, one of the first big events I attended was a Downtown Friday Nights event on Main Street. I explained then what Madison and other small towns can learn about downtown economic and cultural…
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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…
It's this simple: Main Street program! The Madison City Commission meets Monday, July 16th, at 5:30 p.m. By sheer serendipity, the first three agenda items, under "Appearances, Acknowledgements, Correspondence," are the following: Ashley Allen, Eve Fisher, Gayle Maberry, Dean Kooiker,…
Julie Boisen is a successful healthcare consultant for a national firm. She operates from an office she started on Main Street in Plankinton, where she has put dozens of people to work. Boisen also bought a Main Street restaurant that…
You may recall that earlier this year, the Madison City Commission denied the Madison Area Arts Council's request to block off the south end of Main Street for an evening of live music and other frivolity. Commissioners fretted that blocking…