The Digest continues its summary of essential coronavirus news. Editorial note: we will drop duplicative or obvious references to coronavirus, COVID-19, or pandemic from headlines.
Month: March 2020
Madison Commons Media Digest, March 19-22
The Digest continues its summary of essential coronavirus news. Editorial note: in general we will drop references to coronavirus, COVID-19, or pandemic from headlines. Important
“We see ourselves as first responders.” Madison Church delivers supplies to low-income neighborhoods
In an effort to help vulnerable families transition through sudden cancellations, Madison Church has been buying, packing and delivering COVID-19 “kits” to residents on the West Side of Madison.
Madison Commons Media Digest, Mid-Week Edition, Thursday, March 19
The mid-week edition of the Digest is focused on essential coronavirus information. The weekly digest will update other community events. A major storm may
Madison Commons, Media Digest March 15, 2020
This edition of the Digest will focus on COVID-19 news related to Madison and Dane County. This week the Digest will be updated regularly throughout
Evers orders all schools closed March 18 – April 6
Gov. Tony Evers today directed Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to issue an agency order mandating the statewide closure of all K-12 schools, public and private, as part of the state’s efforts to respond to and contain the spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, according to a press release.
AFRICaide celebrates International Women’s Day in Madison
The event was cohosted by 4W (Women & Wellbeing in Wisconsin & the World), an initiative focused on making life better for women, and it took place on Sat. March 7 at Gordon Commons.
Madison Commons Media Digest, March 8, 2020
Madison and Dane County Rainbow murals could appear on Madison streets under new proposal, Abigail Becker, Capital Times, March 8. Madison could take another look at
Friends of Hoyt Park maintain, improve community gathering place while creating lasting relationships
Community interest and engagement in Hoyt Park has been integral to the park’s restoration and upkeep. The City of Madison gained property rights to the park in 1890, and at the time, the 24 acres of land was stone quarry, according to the City of Madison Parks Division’s website. Operations in the stone quarry ended in 1933, and the park began to be developed during the Great Depression when programs like the Works Progress Administration and Civil Works Administration employed workers to improve different areas of the land.
East Side development brings concern, hope
Madison has been drastically changing in recent years, and the East Side has been subject to much of this development.
High-rise condos, a Festival Foods and music venues have replaced the parking lots and shuttered factories that once stood along the East Washington Avenue Corridor. The once-booming Oscar Mayer campus is heading toward a facelift, and the Darbo-Worthington neighborhood is preparing for an expansion of the existing Salvation Army campus at 630 E. Washington Ave.
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