Development
Construction around Capitol Square means many of your favorite food carts have probably moved [1]. MATC has been granted initial approval for the redevelopment [2] of their downtown campus. The city is eyeing a massive redevelopment [3] of south Park St. After 6 years of disuse, the library mall fountain has been restarted [4]. The Judge Doyle Square redevelopment project has received final approval [5]. Monroe St. businesses hope to get ahead [6] of the 2018 construction projects.
Local Government
A jury has awarded a Madison family $7 million [7] for police use of unreasonable force in a 2014 shooting. A new report from the Madison Regional Economic Partnership shows slow progress towards racial equality [8] in job settings in Madison. Mayor Soglin is offering a bounty program [9] for guns used in violent crimes; he has offered to pay for it [10] out of his own office’s budget. The city council rejected the proposal [11]to use officers on city buses to catch texting drivers. Madison will absorb the Blooming Grove [12] water and sewer district. A new program proposes turning mundane utility boxes [13] into canvasses for local artists.
Community
Sun Prairie and Elver’s Park have become home to new [14] farmer’s markets. Youth curfew at Madison malls begins at the end of July [15]. One City Early Learning Center has a new director [16]of family and community initiatives. Madison establishments are now offering beer massages [17] as well as beer yoga. The Ugly Apple food cart is fighting food waste by using ingredients that are not aesthetically perfect [18]but tasty nevertheless. Stoughton schools are getting a mental health crisis team. [19] Local chain Brennan’s Market will close all stores [20].
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[1] http://isthmus.com/food-drink/update-on-where-favorite-food-carts-can-be-found/
[2] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/state-board-grants-initial-approval-for-development-of-matc-downtown/article_064f9806-bc70-5a97-b206-23bf6a77adac.html
[3] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-eyes-massive-redevelopment-of-deteriorating-housing-complex-called-the/article_824039b4-1294-5af5-b7f5-dd77f0bcef8d.html
[4] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/library-mall-fountain-restarted-after-years-a-wonder-to-some/article_f8fcf10e-a58f-5fcd-a040-31e6a40d0ca4.html
[5] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/judge-doyle-square-project-granted-final-design-approval-despite-concerns/article_8f20bf38-b0e5-551e-8f9a-bec11f7235ab.html
[6] http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/monroe-street-merchants-trying-to-get-ahead-of-street-construction/article_69e61cf4-63ac-5fb5-b281-09c446a4f24b.html
[7] http://madison365.com/jury-awards-family-7-million-damages-use-unreasonable-force-2014-shooting/
[8] http://www.capitalcityhues.com/071017MadRepSurvey.html
[9] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime/paul-soglin-launches-immediate-gun-bounty-program-for-guns-used/article_21814388-eae8-5565-a8bd-a3966f782ec0.html
[10] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/paul-soglin-pledges-to-pay-for-gun-bounty-program-out/article_6e460da8-9a6d-587d-8d0c-8d13d695eb8e.html
[11] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-city-council-rejects-the-use-of-city-buses-to/article_4bb6dbbf-b225-552a-9a38-b2bc73dbcce4.html
[12] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/madison-to-absorb-blooming-grove-water-and-sewer-district/article_4544e154-21f7-5d63-9f08-6b717e6a9bc9.html
[13] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/proposed-program-could-turn-ordinary-city-objects-into-works-of/article_493bf5b9-3b18-5324-aab2-ac46dfb12481.html
[14] http://isthmus.com/food-drink/sun-prairie-and-elver-park-host-new-farmers-markets/
[15] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/youth-curfew-will-begin-at-madison-s-biggest-malls-on/article_fdda0ec2-6fd5-53b9-9fd7-6888ae897ea2.html
[16] http://madison365.com/marilyn-ruffin-joins-one-city-early-learning-centers-director-family-community-initiatives/
[17] http://www.channel3000.com/madison-magazine/home-and-lifestyle/first-it-was-beer-yoga-now-theres-a-beer-massage/584850552
[18] http://www.channel3000.com/madison-magazine/dining-and-drink/waste-not-the-ugly-apple-fights-food-waste/585074389
[19] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/stoughton-schools-latest-to-get-mental-health-crisis-team/article_68e8b508-4c3f-56af-875b-4486e955646f.html
[20] http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/increasing-competition-flat-sales-leads-brennan-s-market-to-close/article_bf4a698a-a6ee-5fe0-9e67-1c9818135512.html