Photo by Free Photos on Pixabay. Currently, the Dane County Regional Airport has space for thirteen planes, and between 2019 and 2020, an all-time high of 1.1 million people used it to fly from Dane County. Michael Riechers is the marketing director for the Dane County Regional Airport. He says pandemic notwithstanding, Dane County’s projected […]
Common Council Approves New Development Project on Capitol Square
Last night, Madison Common Council unanimously approved a redevelopment project on the Capitol Square. The move approved rezoning changes for a $125 million proposal from Urban Land Interests, on half a block of property along East Washington Avenue and Webster Street on the Square. The project would preserve the landmark American Exchange Bank, while making […]
Landowner Appeals Plan Commission’s “No” To Amazon D...
Last month Madison’s Plan Commission, the group that advises the city on construction projects, denied a part of the land owner’s plan to build an Amazon distribution center in northeast Madison. The owner of the land, the New-York based company Leo Ritter & Co. appealed the decision. A main facility that incorporates an existing building […]
Camp BUILD Teaches Construction Skills
When you think “Girl Scouts,” you may think campfires and cookie sales. How about welding, power tools, plumbing and electrical work? Madison College and the Girl Scouts recently teamed up to put together Camp BUILD to bring these skills to young women. Sandra Rae Thistle, known to her students as “Bam-Bam,” teaches carpentry at Madison […]
Trading notes on two rapidly changing cities
Conversations about Madison and Milwaukee often focus on how different the cities are, or how strangely disconnected they are despite being only 70 miles apart. Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon recently got a chance to trade notes with two journalists in Milwaukee about the challenges and opportunities that Wisconsin’s two biggest cities have in common. Matt Wild […]
