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 […]
