SHELLEY K. MESCH
In its effort to make streets more pedestrian-friendly, Madison and other cities around the country have long relied on âmixed-useâ developments, which combine offices and retail space on the first floor with apartments or condos in the stories above.
But the pandemic has exacerbated the already soft demand for some of these spaces, leaving more empty storefronts.
To address the problem, experts say, cities need to get creative in how they view those spaces, including converting some to apartments or private offices, promoting more pop-up stores and encouraging new businesses to use the space.
Even for existing businesses that have thrived in leased locations in Madisonâs popular commercial corridors such as State, Monroe and Williamson streets, owners will need to stay nimble as new shopping habits have been baked into consumersâ expectations, said Thomas Fisher, director of the University of Minnesotaâs Design Center.
Community briefs: Paving project begins in Woodstock Village
Modified: 4/23/2021 10:24:41 PM
WOODSTOCK Motorists driving through Woodstock Village should expect delays from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday through Friday as construction crews prepare Routes 4 and 106 for paving.
Drivers can expect roads reduced to one-lane traffic. Street parking will also be banned along the route while the crews complete their work. During nighttime hours, light towers will be used.
The project will begin just south of the Woodstock Inn and Resort Golf Club on Route 106 and run to its intersection with Route 4/South Park Street, according to a news release from the Vermont Agency of Transportation. It also begins at the Route 12/Elm Street and Route 4/Central Street intersection before going north along Route 12/Elm Street to just north of its intersection with Old River Road at the Class 1 Town Highway limit. Another project begins just west of the Route 4/West Woodstock Road and Rose Hill intersecti
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Efforts ramp up to vaccinate people of color against COVID-19
MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) For Mao Lor, 65, getting a COVID-19 vaccine was painless and will make her feel safer leaving home, she said.
“There’s no hurt,” the resident of the Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison said after receiving a shot Wednesday. “I need to protect (myself) so I can go to the store.”
Ana Rios, 63, who also lives at Bayview, said she’ll keep wearing her mask even after getting her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “We have to protect each other,” she said through interpreter Yenny Juarez.
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