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| | | | 🥳 Madison Public Market Finally Opens Its Doors | It’s the news that Madison has been waiting 20 years for. The Madison Public Market will open June 10 for the first of a series of pop-up events leading to an official grand opening on July 23. [ 🔒WSJ] | | Here’s the details on what visitors can expect at the new public market. | | 📍 Where is it? The Madison Public Market is located at 202 North First St. in the TruStage Market Ready Hall. The building is the former home of the city’s fleet services building. [Madison Public Market] | | 🛍️ Who will be there? Madison Public Market CEO Keisha Harrison said that 24 vendors, including local producers, local farmers, and local makers, will be part of Wednesday’s pop-up, which will take place between 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Pop-ups will continue every Wednesday. | | 🔨 Permanent home: Along with those pop-up vendors, another 15 businesses are in the midst of building out their spots to make a permanent home at the market. | | Those permanent businesses include: | | | 🎉 Why a pop-up? Public Market officials say they’re hosting the pop-ups in part because they know there’s so much anticipation in Madison about the market. Several projected opening dates have come and gone over the past couple of years as the project has been delayed, and Harrison has promised all along that the project will be worth the wait. [🎧City Cast Madison] | | On the City Cast Madison podcast today, host Bianca Martin talks about the market’s soft opening with executive producer Hayley Sperling and Cap Times food and culture editor Lindsay Christians. Lindsay also talks about her recent investigation into a Madison art nonprofit, and the three talk about the unexpected passing of Boys & Girls Club of Dane County CEO Michael Johnson (more on that below). [ 🎧 City Cast Madison, Cap Times] | |
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| What Madison's Talking About |
| | | 💔 Boys & Girls Club CEO Michael Johnson Dies: Michael Johnson, the CEO of Boys & Girls Club of Dane County for the past 17 years, died unexpectedly Sunday at the age of 50.
| | | “He brought passion, integrity, and a deep commitment to the mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County, and his impact will be felt for many years to come.” | Boys & Girls Club of Dane County statement |
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| 🏗️ Vacant State Street Building Could Finally Be Developed: A six-story building at 122 State St. that has been empty since the 2010s may finally get a new life. JD McCormick Properties wants to redevelop the property, which was vacated years ago to make way for a since-abandoned boutique hotel project, into commercial space and apartments. [ 🔒WSJ] | | 👰 Getting Hitched? It’ll Cost Ya More: Marriage license fees are going up $30 to $150. Facing a $15 million budget deficit, the Dane County Board approved the hike on June 4, the first license increase in over a decade. [Cap Times] | |  | The Dane County Sheriff office has covered up Flock surveillance cameras like this one. (Rob Thomas / City Cast Madison) |
| 📷 Dane County Sheriff Covers Up Flock Cameras: With Dane County ending its contract with Flock license plate cameras over privacy concerns, Sheriff Kalvin Barrett covered up the 26 cameras on county land. Flock was supposed to take down the cameras by the end of May. | |
🗳️ Madison Official Taken Off Election Duty After Misplacing Ballots: A Madison deputy clerk has been reassigned to non-election duties over 23 ballots that arrived late in April’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election. The Wisconsin Elections Commission ordered that those ballots not be counted, but the decision was overturned in court. [VoteBeat]
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| | | Your kitchen is one of the quieter contributors to home energy use — and one of the easier places to improve efficiency. Lid your pots, use residual burner heat after you turn off the stove, wait for a full load before running the dishwasher, and turn off heated dry overnight. A brief video from MGE shows where you can improve your kitchen efficiencies — and includes a closer look at induction cooktops. |
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| | | Meet Mister Moose! He’s an energetic pup who loves playing fetch, romping around the yard and enjoying his toys. He’s treat-motivated and sits like a pro. | | He’s also almost 50 pounds, and DCHS staff and volunteers have been working with him to keep his paws on the ground when he gets excited. He’s looking for a home with no small children, cats or other critters, and a loving family who keep working with him on his positive reinforcement while showing him with adventures and love. |
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| | | How do you celebrate 100 years of music in Madison? You welcome more than 50 artists across five stages for two days at the Overture Center—and you make it all free! | | Madison Symphony Orchestra’s gift to the community will feature artists of all genres, including dozens of Madison area favorites, local food vendors and family activities, capped by the Madison Symphony’s Centennial Concert. This Saturday and Sunday, celebrate 100 years with your Madison Symphony. |
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