When Equinox first opened in August 2006, Madison Property Management rented out the entire building in one week. As of May 5, 2013, Equinox still has 28 units available for August 2013. Another MPM complex located at 420 West Gorham has 15 units remaining.
The low turnout and peaceful, law-abiding nature of 2013 Mifflin Street Block Party attendees allowed police to send officers home earlier than expected, lessening the cost to tax-payers and inspiring the city to look into decreasing patrol levels at future Mifflin Street Block Parties, according to Madison Police Department Lt. Dave McCaw.
Despite their arrest at the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party and the Madison Police Department’s promise of a stricter, zero tolerance policy, some of the 103 students arrested last year plan to celebrate all the same, if not with little more discretion.
Community members debated a controversial housing bill that could change housing policies and regulate interactions between tenants and landlords at a public meeting Thursday.
Madison police apprehended a man who the Federal Bureau of Investigation was seeking for questioning in a murder investigation on Madison’s west side Thursday, according to a police report.
A three-year review of the Mifflin Street Block Party found the annual block party and related binge drinking cost the city thousands of dollars in policing as well as public health consequences, according to a city of Madison press release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is investigating an incident in which sorority members interrupted The Brink Lounge during a performance of The Vagina Monologues Saturday, according to a university official.
Mifflin area residents gathered for a neighborhood meeting Wednesday and heard a panel of city representatives from Madison’s Common Council, along with the fire and police departments, discuss concerns about the Mifflin Street Block Party.
A city project currently underway to redevelop two blocks of lakeside property near the Capitol took a step forward Wednesday when four developing firms submitting their company’s qualifications and project concepts.
As May 4 draws closer, a group of students worried 2013 will be the last chance to preserve the annual Mifflin Street Block Party circulated a petition urging city officials and police personnel to “shift focus from citations to safety” on change.org.
An historic Catholic school will reopen as faith-based housing for University of Wisconsin-Madison students August 15 following a slim vote of approval by the city Council Tuesday, despite ongoing concerns about the future tax exemptions for the building owners.
University of Wisconsin-Madison student Nicholas Glattard created an online petition April 24 in support of the Mifflin Street Block Party that has garnered approximately 650 signatures since its creation.
A Republican-sponsored bill designed to standardize statewide housing regulations, including tenant-landlord relations, drew criticism from Madison city officials and University of Wisconsin-Madison students after it was introduced to the state Assembly Tuesday.
The City of Madison will use a website to emphasize and promote public input in the discussion of the 2014 city budget, according to a city press release.
Mayor Paul Soglin introduced plans at a press conference Monday for the city to invest money it has spent on the Mifflin Street Block Party in summer youth programming.
The independent restaurant owners whose businesses contribute to State Street’s unique atmosphere saw the extent of their community’s support Monday, when customers showed up en masse to a neighborhood meeting in opposition of a Chicago firm’s plan to redevelop University Inn.
Locate recent crimes around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and the city of Madison from the week of April 22-April 29, 2013.
Police arrested a man for causing a disturbance outside Wando’s early Friday after he became violent over spectators filming his belligerent behavior, according to a police report.
Two police officers used a taser to restrain a man near the Capitol for allegedly punching both of them and a teenager Friday afternoon, according to a Madison Police Department report.
The local developing team that built the condominium complex Capitol West is proposing to construct a new high-rise hotel near the Capitol Square, according to a Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
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