District 4 Blog

You're invited to an Envision Downtown Madison Open House on Thursday, October 1 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 215 of the Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

McGrath Property Group, in partnership with Nimi Hotels, proposes to redevelop the property at 633 W. Main Street. A virtual neighborhood meeting to hear more about this development proposal is scheduled for Wednesday, September 30 at 6:30 p.m.

Several streets in and around downtown will be closed for the Ironman 70.3 Wisconsin Half Triathlon on Saturday, September 12 and the Ironman Wisconsin Triathlon on Sunday, September 13.

The Madison Streets Division special refuse and recycling collection service will resume downtown beginning at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 16. Daily collections will continue next week.

The Madison Streets Division is conducting special collections in the downtown area in advance of the annual mass turnover of apartment leases over the next several days. Crews will be collecting refuse, recycling, and large items daily.

Several downtown streets will be closed on Saturday morning, August 8, due to the 18th Annual Madison Mini Marathon & 5K. The half marathon starts at 7:00 a.m. on North Park Street at the foot of Bascom Hill.

Starting at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, August 7, North Broom Street will be fully closed between West Johnson Street and West Gorham Street. The closure is to allow Findorff to remove a tower crane at the construction site of an apartment building.

Beginning at 5:00 a.m. on Monday, August 3, North Shore Drive will close at the railroad crossing on the curve where North Shore Drive transitions to Proudfit Street. The closure is necessary to replace the railroad crossing.

Interested voters are encouraged to act now to vote absentee for the Tuesday, August 11 Partisan Primary Election.