Summary
[Tom Neujahr] feels a public market "could be one more reason why people love downtown Madison." But, he cautions, "you want to be careful how you 'spend' your vacant sites, because it could foreclose your ability to respond to a better development opportunity in the future."
"The public market will be one of the most unique spaces in the region if the job is done right," says [Jim Bower]. "It should be a place where your senses come alive bustling with people and full of activity."Both he and [Marianne Morton] say that the project's ambitions are much bigger than creating mere vending stalls. "We want the market to be a catalyst for the local and regional food economy," he says. "Second, we want to create a vibrant public space that is really inclusive - bridging the gap between the urban and rural, suburban and downtown and between all ethnicities."See the full content of this document
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New Indoor Market Could Be Catalyst
The new year will bring new attention to what has been a back-burner issue: Building a snazzy public market in downtown Madison.
Next week, the city will be presented with an ambitious plan to ...See the full content of this document
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