One year ago, Springfield received support from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to plan a downtown food space focused on local foods. The goal is to build on the success of the downtown farmers market and locally sourced food movement to develop local entrepreneurial food resources such as a grocery store and a commercial kitchen, according to the city. The initiative recently released its action plan about ways to move forward. Creating a shared commercial kitchen is a focus of the report. It s something Piero Taico of Springfield has personally worked toward for years. Joining the Local Food, Local Places steering committee was a way for Taico to share his passion with others. The group of business leaders and entrepreneurs crafted the plan, which highlights the many ways a shared industrial kitchen in Springfield could benefit the community. Taico said the committee is exploring models for shared kitchens in Illinois and other states.
There isnât much remaining of the town of Blooming Grove.
Once a rural enclave east of Lake Monona, most of the town over the years has been consumed by the cities of Madison and Monona.
Itâs been dissected by Interstate 39-90 and the Beltline. The fire department was dissolved in 2015 and the town now receives fire protection and ambulance service from the Madison Fire Department. The Dane County Sheriffâs Office provides police services, but by 2027 whatâs left of the town, much of it east of the interstate, will be absorbed by the city of Madison.
Located along Monona Drive and adjacent to the Monona Golf Course, the Nathaniel Dean House was constructed in 1856 for a more than 500-acre farm for Nathaniel and Harriet Dean, who had sold their dry goods store in Downtown Madison.
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A SECRET garden in the heart of St Davids will be opened up to the community following an exciting collaboration between EcoDewi and St Davids Cathedral. EcoDewi is a community group committed to working with locals, other groups and organisations across the peninsula to improve the environment for both people and wildlife. When they began volunteering sessions to uncover the garden, last November, they couldn t get into it because it was so overgrown but soon they realised the scale and potential of what could be achieved. It was like The Secret Garden when we first managed to clear our way into this fabulous space! said Reverend Sophie Whitmarsh, the project lead for St Davids Cathedral.
Ormie King
Special to The Citizen
Auburn lost one of its all-time greats this past week, Billy Martin. He was a friend to all and I know so many of you will remember him with a smile. His brother Gerry was kind enough to share this eulogy he wrote for his brother along with some family photos. Billy has been my friend since childhood and I miss him so much already. Thank you, Billy Martin, for being a true Legend of Auburn, and friend to us all.
As I sat listening to Billâs children reminisce about the many extraordinary adventures they had with their father, I especially loved Paulâs story about the time his dad brought a 92-year-old blind man to fix Paulâs broken snowblower. Pulling his father aside Paul said, âDad, he is 92 years old, heâs blind, and he walks with a cane; he canât fix the snowblower; itâs impossible.â As Paul told me the story he looked at me in disbelief and said, âWho brings a 92-year-old blind man with