About Town
Why Don't We Have A Visitors' Center?
A recent trip to Madison, Wisconsin made me realize: we may be overlooking the obvious.
This past weekend, I traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to visit my sister and her family. You may recall from an earlier post that they used to live in Evanston but decided to move to Madison for a variety of very rational reasons. Madison’s a town that’s frequently compared to Evanston. They’re both college towns. They’re both situated on lakes. They both have vibrant, intellectual, artistic and vocal populations. Neither town is afraid to show its “funk.” While walking down Madison’s main drag, I was struck by how similar – and dissimilar – the two towns actually are. Madison and Evanston both have their share of businesses (the “usual suspects” if you will) which sustain many college towns: Urban Outfitters, American Apparel, Noodles…
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Jennifer Fisher
1:09 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
Folks, while we appreciate the debate that's going on here, some of the comments have strayed way off topic. We deleted them in order to encourage discussion of the subject of this article: a visitor's center in Evanston. more ›