Madison Alder Mike Verveer took input from Madison residents and other City Council members and responded to a downtown business recovery program outlined in May, and he said it was “tone deaf” to Black business owners, according to a Capital Times report.
Under the revised plan, instead of allocating $500,000 for the Downtown Recovery Program, funding would be evenly split between business recovery efforts and a Downtown Equity Program that would include creative ways to support new businesses.
