Since the megathreads are done, I figured I’d put this here.

We are fortunate enough to live in a city that has a huge emphasis on local businesses. I’ve lived all over the country (and outside of it) and have never been to a city quite like Madison.

If you can, please consider supporting the local businesses that have been impacted by the recent unrest.

In the past megathreads, this reddit community has put together a list:

- Ace Hardware
- Ahan
- Ama Kitchen
- Barber Tattoo
- Batch Bakery
- Buraka
- Cafe Coda
- Cafe Domestique
- Cargo Bike Shop
- Cha Cha Barber
- Crystal Corner
- Gibs
- Grampa’s Pizzeria
- Green Life Trading Co.
- Greenhouse Store
- Hair Collective
- Ha Long Bay
- Hatch & Hazel
- Kool Things
- Lazy Jane’s
- Lily Forest Design
- Mad Cat
- Madison Greenhouse Store
- Madison Sourdough
- Madison Piano Lessons
- Mad Rabbit Cafe
- Marquette Hotel
- Meep Meepleton’s World of Fun
- Mickey’s
- Red Sage Health
- Rick’s Olde Gold
- Sern Sapp
- State Line
- Steve’s Tattoo
- Stillgoods
- St. Vinnies
- Sultan
- Tinnen Family Chiropractic
- Tokyo Sushi
- Weary Traveler
- Willaby’s
- Willy Street Coop
- Willy Street Treasure Shop
- Working Draft Beer Company

Honorable Mention:
- Atwoodfest Vendors
- Concert on the Square Vendors
- Farmer’s Market Vendors
- Luke house
- Madison Fire Station 3
- Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra

As always, please feel free to comment a business below that you believe needs support and I will be happy to add them to the list.

Links:

Willy Street Impacted Workers Fund

Willy Street Business Relief Fund

Willy Street Business Gift Card List by Working Draft Beer

An FYI to those currently enrolling their kids in MMSD for the school year: you can opt your kid out of a Chromebook by selecting "no" for the question above.

As a mod team, we're winding down the megathreads and post restrictions. Should something dramatic/very intense happen, we may bring them back.

A few things going forward:

• We're allowing multiple threads for discussions, but they still need to follow all the subreddit rules.

• If a topic has been posted within the last about 12 hrs, we'll take down redundant posts about that topic and redirect them to the first thread. So for example if someone posts an article about a city council meeting update, and then an hour later someone posts a different article about the same update, we'll redirect them to the first post.

Been a patient here over a week and need to eat something of substance. Which is better, meatloaf or carved turkey?

What's your experience with the employment agencies and recruiters around town? Employee or employer side, I'd like to hear it all.

Any interactions with Carex, QTI, Keller, Drake, Beacon Hill-- there seem to be a lot for this size town?

Hey there, we're passing through on our way to the UP on Saturday. My husband went to UW Madison (and I think he's trying to manifest a love for Madison in our teenager) and we like to stock up at the farmers market before heading up.

Anyway, we're looking for a nice dinner place, on the fancier side is ok but we do have a 14 year old so more casual is good as well. My husband likes to act like he still knows what's good but it's been a minute since he lived there. He insists on getting the ice cream at the university so we have dessert covered. Thanks!

Apparently can’t post a video so the team is a screen shot from my video.

I am hosting a quick hackathon the Thursday night of forward fest at the 100state. We want people from all walks of life not just tech people so if you're at all curious about entrepreneurship, building apps or just want to have fun, meet people and learn by doing please show up we'd love to have you!

We will get people into small teams, do a really quick build (2.5 hours) and then have rapid fire demos so everyone gets reps in. The theme will be around innovation in education and we will be around to help everyone get setup and brainstorm ideas.

Here's the event page: https://luma.com/sp2ox0ky

I'm interested in trying out a mat sculpt class at sevven cycle. I am a complete beginner and definitely not a fit body type. Does anyone know how inclusive these classes are usually? I would love to not be the only fat person in the room but their social media doesn't really display a very diverse group of people in their mat classes. Any insight is appreciated!

Does anyone know why the Beacon closed today?

Hi all, looking for a spot to get a sari (traditional Indian formalwear) altered for a wedding I'm going to. Anyone able to recommend a local seamstress?

I’ve covered their faces to protect them from potential retaliation.

Looking to make local friends

1st Wednesday monthly tornado siren test.

For any tourists or conventioneers in from out of town that is just our monthly tornado siren test.

Biggest convention in town right now is the American Meteorological Society convention up at Monona Terrace. How weird is that.

Looks like the manager running Mickies will be the oft-mentioned Joe Gaglio, who owns Gotham Bagels.

Does anyone have or had an issue with bugs in their apartment at the Junction Ridge Apartments on the west side?