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Mifflin Plaza Redesign

Join City of Madison staff to reimagine the future of the pedestrian plaza areas on Mifflin and Carroll Streets where State Street meets the Capitol Square. Mifflin Plaza (formerly known as Philosophers' Grove) will be redesigned and rebuilt after construction of the adjacent Wisconsin History Center is completed.  Similarly, other phases will follow as redevelopment occurs, including a new Wisconsin Veterans Museum.

The first public meeting was held on January 30, 2025 and discussed the expanded scope of the redesign, future uses, design issues and examples of other public spaces. Meeting materials and a summary of comments and perpsectives shared.  City staff will compile comments heard in the meeting and in the survey response form in the coming weeks and post a meeting summary here.

Presentation slides

Meeting Video

Meeting questions (survey)

Meeting Comment Summary

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Plaza location

Design Process

The design process is expected to take approxately one year, and several futue public meetings will be held.  The anticipated public meeting schedule and meeting topics is as follow:

  • Q2 2025:  Concept design meeting
  • Q3 2025:  Design revisions meeting
  • Q3-4 2025:  Programming meeting
  • Q4 2025:  Final design meeting

To be notified of future meetings, sign up for the Downtown Area Plan email list on this page. 

Project Schedule

Questions?

Contact Dan McAuliffe at dmcauliffe@cityofmadison.com or 261-9676.

 

Last Updated: 02/07/2025

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Meetings

January 30, 2025 - Design Issues and Examples

Presentation slides

Meeting Video

Meeting questions (survey)