🦪 New seafood spot opens on East Wash

🏢 Council Wants More Affordable Housing Downtown

• The Madison Common Council voted Tuesday night to change downtown zoning to make more affordable housing for UW-Madison students.
• Students aren’t eligible for most traditional housing programs, so the change would have developers and the city work together to ensure that there are more rooms available for low- or moderate-income students.
• Speaking of zoning, the council also approved the much-discussed land use plans for the west and northeast sides of Madison. The plans, which lay the groundwork for how and where the city could add housing or land uses, received some pushback from residents. [Channel 3000, Cap Times]

🦪 Grey Market Opens on E. Washington Ave.

• Grey Market, an intimate 45-seat restaurant, opened this week on E. Washington Ave. in the spot formerly occupied by Dark Horse art bar.
• Hoping to grab neighborhood residents, hotel guests and visitors heading to a show at the Sylvee or Breese Stevens Field, Grey Market offers a seafood-centric menu, including fresh oysters. [Cap Times]

🇲🇽 Viva México Returns to Breese Stevens

• Viva México Festival, the annual family-friendly event celebrating Mexican heritage, returns to Breese Stevens Field on Sunday, Sept. 15.
• The event will feature food, live music, traditional dance, information tables, face painting, and other attractions. Festivities will kick off with the traditional “Car Caravan Parade,” which will start at Madison College’s south campus at 1 p.m. and wend through the city to Breese Stevens.
• The festival, now in its 23rd year, is sponsored by La Movida, the city’s Spanish-language radio station. [Madison365]

Meet Ollie! Ollie’s mom Marina says her boy loves all things edible and most of all his mom. He’s an old boy and definitely slowing down, but loving life, especially when his mom puts his bed out on the balcony in the sun!