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Summer 2025
Back by popular demand, welcome to Around the Clock!!!
Summer activities are happening throughout our community. Another successful Syttende Mai kicked off the season. You can participate and volunteer for the following events: Lunches for Vikings, Thursday Night Gazebo Musikk, Catfish River Music Festival, Stoughton Fair, Taste of Stoughton, Juneteenth, Pride Event, Coffee Break & Cup o’ Joe Car Show, Movies in the Park, Relay for Life or Art Walk. The efforts and support of many volunteers and sponsors make these events possible. Please consider donating your time and talent. The second apartment building on the east side of Highway 51 is scheduled to be completed in July. Eggleson’s Woods Park playground has been installed. Several Condominiums, duplexes and single-family homes are completed on the west side of Highway 51. Negotiations with JT Klein for Senior Apartment living units continue. Park amenities were installed at the Greg Standard Legacy Park. The city is in the process of acquiring additional parkland and completing the Master Plan for Tee Naasak Park, located in KPW. The Stoughton Trailers Corporate (STI) Headquarters is almost complete. The approval process for the Authentix Stoughton, a 310 multi-family apartment project is underway. Infrastructure to serve future phases of the STI site is in discussion and the design stages, including the selection of the consultant for the Master Plan of 30+ acre community park. The Mandt Park Master Plan Phase 1 and Phase 2a will be completed before the Stoughton Fair. Phase 2b improvements will begin after the Stoughton Fair in coordination with the lower river work downstream of the dam. This phase includes a new trail extending along the river. A trail study for additional connections through the downtown will be completed as well. Several major road projects will be occurring throughout the summer, updates can be found at https://www.stoughtonpublicworks.com/ Several businesses have or will be building, opening, moving, rebranding or have expanded since our last publication including; Anytime Fitness, Mr. Splash Carwash, Church’s Chicken, Wish Upon Boutique, Water St Chiropractor, Spirits N More, Basecamp Arcade, Greater Dane Financial Partners, Yahara Acupuncture, Ink Cap Books, Inspire Martial Arts, Stoughton Dance Program, LT Aesthetics, Realign Family Chiropractic, and Kismetic Studios. If we missed yours, let us know and we will add it to the next publication. Other notable accomplishments include: • Stoughton Heath addition completed • Stoughton Comprehensive Plan underway • Habitat for Humanity projects under construction • Depot Hill Creative District approved • Pocket Neighborhood zoning approved • Alexander & Company under contract for Riverfront Redevelopment • Greenspire apartment remodeling complete with solar panels and heat pumps • Dane County Housing Strategy implementation committees formed • Sustainability Plan completed; Implementation plan started • Outdoor Emergency Siren and several Traffic Speed Indicators were installed • Vaping zoning code under consideration • School resource Officer approved
Tim Swadley Mayor
207 S. Forrest St., Stoughton, WI 53589 • 608.873.6677 • cityofstoughton.com