Susan DiMaio moved to Mount Horeb just over a year ago and has begun selling her encaustic art at Makers Market Square in the village’s downtown. She uses layers of wax to cover items like packing paper, wood and cheese cloth to make framed pieces.
Customers browse a pop-up bookstore on the first floor of Makers Market Square in downtown Mount Horeb. The former bank building has been remodeled into a coffee shop and space for more than 130 artists to display and sell their work on commission. The 15,000-square-foot building opened in July.
The building in downtown Mount Horeb that is now home to Makers Market Square has been a bank, the corporate headquarters for Duluth Trading Co. and incubator office space.
This is an updated rendering of the mixed-use redevelopment proposed for the 200 block of East Main Street in Mount Horeb. Developer Jeff Grundahl has reduced the height of the building to three stories from his initial plan of four stories and has reduced the number of apartments to 44 from 63. The ground floor would remain unchanged with 9,000 square feet of commercial space.
Stephanie Gauthier-Phillips opened Sugar River Yarns in April in downtown Mount Horeb but in September moved the business into a larger space on East Main Street. Gauthier-Phillips has been knitting for 20 years and worked in the transportation industry but saw a need for a yarn shop that sells local fibers and offers classes and group gatherings.
Susan DiMaio is retired from a career in catering at Rutgers University but after moving to Mount Horeb has become involved in the local art scene and works part-time at Makers Market Square.
Removing a safe from a former bank building is cost-prohibitive but adds to the charm of Moho Jo Coffee in downtown Mount Horeb. The shop is on the ground floor of Makers Market Square.
Customers browse a pop-up bookstore on the first floor of Makers Market Square in downtown Mount Horeb. The former bank building has been remodeled into a coffee shop and space for more than 130 artists to display and sell their work on commission. The 15,000-square-foot building opened in July.
Removing a safe from a former bank building is cost-prohibitive but adds to the charm of Moho Jo Coffee in downtown Mount Horeb. The shop is on the ground floor of Makers Market Square.
Susan DiMaio moved to Mount Horeb just over a year ago and has begun selling her encaustic art at Makers Market Square in the village’s downtown. She uses layers of wax to cover items like packing paper, wood and cheese cloth to make framed pieces.
Stephanie Gauthier-Phillips opened Sugar River Yarns in April in downtown Mount Horeb but in September moved the business into a larger space on East Main Street. Gauthier-Phillips has been knitting for 20 years and worked in the transportation industry but saw a need for a yarn shop that sells local fibers and offers classes and group gatherings.
The building in downtown Mount Horeb that is now home to Makers Market Square has been a bank, the corporate headquarters for Duluth Trading Co. and incubator office space.
Susan DiMaio is retired from a career in catering at Rutgers University but after moving to Mount Horeb has become involved in the local art scene and works part-time at Makers Market Square.
This is an updated rendering of the mixed-use redevelopment proposed for the 200 block of East Main Street in Mount Horeb. Developer Jeff Grundahl has reduced the height of the building to three stories from his initial plan of four stories and has reduced the number of apartments to 44 from 63. The ground floor would remain unchanged with 9,000 square feet of commercial space.
