This year’s Mifflin Street block party offers some lessons that should be applied to next year’s event:
� At the top of the list is the need for advance coordination with UW-Madison students.
This year Madison officials were caught unaware when the traditional day for the annual Mifflin Street party, the first Saturday in May, turned out to be the UW-Madison study day prior to final exams. Students responded by moving the party one week earlier.