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File #: 87703    Version: 1 Name: WEDC Community Development Investment Grant Acceptance
Type: Resolution Status: Items Referred
File created: 3/26/2025 In control: FINANCE COMMITTEE
On agenda: 4/15/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Authorizing the acceptance of a grant for $250,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Community Development Investment Grant program, and authorizing contracts with WEDC and the Neighborhood House Community Center, Inc. for the use of the funds, and amending the 2025 Adopted Operating Budget for Economic Development Division-Office of Business Resources’ purchased services. (District 13)
Sponsors: Tag Evers, Satya V. Rhodes-Conway
Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes acceptance of a $250,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to fund a portion of the Owner’s (Neighborhood House Community Center, Inc.) costs of building renovation, demolition, and new construction located at 29 S Mills St. The Economic Development Division’s 2025 Adopted Operating Budget is amended in the amount of the grant award and the award will be deposited into and disbursed through the City’s Other Grants fund (Munis accounts 12632321-42210/54815-00000).
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Authorizing the acceptance of a grant for $250,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Community Development Investment Grant program, and authorizing contracts with WEDC and the Neighborhood House Community Center, Inc. for the use of the funds, and amending the 2025 Adopted Operating Budget for Economic Development Division-Office of Business Resources’ purchased services. (District 13)
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WHEREAS, City of Madison staff is working with the Neighborhood House Community Center, Inc., the owners (the “Owners”) of the site located at 29 S Mills St, (the “Property”) on plans for the reuse of the Property; and,

WHEREAS, one of the barriers to reusing the Property is the need to fund building renovation, demolition, and new construction costs on the site; and,

WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s (“WEDC”) Community Development Investment (CDI) Grant program provides funding to Wisconsin municipalities to fund costs needed to facilitate downtown community development, increased job opportunities, increased property values and/or leveraged private investment; and

WHEREAS, WEDC has awarded a CDI Grant in the amount of $250,000 to fund a portion of the Owner’s costs of building renovation, demolition, and new construction costs on the Property.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Madison is authorized to accept a grant for $250,000 from WEDC’s Community Development ...

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