Madison gets $500K state grant to redevelop blighted Garver Feed Mill

MADISON, Wis. - The state economic development agency awarded Madison a $500,000 grant to redevelop the former Garver Feed Mill in Olbrich Park.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. said the facility will be redeveloped by Baum Development of Chicago into a mix of affordable commercial food production space for second-stage food companies, and retail space and office space. Madison will match the WEDC grant.

"The east side is a very attractive area as it is,” Jason Scott, regional economic development director, said. “This is a little hidden gem, I think, in the community. I think the potential is to open it up to the public and have some life generated to the property.”

The project will also feature a first-of-its-kind "international showroom" of affordable tiny homes call micro-lodges. The micro-lodges are low-impact, sustainable and mobile cabin like structures with an average size of 350 square feet....

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