POYNETTE — There was a time when this village had a moratorium on building new homes.
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Poynette's historic downtown is getting a new coffee shop, but more businesses could be on the way thanks to a new housing development. The Poynette School District could also gain more than 100 students over the next 10 years.
Poynette village administrator Craig Malin, left, and Accord Realty broker Brandon Grosse look over the interior of a model home in Point Gardens in Poynette.
A photograph of Mount Whitney, in the Sierra Nevada of California, covers the back wall of Craig Malin's office in Poynette's village hall. Hired in 2021 as village administrator, Malin makes his own baseball bats and has an eclectic collection of record albums in his office, along with a turntable and stereo.
A raised garden plot featuring herbs, produce and flowers is a featured element of each of the homes being built in Point Gardens, a new housing development in Poynette. Lots in the development are smaller than most in the village, designed to create more community and lower the price of the homes in development.
Shawntel Sandstrom, owner of Green Stem Florals and Gifts in Poynette, is eager for more businesses to open in the village's downtown and is looking forward to more residents living in the community. In June she nearly doubled the size of her business after moving to a new location in the downtown.
Photos: Point Gardens in Poynette
Point Gardens in Poynette
A metal sculpture by artists Mostafa Kachchaf and Carole Cole represents generations of gardeners as earth movers work to prepare land Poynette for Point Gardens, where each of the more than 300 houses will have dedicated raised garden beds.
Point Gardens in Poynette
Modern and mid-century architectural designs share lots in the new Point Gardens housing development in Poynette. New homes start at $359,000.
Point Gardens in Poynette
Poynette village administrator Craig Malin, left, and Accord Realty broker Brandon Grosse look over the interior of a model home in Point Gardens in Poynette.
Point Gardens in Poynette
Eventually comprising more than 300 new homes and 128 apartment units, the $93 million Point Gardens could add 1,000 residents to Poynette's population.
Point Gardens in Poynette
Early renderings of hand-drawn housing development plans created by Poynette, village administrator Craig Malin are displayed on his desk. Developer Randy Alexander used the plans as a basis for Point Gardens.
Point Gardens in Poynette
An earth mover works the land as seen through the window of a home featuring a mid-century design in the new Point Gardens development in Poynette, Wis. Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Point Gardens in Poynette
Brandon Grosse, a real estate broker with Accord Realty in Madison, shows off some of the model homes for Point Gardens in Poynette. The $93 million housing development from Randy Alexander and Torque Focused Real Estate could add 1,000 residents to the village and provide another option for those who can't afford a new home in Dane County.
Point Gardens in Poynette
A raised garden plot featuring herbs, produce and flowers is a featured element of each of the homes being built in Point Gardens, a new housing development in Poynette. Lots in the development are smaller than most in the village, designed to create more community and lower the price of the homes in development.
Point Gardens in Poynette
Land is prepared for the eventual addition of more than 300 homes and 128 apartments in Poynette as village administrator Craig Malin looks on.
Point Gardens in Poynette
Herbs and produce grow in a raised garden behind a model home in the Point Gardens development in Poynette.
Point Gardens in Poynette
A housing plat and home designs for the new Point Gardens community are displayed in a model home of the development in Poynette, Wis. Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Pictured is Brandon Grosse, managing broker for Accord Realty, the Madison, Wis. firm handling the home sales for the project.
Point Gardens in Poynette
Poynette's historic downtown is getting a new coffee shop, but more businesses could be on the way thanks to a new housing development. The Poynette School District could also gain more than 100 students over the next 10 years.
Point Gardens in Poynette
A photograph of Mount Whitney, in the Sierra Nevada of California, covers the back wall of Craig Malin's office in Poynette's village hall. Hired in 2021 as village administrator, Malin makes his own baseball bats and has an eclectic collection of record albums in his office, along with a turntable and stereo.
Point Gardens in Poynette
Poynette village administrator Craig Malin rides his self-made bicycle, which features battery power and wood components.
Point Gardens in Poynette
Shawntel Sandstrom, owner of Green Stem Florals and Gifts in Poynette, is eager for more businesses to open in the village's downtown and is looking forward to more residents living in the community. In June she nearly doubled the size of her business after moving to a new location in the downtown.
Point Gardens in Poynette
Poynette village administrator Craig Malin talks about the village’s new planned community of more than 300 homes and 128 apartment units.
Point Gardens in Poynette
Lucas Walz, president of the Poynette Chamber of Commerce, can watch the daily progress of Point Gardens from his neighboring autobody shop. Walz has lived in the village for nearly 25 years and welcomes the addition of new homes an residents.
