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Edgerton Community Outreach is housed in this historic tobacco warehouse in the city's downtown. At one time, the city had 44 such warehouses, but only a handful remain.
Sarah Williams, executive director of Edgerton Community Outreach, shows off some of the vast storage for its resale shop. Edgerton Community Outreach, its roots dating to 1989, also offers housing and food programs for area residents.
Sarah Williams, executive director of Edgerton Community Outreach, gives Sam Rikkers of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. a tour of the space in downtown Edgerton that will be converted to housing for veterans. The $2.1 million project will create six apartments, meeting and office space in the city's oldest commercial building.
This building at 201 W. Fulton St. in downtown Edgerton was built in 1854 as the Taylor House, but has largely fallen into disrepair. A project to renovate the three-story structure is scheduled for completion in late 2023 and is being funded by a number of community, county and state entities.
This rendering shows the planned look for the exterior of a building in downtown Edgerton that will be home to six apartments for veterans on the second and third floors and meeting and office space on the first floor.
This space on the lower level of a building owned by Edgerton Community Outreach will be used for office space once a $2.1 million renovation is completed. The other half of the lower level will be used by the local VFW post and for other community events.
Sam Rikkers of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., left, and Fred Falk of the Edgerton VFW visit in a building that at one time was a bowling alley in downtown Edgerton. The building, now in a state of disrepair, will be removed to create a parking lot for the tenants of the adjacent and soon-to-be-renovated historic building owned by Edgerton Community Outreach.
Trinity Brehmer, a client advocate for Edgerton Community Outreach, takes a food pantry order over the phone last week, which has been the procedure since the pandemic. The pantry, along with a massive thrift store operated by Edgerton Community Outreach, is housed in a restored tobacco warehouse in the city's downtown.
Edgerton Mayor Chris Lund looks over the space that will soon be converted to veteran housing. The city purchased the building for $100,000 and sold the facility to Edgerton Community Outreach for $1. A $2.1 million renovation will bring the building back to life.
Barry Adams covers regional news for the Wisconsin State Journal. Send him ideas for On Wisconsin at 608-252-6148 or by email at badams@madison.com.
