As communities around Wisconsin look for solutions to housing shortages, some developers are transforming shuttered schools into apartments.
Since 2017, communities and developers have sought state grants or tax credits to redevelop about 20 former school buildings. Others have used a mix of financing to redevelop vacant schools statewide.
In the Columbia County village of Randolph, a former school building will become 31 units of market rate and affordable apartments. The community of nearly 1,800 residents is receiving a $250,000 grant for the project from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or WEDC.
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