Madison College Gets $3.3 Million Training Program Grant

Wisconsin gets $9.55 million in federal development grants
Posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:10 p.m.
Wisconsin State Journal

The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday announced $9.55 million in Economic Development Administration grants to the state of Wisconsin to create jobs and strengthen the economy following the 2008 floods.

The investments include:

• $3.3 million for Madison Area Technical College to implement a mobile training program that will help firms in Reedsburg, Portage and Waterloo incorporate modern manufacturing methods and improving work force skills.

• $2.4 million to the city of Portage and the Columbia County Economic Development Corp. to help build and equip a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified business incubator building, make infrastructure improvements to the city-owned industrial park and fund an advanced manufacturing training program through MATC.

• $1.45 million to the village of Belmont to upgrade and expand the wastewater treatment plant.

• $1.2 million to the city of Reedsburg to make roadway and water infrastructure improvements to expand the local industrial park and construct a telecommunications and electric switching station that will be set outside of the flood plain.

• $1.1 million to the village of Randolph to expand a business park.

• $142,569 to the city of Waterloo to help renovate a city-owned building for entrepreneurial training.

- State Journal staff