|
|
Article: CONSORTIUM OF NON-PROFITS EYES STALLED UNION CORNERS DEVELOPMENT.(NEWS)
- Article from:
- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- October 5, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: PAT SCHNEIDER The Capital Times pschneider@madison.com
It's an eerily vacant piece of property on busy East Washington Avenue. A newly built stretch of Winnebago Street cuts through the 15 acres to an unused traffic roundabout with an arm that leads to nowhere. On Sunday morning, a man throws a Frisbee for a dog. A battered camper, suspiciously like those whose overnight presence has provoked neighbor complaints elsewhere in Madison, is parked nearby. A flock of 20 geese peck at the scrubby weeds near a ridge of stacked brick in the center of the property.
The stalled build-out of the planned $100 million Union Corners project is a local ...