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Wisconsin State Journal, 1/31/2021
The 65-acre farm, which is still part of the town of Blooming Grove, has become a rural island surrounded by highways, residential neighborhoods, a Metro Transit transfer station and, most recently, an Amazon distribution center.
Now, the three siblings who own the farm — Rowin and her older brothers Tom Voit and Art Voit Jr. — figure it’s time to sell the long-held family farm that offers a prime opportunity for infill development in the city.
Farm near Woodman’s may finally be developed. (Isthmus, 5/1/2018)
The prospect of developing such an enormous chunk of land — the combined property area is roughly the size of the isthmus between Henry and Livingston streets — has city officials dreaming big.
Daniel McAuliffe, a Madison city planner, notes that properties this large and close to downtown that are available for redevelopment “don’t come that often.”
This area is also notable in that it’s already connected to the bus system, he adds, with 200 buses passing through each day.
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