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Map of Selected Projects in Wisconsin

Community Testimonials

New Markets Tax Credits have helped our organization address the affordable housing crisis by partnering with modest means families to enable them to buy their first home. This helps close the equity gap, builds sustainable families and stronger communities!

-Valerie Renk, Habitat for Humanity of Dane County, Madison, WI

Selected Projects in Wisconsin

Lakeshore Community Health Care

Sheboygan,
WI
(2017)

Adult Education, College or Vocational Training, Community, Food Manufacturing, FQHCs, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Mixed-use, Retail

CDE(s): Chase, Primary Care Development Corporation

NMTC financing supported improvements on 3 properties including healthy food production, employment training, retail, adult day services, and federally qualified health center provind urgent care.

Nueske’s Meats

Wittenberg,
WI
(2016)

Business Development, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Rural

CDE(s): Cinnaire New Markets, PNC, WHEDA

This project involved expanding a facility for meat a manufacturer.

Yellow Freight

West Allis,
WI
(2016)

Brownfield Remediation, Business Development, Manufacturing

CDE(s): First-Ring Industrial Redevelopment Enterprise

Acquisition, construction, and leasing of two industrial buildings encompassing a site of approximately 170,000 square feet on Rogers Street in a highly distressed area of West Allis, WI.

Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity

Appleton,
WI
(2016)

Affordable Housing, Community, Habitat for Humanity, Housing

CDE(s): Habitat for Humanity

Greater Fox Cities Habitat for Humanity is an innovative leader in diverse housing solutions by empowering families and inspiring community-wide action to break the cycle of poverty. The NMTC helped

Freshwater Plaza

Milwaukee,
WI
(2015)

Affordable Housing, Brownfield Remediation, Grocery and Fresh Food, Housing, Mixed-use, Retail, Retail and Commercial

CDE(s): First-Ring Industrial Redevelopment Enterprise, WHEDA

The project consisted of the initial phase of the redevelopment of a vacant 7.2 acre Brownfield Site at Greenfield Avenue and S. 1st Street in Milwaukee, WI.

1st and Greenfield

Milwaukee,
WI
(2015)

Affordable Housing, Brownfield Remediation, Grocery and Fresh Food, Mixed-use, Retail, Retail and Commercial

CDE(s): Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation

Vacant, contaminated site transformed into mixed-used development bringing hundreds of jobs to Milwaukee.

Beaver Dam Community Food Pantry Mixed Use

Beaver Dam,
WI
(2015)

Mixed-use

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments

NMTC financing supported a mixed-use project that included the Beaver Dam Community Food Pantry.

The Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center – Mitchell Street Clinic

Milwaukee,
WI
(2015)

FQHCs

CDE(s): WHEDA

The Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center in Milwaukee used $5.5 million in NMTCs to build a new health center to provide services to low-income residents in the near Southside

Cermak Grocery Store

Milwaukee,
WI
(2015)

Affordable Housing, Brownfield Remediation, Grocery and Fresh Food, Housing, Mixed-use, Retail, Retail and Commercial

CDE(s): First-Ring Industrial Redevelopment Enterprise, WHEDA

The project consisted of the initial phase of the redevelopment of a vacant 7.2 acre Brownfield Site at Greeneld Avenue and S. 1st Street in Milwaukee, WI.

Chequamegon Food Co-op

Ashland,
WI
(2015)

Manufacturing

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments

The Chequamegon Food Co-op is a member-owned grocery in Ashland on Lake Superior’s south shore. The co-op relocated and expanded thanks to financing from a community revolving loan from the

Janesville Festival Foods

Janesville,
WI
(2015)

Grocery and Fresh Food, Retail, Retail and Commercial

CDE(s): BMO Harris

A Wisconsin-based, family owned grocery chain that saw potential for a new store located in a USDA food desert at the site of a vacated K-Mart in Janesville, WI.

Printpack

Rhinelander,
WI
(2014)

Business Development, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Rural

CDE(s): WHEDA

Financing for Printpack, a manufacturer of flexible and specialty rigid packaging.

Site visits and recent news related to Wisconsin NMTC Projects

Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Receives $11 Million New Markets Tax Credit Investment

October 18, 2023

U.S. Bank Invests $7 Million to Build Freshwater Plaza

October 13, 2015

PNC Focus on Accessible Communities Leads to Milwaukee’s VisABILITY Center

May 31, 2022