Badger Sheet Metal site converted into fire station, 85 affordable units and greenway, officials say

City staff presented the Badger Sheet Metal Project on South Broadway as a concrete example of the results possible through layered federal brownfields funding. An agency official said the project "utilized all 3 funding tiers to transform a contaminated site into a new municipal fire station, 85 units of affordable housing, and a public greenway corridor we all can enjoy."

Officials used the example to illustrate the potential civic benefits of remediation—new municipal infrastructure, housing supply, and expanded public space along the riverfront. Staff emphasized that such outcomes depend on coordinating assessment grants, cleanup grants, and revolving loan funds and on maintaining relationships with EPA Brownfields specialists named in the presentation.