Baraboo plans to renovate and expand low-income housing

The City of Baraboo approved to commit $1.5 million to the renovation, as well as $5.5 million to Driftless Lofts, a planned 56-unit lower-income development with two- and three-bedroom apartments, during its March 11 Common Council meeting.

Baraboo’s Community Development Authority, which owns Corson Square, is also looking to sell five affordable housing duplexes on the property to help fund the projects. Driftless Lofts is a roughly $17 million project, according to Ted Matkom, a representative for Oregon, Wisconsin-based developer Gorman and Company...