Madison Receiving $3 Million For Renovation Project

MADISON, CT – Madison’s Community Center is receiving state funds to help with the renovation project.

U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn), a U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee member, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) announced the includes of $6.52 million for Connecticut Projects in the Agriculture Appropriations Bill.

Out of the $6.52 million, Madison receives $3.625 million for renovations to the community center.

According to Town officials, the community center’s academy school, including the existing theater and gymnasium (with stage), is to be renovated into a multi-purpose community center for activities, programming and events, which may include adult education classes, meeting space, co-working space, lecture space, art classes, performing arts, teen activities, sports activities, marketplace, workshop, kitchen and daycare. It will also house the beach and recreation offices.

The estimated cost for the renovation is $14 million, but with the federal and state historic preservation tax credits, the final cost could be reduced by $2 million to $4 million.

“As a member of the Appropriations Committee, I want to make sure we invest in Connecticut’s small towns and rural areas,” Murphy said. “I’m proud to have secured funding for these projects that will help fight tick-borne diseases, protect eastern forests, and strengthen community institutions in Cromwell, Winchester, and Madison. I look forward to working with my colleagues to get this budget to the President’s desk,”

Other projects receiving funds are the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station to surveillance of beech leaf disease, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station to monitor ticks and tick-borne pathogens and renovations to a firehouse in Winchester.