Projects

ECO has a successful and established history of assisting those in need of housing.  Such services include a continuum of care from emergency motel vouchers to transitional living units.  The development at 210 West Fulton Street will create an additional six units of supportive housing in one and two bedroom ADA compliant floorplans.  The goal of the new units will be to serve Veterans/and or households in which one member are a Vet. 

Many communities throughout the country are facing a housing shortage – ours is no exception.  The rental vacancy in Rock County Wisconsin is between 1-2%.  Male Veterans in Rock County have a transitional housing option at Rock County Community Programs near Beloit.  Veterans and the general public have access to Housing Choice Vouchers, but with the low vacancy rate finding housing can difficult. Building Hope at at 210 West Fulton Street will create new housing opportunities for Veterans, especially females and households with children.

For many years Edgerton’s local VFW Post 2708 and other Veteran groups have been without dedicated meeting space in our community.  The Edgerton Veteran’s Building was built in 1963 creating a space for our local veterans to meet.  This facility also hosted many other community events.  Over the years the Edgerton Veteran’s building has been leased to commercial tenants making it difficult for hosting meetings for our local Veterans.  During much of the same above mentioned time period VFW Post 2708 owned a “club”house in Veterans Memorial Park.  This property was utilized for meetings, but as years passed maintenance costs grew to the point of unaffordability and VFW Post 2708 sold the property in 2010.  Funds have been set aside since that time for a future home for the Post.  Many options have been explored over the years.  The renovated space at 212 West Fulton Street will have a meeting room, a kitchen, storage/display space to house documents preserving the history of those who served for our freedom, and will be completely ADA accessible.  This site will also create a home base and safe space for Veterans to reach out to Veterans.

The building at 210 West Fulton Street is the oldest buildings in Edgerton’s downtown.  The unique three-story building has a large corner footprint in the heart of downtown.  After nearly 170 years, the building will get much-needed TLC while maintaining its historical feel and relevance. Without action, the building will eventually fall into disrepair and be demolished. 

We will save it!

Built in 1854, the Taylor House/American House, originally served as a hotel.  Henry Edward “Ed” Peters began operating his business at this location in 1896.  Various family members assisted in the running of the businesses housed there; tavern, arcade, bowling alley, Rousch’s Market, Peters  Market.  Another local family operated Peters Market from 1967-1979.  From the 80’s till present the lower level has housed many operations including the Rocking Horse (craft store), Mrs. G’s Game Room, an office supply store, Team Heating and Cooling, and Edward Jones just to name a few. 

Edgerton Outreach is partnering with GMK Architecture, Inc. and Bachmann Construction for the evaluation of the building.  The construction committee reviewed information available for comparable buildings in regards to construction cost to determine if it was reasonable to remodel the current building versus new construction.