The Wisconsin Senate is considering a Downtown Bill (Senate Bill 55) that would increase the State historic preservation tax credit from 5% to 20%, establish a downtown certification program, require the Department of Tourism to promote certified downtowns and require the State to construct state facilities in certified downtowns unless the cost to do so was more than 10% above the average cost of constructing the facility elsewhere. The Bill is currently in the Committee on Economic Development. WDAC strongly supports this timely encouragement of downtown growth and preservation.
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