WEDC to relocate from Downtown to Madison`s future Black Business Hub

The Urban League of Greater Madison`s roughly $25 million Black Business Hub is planned for the corner of Hughes Place and South Park Street.

In a major vote of confidence for an emerging center for Black businesses on Madison’s South Side, the state’s top economic development agency on Tuesday said it plans to relocate to the future business hub from its offices Downtown.

Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. Secretary Missy Hughes said the move to the Urban League of Greater Madison’s Black Business Hub underscores WEDC’s evolving focus under her leadership to strengthen relationships with small businesses and entrepreneurs. The agency has been located in the Tommy G. Thompson Center on the corner of West Washington Avenue and South Fairchild Street, about one block from the state Capitol, since its creation in 2011.