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Among Madison’s 16 community centers, the Lussier Community Education Center stands out in a number of ways.
For one thing, organizers had to change state law in order for its doors to open in 2008. It evolved from the Wexford Ridge Neighborhood Center, which was formed by Wexford Ridge Apartments residents and operated out of a pair of apartment units on the city’s west side. When demand outgrew Wexford Ridge’s capacity, staff campaigned for a new center and to change a state law to allow a long-term lease of Madison school district property, raising $4.6 million for the center’s construction…