Community members rallied Wednesday in support of more than 20 unhoused individuals who will be displaced from the Dairy Drive campground this weekend.
Those currently living are now forced to leave their shelters at the Dairy Drive camp site, 3202 Dairy Dr., by Sept. 26 after Madison’s Common Council voted against renewing the contracts with Madison Street Medicine and Kabba Recovery Services to run the campground.
The shelter was opened in 2021 in the wake of the dismantling of an encampment at Reindahl Park. Later that year, the Madison Common Council passed a resolution declaring the encampment an emergency, which led to the creation of the campground on Dairy Drive. It was funded by Madison’s allocation from the American Rescue Plan Act, Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, COVID-related allocation of Community Development Block Grant funds, proceeds from tax incremental district 39, Dane County, a non-COVID federal grant, and private donations…