An expanded rooftop events area would have overhead shade.
UW-Madison is planning a $2.7 million expansion of the Wisconsin Hoofers’ lake lab, located off the shoreline of Memorial Union. The renovation would include additional storage, an expanded rooftop event space and an ADA-compliant ramp for wheelchair users. A new stairway from Park Street would also ease access to the club and the lake.
Hoofers is the largest student organization on campus and is composed of six clubs: scuba, outing, ski and snowboard, mountaineering, sailing and riding. Unlike most other student organizations, it is operated under direction of the Wisconsin Union Directorate. The site planned for renovation is used by Hoofers’ sailing club for storage, to stage its sailboats and for educational events and camps…