Madison’s mayor is asking for others to pitch in additional funding for the city’s new 250-bed men’s homeless shelter on Bartillon Drive.
That includes Dane County, the private sector, and, in what could be a new regional partnership, surrounding municipalities.
“Most of our surrounding communities do not have shelters of any sort. Some of them have no homeless services at all,” Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said at a Sept. 22 press conference. “I think it is only fair for our surrounding communities to consider making an operating contribution, considering that folks who are from their communities are likely using these services and will likely use the shelter.”…