City Council Approves Making Bid For Platteville Armory

Platteville Common Council members have approved submitting a $100,000 offer for the Platteville Armory after months of debate. The Council voted, 4-3 in favor of purchasing the building, which the city immediately will seek to resell to an entity willing to let the city use the armory’s gymnasium space for city programming. The offer will go to the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs for consideration. Council members decided to purchase the building for resale to give the city more control over which entity eventually moves in and also retain use of the gym. It also would reduce city costs associated with full ownership of the building, another option that was considered by the council.