Madisonâ??s storied Greenbush neighborhood is at a pivot point, says Jim Woodward, president and CEO of Meriter Health Services. Unless steps are taken now to stem an emerging trend of property neglect, the neighborhood wonâ??t be as good a place to live or do business 10 years from now, he says.
So Meriter is preparing to step up and jump-start reinvestment in its own neighborhood with a â??workforce housingâ? initiative to lend employees money to enable them to buy houses in the neighborhood and invest themselves in its success.