From watching the discussion of the proposed BioLink business incubator at Mondayâ??s Board of Estimates meeting and Wednesdayâ??s Madison Development Corporation board meeting, itâ??s almost as if the people involved were talking about two completely different projects.
At Mondayâ??s meeting with city officials, the tone was tense, with strong advocates and skeptics weighing the proposalâ??s economic development potential with the risks in relaxing another requirement of the cityâ??s financial aid policy for it.
The BioLink incubator is a proposal for the cityâ??s southeast side that would bring 31,000 square feet of specialized incubator space for fledgling bio-agriculture businesses, including shared lab and greenhouse space.