Development will be a main focus this year
Development has been a constant in the Stoughton area in recent years, and 2025 should provide more of the same.
Riverfront development has been revived after a potential deal fell through last spring, but city officials have been working to find a new partner, and may have found one last month to help them push the project through once and for all.
One development that will definitely be growing in scale is the Stoughton Trailers headquarters and future residential/business development on the northeast side of the city. Construction started last year and should take up most of the year on the headquarters facility, with additional development and parkland planned for future years.
Downtown development
After going “back to square one” on the long-planned development of the city’s former downtown industrial riverfront, 2025 could be a year of progress, with the city partnering – at least for now – with a new developer.
After several years of waiting due to environmental cleanup concerns and costs, Stoughton’s riverfront development plans had seemed to be back on track before developer Curt Brink pulled the plug on a possible deal in May.
Stoughton City Council members had approved a pair of agreements in November 2023 to begin Stoughton Riverfront Development Phase I, selling around 11 acres downtown to Brink for $400,000. The land is bounded on the west by Fourth Street, on the east by Seventh Street, on the north by South Street and on the south by the Yahara River, which the city has for several years marketed for redevelopment.