Hundreds of people packed the outdoor courtyard of the new Centro Hispano building on Madison’s South Side Friday morning for a bilingual dedication ceremony and tours of the $18 million structure, designed to serve Dane County’s growing Latino population and the larger community.“Today you are welcome to this space of sanctuary,” Centro’s Executive Director Karen Menendez Coller said. “This is not only a building: This is energy, this is space. Every time you walk in here, you’re going to be bringing your energy into Centro.”
The new structure at 2403 Cypress Way is just a block away from Centro Hispano’s former longtime home in an aging building at 810 W. Badger Road, where the nonprofit has recently served more than 2,500 Latino families a year...
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