The construction of Suamico’s new public safety building is well underway at the corner of West Deerfield Ave. and Riverside Drive.
The $5.5 million project is on track to be complete by March 2021 and there’s one aspect the fire department is looking forward to the most.
“The space, the current building we’re in right now is 55 years old, and we’re crammed,” said Suamico Fire Chief, Joe Bertler. “Right now, when we have certain responses, we have to move sometimes two pieces of apparatus to get a piece of equipment out. It will be nice to have that space to make the response times faster.”
While the fire department may have out-grown its current home, village leaders see the space as an opportunity for continued investments in downtown.