Madison Enterprise Center | 100 S. Baldwin St.
In 1987, Common Wealth formed a unique partnership with Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) that launched the Madison Enterprise Center (MEC).
MEC is Common Wealth Development’s 1st stage business incubation initiative offering office and light industrial business incubation spaces for start-up and expanding small businesses. The suites at the Madison Enterprise Center offer affordable rental rates and shared services, including high-speed Internet and video conferencing equipment. The on-site manager is available to provide business assistance and resource-matching services to connect tenants with existing business support programs.
How Does It Work?
Businesses may stay at the Madison Enterprise Center for 1-5 years (12-month leases, renewed annually). To qualify for acceptance into the Madison Enterprise Center, a business must be a for-profit company, produce a product or provide a service, and have the potential for future job creation. All applicants must prepare a business plan as part of the application package, which will be reviewed and evaluated by the Business Development Committee for final determination.
For more information, contact Brendan Vandenburg-Carroll, Business Development Manager
Via phone Cell: (608) 438-6804 Office:(608) 256-3527 x1564 or Email: brendan@cwd.org
Current Tenants
A SPACE is intended to be an ever evolving space where creative persons of ALL kinds can come together to create for themselves and others. Our motto is: A SPACE + to create + to inspire + to educate + to celebrate.
Atmospheric Floral is a Madison-based florist specializing in wedding flowers that also serves Milwaukee, Chicago, and beyond. We craft awe-inspiring florals authentic to our clients’ story. Atmospheric Floral is the floral designer for anyone who understands how impactful flowers can be to the experience they’re curating for their guests.
Design. Market. Brand. 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds.
At bernie & zuzu, we create small batch, hand dyed and screen printed goods with a special emphasis on bold color, lively shapes, and playful patterns.
Colleen Manner Design Studio specializes in bringing brands to life through visual identity, product design and packaging across beauty, wellness, home, tech, food and beverage industries.
Organic Indian meal kits.
Heirloom Bakery and Kitchen provides exquisite special occasion cakes and pastries, while also promoting compassion by serving exclusively plant-based desserts for wholesale opportunities and one of a kind custom orders for special occasions.
Here at Love U Candle, we design and hand make every candle with love and care in small batches. We are eager to make affordable candles that not only smell amazing but also look fun and cute!
We are Madison’s only open secret bagelry! Some of the amazing products available in our ever-expanding lineup: freshly made bagels, scallion cream cheese, whipped salted honey butter, labneh, magic cookies and bulk/ground @rustydogcoffee and, seasonally, cold brew.
Small scale urban mushroom farm. Part agriculture and part recycling program, MicroMyco focuses on locally produced waste to use as a nutritional base in the growing process. MicroMyco sells cultivated and foraged mushrooms to local restaurants and at local farmers markets.
Modern Talisman offers bead and craft stores, jewelry manufacturers, and makers an unmatched selection of beads, amulets, and silver and brass jewelry components imported from Asia, primarily Thailand, Nepal, and India.
Not Your Angel Artistry is the online brand of Digital Illustrator, Alina Park. “Creating art that blends the soft feminine with the dark and ethereal.”
Shade Tree Naturals is all about living a simple, natural life! Providing body and home products that promote a healthy, natural lifestyle. In our body products, we utilize only natural ingredients, the finest oils and butters, and additives straight from nature. All products are made in small, quality controlled batches to ensure you get the freshest product available.
Mixed-media artist in Madison, Wisconsin.
Whimsically dark illustrated goods designed by a nice witch!
Tori’s Trinkets is a Madison based small business, specializing in laser cut acrylic modern statement jewelry made with hypoallergenic materials. Healing your inner child one silly pair of earrings at a time.
Main Street Industries | 931 E Main St.
Owned and operated by Common Wealth Development, Main Street Industries is a second-stage business incubator located in an old 50,000-square-foot Greyhound Bus terminal that was renovated in 1996. The building offers attractive, affordable office and light industrial space and shared services. The manager is available to provide business assistance and resource-matching services to connect tenants with existing business support programs.
How Does It Work?
To qualify as a Main Street Industries lessee, a business must be a for-profit company, produce a product or provide a service, and have the potential for future job creation. Main Street Industries requires all applicants to prepare a business plan as part of the application package which will be reviewed and evaluated by the Business Development Committee. Businesses are not required to “graduate” from (i.e. leave) Main Street Industries, which differs from our Madison Enterprise Center.
For more information contact Brendan Vandenburg-Carroll, Business Development Manager
Via phone Cell: (608) 438-6804 Office:(608) 256-3527 x1564 or Email: brendan@cwd.org
Current Tenants
Drawing and painting school with an emphasis on traditional methods.
We are a fair trade retail and wholesale business featuring one of a kind clothing & accessories, stone and silver jewelry, wood carvings, home and garden goods, furniture, paintings, gifts and more.
We are now concentrating on our booming wholesale business! We are currently in over 20 locations in the Madison area. We are continually adding more of your favorite Bunky’s products.
Community Shares of Wisconsin brings the community together with 70 nonprofits, raising funds for, and awareness of, the local social and environmental justice movement.
Magnification device for artists, craftspeople & hobbyists.
Organic beer brewery and tasting room.
Level 5 Donuts is a 100% Vegan company that specializes in Donuts. Primarily starting as a “pop-up”, donuts can be found in coffee shops all over the Madison area. Custom Orders are also available online through their website.
Decorative metal workers.
Distiller of spirits.
Naturally leavened sourdough breads made with organic grains grown and stone milled in the Driftless Area.
Pat’s Gym is a community of passionate, supportive and driven athletes; be part of this special community!
Red Clover Tattoo Collective is a 50% Native owned and 100% queer owned tattoo and arts collective. We’re focused on community care, mutual aid, and providing a space for people to engage in the healing practice of tattooing. We collaborate with community to uplift local marginalized artists, host events, and promote causes important to us.
Developers of novel mass spectrometry technologies that create new directions for atomic and biomolecular detection and imaging.
We make cool stuff for cats and the people who love them! We’ve got catnip, catnip toys of all shapes and sizes, cat beds, bows and more! We also offer human stuff like buttons, pins, stickers, magnets and apparel!
The Baked Lab is a dessert studio and learning laboratory specializing in modern wedding cakes and delicious desserts for all occasions.
A small batch, handcrafted, locally made spice boutique.
Manufacturers of high-quality 100% cotton screen-printed apparel using water-based inks.
