MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -Tuesday marks one of the last nights residents of Dairy Drive can stay at the temporary homeless campground on Madison’s eastside.

The campground is home to more than 20 people, but a city vote to move forward with demolition this fall is pushing residents out by this Friday. According to city officials, the demolition is expected to cost $220,000.

Emotions are high as residents prepare to not only lose their shelter, but the ability to access resources available to them all in one place.

“People that have finally gotten like 6 months here are freaking out, everything they’ve been working on is going away cause they are going to back outside,” said resident James Degray.

Degray has lived at Dairy Drive since it opened in 2021.

“Any stability they had, any r

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