The Mill Road Companies were formed to lease, rehabilitate and reopen the former Phoneco Building at 19813 East Mill Road in Galesville Wisconsin for multi-purpose use.

Our Owners are Paul and Lorie Peterson.

Paul grew up in the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school district, and has always had an eye on the building since applying for a part-time job (in high-school) with Phoneco.

As a Maker, Paul has way too many machines and much too much equipment to fit in our home. The search was on for a suitable space. Unfortunately, in the town where we live, shop space brings crazy rent, due to several large companies being headquartered here. The Phoneco building showed up on Paul’s FaceBook Marketplace as available. the Opportunity was too good to pass up, so the Mill Road Companies were born!

The concept is for several entities to occupy the space. They Include:

• Mill Road Market

  • A craft/flea-market where vendors can showcase their goods and services year round in an indoor environment. Begining as a weekend market, with possible expansion to full-time hours. For information, email: market@millroadco.com or Contact Us below!

• Mill Road Fab Lab

  • Paul’s playground.

  • Design and fabrication services.

  • Machines include, but are not limited to:

    • Mini milling machine (full sized mill coming soon).

    • Bench top lathe (full sized lathe coming soon).

    • Laser engraver

    • Large format printer

      • Able to print 42” x unlimited length for banners, art prints, and vynil decals/ wraps.

    • Vynil cutter (36”)

    • CNC routing table able to handle up to 4’ x 8’ sheets of pretty much anything we want to feed it.

    • 3D printers. Both FDM (plastic deposit) and SLA (resin) available.

    • Plasma cutter.

    • Welder.

    • Sand blasting (vapor honing coming soon).

    • Paint booth (and associated equipment).

    • Sand casting equipment for small to medium metal items.

    • Miscellanious metal, concrete and wood fabrication tools.

    • Coming soon: six color embroidery.

  • A full electronics lab is onsite.

    • Repair of household electronics.

    • Microcontroller integration for projects.

    • Coming soon: Basic and Intermediate Electronics classes. (If there’s enough demand. Contact Us to let us know what you’d like to learn about!)

• Lorie’s Corner

  • A freecycle space where folks in need can be blessed with gently used clothing and household goods. Associated with HisHope Christian Fellowship.

• His Hope Christian Fellowship

  • A nondenominational bible study space. Possibly a church in the future.

• Mill Road Soundstage

  • A rehearsal space, hangout, jam session space, and recording facility for audio and video.

  • An entire backline is available for band use. A small donation is asked for rehearsal time, and engineering is sold on an hourly basis with producer/engineer credit.

  • Master files will belong to the artist(s).

  • No royalties charged.

• Mill Road Business Incubator

  • A spot for small business owners to rent space to kickstart their business.

We are considering an arcade (a small flat fee for entry, free game play), gaming association (for tabletop and PC/Console gaming), and a vintage computer museum.

Contact Us for more information on any of our entities! We wlcome comments and suggestions!